Configuring IMAP Email in Microsoft Outlook 2007

This article shows you how to setup Microsoft Outlook 2013 to work with your Webhosting & Email services email account using IMAP4 and a Secure TLS Encrypted Connection. It focuses on Microsoft Outlook 2013 but these settings are familiar with other versions of Outlook.

1. This article shows you how to setup Microsoft Outlook 2007 to work with your email account using IMAP4 and a Secure TLS Encrypted Connection. It focuses on Microsoft Outlook 2007 but these settings are familiar with other versions of Outlook.

2. Under Account Settings choose the E-mail tab and click on New…

3. On the Auto Account Setup window select Manually configure server settings or additional server type and

4. Click Next

5. For the E-mail Service select Internet E-mail and then click Next

6. On the Internet E-mail Settings (IMAP) window, enter your information as follows:

Your Name
Your first and last name

E-mail Address
Your email address

User Name
Your email address, again

Account Type
Select POP3 from the drop down

Incoming mail server
mail.yourdomainname.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
mail.yourdomainname.com

Password
Your email account password

Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)
Check this box

Once you have filled in all the filed’s, click More Settings…

7. On the Internet E-mail Settings go to the Outgoing Server tab

8. Select My outgoing (SMTP) requires authentication and leave the default option of Use same settings as my incoming mail server

9. Go to the Advanced tab, and enter the information below:

Incoming server (IMAP)
143

Use the following type of connection
Select STARTTLS from the drop down

Outgoing server (SMTP)
587

Use the following type of encrypted connection
Select TLS from the drop down

Incoming server (IMAP)
143

Use the following type of encrypted connection
Select TLS from the drop down

Once you have completed the filed’s, click OK