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I have used Outlook for MAC for several years. Out of the blue, when I opened it today to receive mail, this message blurted on the screen 'A secure connection cannot be established with the server glxxxal-jxxx-axl.mail.gxx.yaxxxs.nxx'. Meet the renamed and revamped Microsoft email client for Mac users.
Do you have a mail account at Outlook.com (Hotmail), Gmail, Office 365, Yahoo!, AOL or iCloud? This guide contains the settings and instructions how to configure Outlook with those email providers. Account setting dialogs Most of the information can be set in the main “Add New E-mail Account” dialog but for either account you’ll also need to modify more advanced settings by pressing the “More Settings” button.
The settings below are sorted by the dialogs that you need to access. If you are having problems finding out where to put in which information, look at the numbers in front of the settings and you can find them back in at the bottom of this document. Outlook.com (Hotmail) Outlook.com accounts can be configured as Exchange accounts in Outlook.
When you are using the Mail app on your smartphone or tablet, you can configure your Outlook.com account via Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). In addition to the above, Outlook.com also offers access via IMAP and POP3 in most countries. Note: When you have Two-Step Authentication enabled for your Microsoft account, you’ll need to use a special instead of using your own password. Outlook.com: Exchange (Outlook Anywhere) Connecting to your Outlook.com mailbox hosted on the Outlook Mail platform is really easy as Outlook makes use of the Autodiscover service to automatically configure Outlook.
In Outlook, simply select to add an account and use the Auto Account Setup method to configure your account. Manual configuration of the servers is not needed nor supported. 1 Name: The display name for your Outlook.com account.
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(most likely simply your name in full) 2 E-mail address: Your Outlook.com address in full. When you have multiple addresses configured with your Outlook.com account, make sure you use your and make sure that your primary alias is an @outlook, @hotmail, @live, @msn or @passport address. 3 Password: Your password or an when you have Two-Step Authentication enabled for your Microsoft Account. Outlook.com (Hotmail): Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) To manually configure your Outlook.com account in the Mail app on a smartphone or tablet, use the following settings. 1 Your Name: The display name you’d like others to see.
2 E-mail Address: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 3 Mail server: eas.outlook.com m.outlook.com m.hotmail.com 4 User Name: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 5 Password: Your Microsoft Account password or an when you have Two-Step Authentication enabled for your Microsoft Account. Outlook.com (Hotmail): IMAP Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: The display name you’d like others to see. 2 E-mail Address: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 3 Account Type: IMAP 4 Incoming mail server: imap-mail.outlook.com 5 Outgoing mail server: smtp-mail.outlook.com 6 User Name: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 7 Password: Your Microsoft Account password or an when you have Two-Step Authentication enabled for your Microsoft Account. 8 Remember password optional 9 Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) disabled More Settings: Outgoing Server tab 10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: enabled 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: enabled More Settings: Advanced tab 12 Incoming server (IMAP): 993 13 Use the following type of encrypted connection: SSL 14 Outgoing server (SMTP): 587 15 Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS Outlook.com (Hotmail): POP3 Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: The display name you’d like others to see. 2 E-mail Address: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 3 Account Type: POP3 4 Incoming mail server: pop-mail.outlook.com 5 Outgoing mail server: smtp-mail.outlook.com 6 User Name: Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full ([email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]) 7 Password: Your Microsoft Account password or an when you have Two-Step Authentication enabled for your Microsoft Account.
Don’t set Outlook to save the sent items in the Sent Items folder of the IMAP account or you’ll. When you send via the SMTP server of Gmail, then your Sent Items are automatically placed there.
If you are restricted to using another SMTP server (from your ISP for example), then you would still need to configure your account to save to the Sent Items folder. Additionally, don’t subscribe to the All Mail folder as this will double your pst- or ost-file from your Gmail account in size. For more information and workarounds see:. Gmail: POP3 Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: The display name you’d like others to see. 2 E-mail Address: your Gmail address in full ([email protected] or [email protected] when using Google Apps) 3 Account Type: POP3 4 Incoming mail server: pop.gmail.com 5 Outgoing mail server: smtp.gmail.com 6 User Name: your Gmail address in full ([email protected] or [email protected] when using Google Apps) 7 Password: Your Gmail password or an when you have 2-Step Verification enabled for your Google Account. The iCloud add-in creates an additional iCloud folder set within Outlook with its own Contacts, Calendar and Tasks folder rather than using Outlook default ones. This limits some core functionality features in Outlook such as not being able to see your upcoming appointments in the To-Do Bar.
Takes care of these limitations by fully syncing your Outlook default folders with the iCloud folders and back. You can then be sure that your Outlook, iPhone, iPad and other Apple devices remain up-to-date while you can continue to work with Outlook as you always did. Screenshots Below you’ll find screenshots of the account configuration screens. The numbers in the screenshots correspond with the numbers in the tables with the settings above. The screenshots are for the manual configuration process of POP3, IMAP and Outlook Connector accounts.
After setting the main account settings, press the More Settings button Configure Authentication Advanced IMAP settings Advanced POP3 settings.
This article will show you how to set up an account for your iiNet email address in Outlook for Mac 2011. If you have another email account, send a test email to the email address you're setting up.
Alternatively, ask a friend or family member to send you an email. Open Outlook for Mac and click Tools in the top menu bar, and then select Accounts. Click the plus (+) symbol in the bottom left-hand corner of the pop-up window, and then select E-mail. Enter the following details. If your email address doesn't end in '@iinet.net.au', please see.
E-mail address: Your iiNet email address Password: Your iiNet email address password User Name: Your iiNet email address without the “@iinet.net.au” Type: IMAP Incoming server: mail.iinet.net.au: 993 Outgoing server: mail.iinet.net.au: 465. Ensure that Use SSL to connect (recommended) is ticked for both incoming and outgoing servers. Click Add Account to finish.
If your test email arrives in your inbox, you know your email account is up and running!