Setup Email on Outlook for Mac
Most email accounts, including Office 365, Exchange server accounts, Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, Live.com and Google accounts can be set up in a few quick steps.
Select Outlook > Preferences > Account.
Click the plus (+) sign > New Account.
Type your email address > Continue.
Type your password > Add Account. (Your screen might look different from this one depending on the account you’re adding.)
It will say “Looking for a match…” If it doesn’t forward you to another screen, select “Choose Provider”
Choose “IMAP/POP” as the provider
Have “Type” set to IMAP and insert the rest of the information requested.
- Username: email@yourdomain.com
- Password: the password for your email account
- Incoming Server: yourdomain.com
- Port: 993 and Security Type: SSL/TLS (recommended)
- Outgoing Server: yourdomain.com
- Secure: Port 465 and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Have “Use SSL to connect (recommended) selected
Click “Add Account” and “Done”
To ensure you can send emails click “More Options” under the Outgoing Server section
Change “Authentication” to “User Name and Password”
Type in your email and password again – Click Ok
If you would like, change your “Account Description”(Only you see this) and “Full Name” (Name that will be shown to others) to whatever you would like it to say.
Close the window and you’re good to go!