Webmail :How to Connect Webmail to Outlook

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Outlook, designed by Microsoft, is one of the most widely used email customers. Apart from sending and receiving emails as a stand-alone application, it can also act as a multi-user software. Thus, allows you to handle contacts, calendars, and tasks, team with colleagues, documents, send reminders, share project notes, and more. Moreover, its perfect security measures make it the most desired email client.

Among different features of Outlook, is the power to manage email accounts from different other email providers. That is, you can add a Webmail account to Outlook, and effortlessly compose, send/receive, and manage all your emails from a single platform. However, to access a Webmail account in Outlook, you are required to first configure the account to Outlook through the right procedure. Let us move on to comprehend how.

Outlook 2013

1. Open the Outlook app and click on ‘File’.

Outlook App

2. Hit on ‘Add Account’ option.

Add option

3. Choose option ‘Manual setup or additional server type and click ‘Next’.

Manual setup

4. Choose the option ‘POP or IMAP’ and click ‘Next’.

POP or IMAP

5. Enter Your Name and E-mail Address.

Choose IMAP as your account type.

Enter the incoming and outgoing server details.

In Login d enter the e-mail address and password of the webmail account you like to connect.

Click More Settings.

Account Settings

6. Choose Outgoing Server and check ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) needs authentication’.

Outgoing server

7. Choose Advanced.

For Incoming server (IMAP) enter 993 and choose SSL.

For Outgoing server (SMTP) enter 465 and choose SSL.

Click ‘OK’.

incoming server

8. Click ‘Next’. The settings will be checked, and you will see a success notification if the account has been set up correctly.

next

9. Hit on ‘Finish’ button.

finish button

Outlook 2016 and 2019

1. Open the outlook app and click on ‘File’.

file

2. Hit on ‘Add Account’ option.

add account

3. Enter the email address.

Click the ‘Advanced options’ link and review the box to set up the account manually.

Hit the ‘Connect’ button

email address

4. Choose the option ‘POP or IMAP’

POP

5. Enter the incoming and outgoing server information.

Select the port numbers.
Set encryption method- SSL/TLS.
Check the box ‘Require logon utilizing Secure Password Authentication’.

Click ‘Next’. 

IMAP Account

6. Enter the password of the Email account and click ‘Connect’.

connect

7. You will get a success notification if the account has been set up appropriately.

Account success
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I have been serving web content with my passionate writing skills since 2020. My skills have benefited clients from 20 countries, resulting in 10x audience interactions, improved readability, and SEO-friendly content.