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Outlook Connector Download and install the Outlook Connector from the location below; Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit Note: You will only need to install the 64-bit version when you are using the 64-bit version of Outlook 2010. Start Outlook. If you dont get prompted to add a new account already then choose;
Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 Tools-> Account SettingsOutlook Connector-> Add a New Account
Outlook 2010 File-> Info-> Add Account-> Manually configure server settings or additional server types-> Other-> Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
In the screen that pops-up youll have to provide your: The display name youd like others to see. Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full 2 E-mail address: (yourname@hotmail.com, yourname@live.com or yourname@outlook.com) 3 Password: Your Microsoft Account password 1 Name: Advanced (optional) Account 4 name 5 Reply Email The display name for your account. This name is used in your folder list, in your account settings and when selecting your sending account when composing a message. You can specify an alternative address here to which replies will be sent when people reply to your messages.
POP3 Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: 4 Incoming mail server: 5 Outgoing mail server: 6 User Name: The display name youd like others to see. Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full (yourname@hotmail.com, yourname@live.com or yourname@outlook.com) POP3 pop3.live.com smtp.live.com Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full (yourname@hotmail.com, yourname@live.com or yourname@outlook.com) Your Microsoft Account password optional
7 Password: 8 Remember password Require logon using Secure 9 Password Authentication disabled (SPA) More Settings: Outgoing Server tab
10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 Incoming server (POP3): 13 This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL): 14 Outgoing server (SMTP): 15 Use the following type of encrypted connection: 16 Leave a copy of messages on the server
enabled enabled
995 enabled 587 (for some it will be port 25 or 995) SSL or TLS optional
Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) Add New E-mail Account dialog The display name youd like others to see. Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full 2 E-mail Address: (yourname@hotmail.com, yourname@live.com or yourname@outlook.com) m.hotmail.com 3 Mail server: m.outlook.com Your main address of the Microsoft Account in full 4 User Name: (yourname@hotmail.com, yourname@live.com or yourname@outlook.com) 5 Password: Your Microsoft Account password 1 Your Name:
Gmail
GMail offers access via IMAP and POP3 but you must first enable this. To do this, logon to your Gmail account and press Settings at the top of your screen. In the new page that load click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
IMAP Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: The display name youd like others to see. your Gmail address in full (yourname@gmail.com or yourname@yourdomain.com when using Gmail Apps) IMAP
7 Password: 8 Remember password Require logon using Secure 9 disabled Password Authentication (SPA) More Settings: Outgoing Server tab
imap.gmail.com smtp.gmail.com your Gmail address in full (yourname@gmail.com or yourname@yourdomain.com when using Gmail Apps) Your Gmail password optional
10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 13 14 15 Incoming server (IMAP): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Outgoing server (SMTP): Use the following type of encrypted connection:
enabled enabled
Dont set Outlook to save the sent items in the Sent Items folder of the IMAP account or youll end up with duplicates. 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.
POP3 Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: 4 Incoming mail server: 5 Outgoing mail server: 6 User Name: 7 Password: 8 Remember password The display name youd like others to see. your Gmail address in full (yourname@gmail.com or yourname@yourdomain.com when using Google Apps) POP3 pop.gmail.com smtp.gmail.com your Gmail address in full (yourname@gmail.com or yourname@yourdomain.com when using Google Apps) Your Gmail password optional
More Settings: Outgoing Server tab 10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 Incoming server (POP3): Use the following type of encrypted 13 connection: 14 Outgoing server (SMTP): Use the following type of encrypted 15 connection: 16 Leave a copy of messages on the server 995 SSL 465 (SSL) or 587 (TLS) SSL or TLS disabled (Gmail holds a copy already by default) enabled enabled
Yahoo!
Yahoo! offers POP3 access but only if you have a paid subscription to Yahoo! Mail Plus.
POP3 Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: 4 Incoming mail server: 5 Outgoing mail server: 6 User Name: 7 Password: 8 Remember password Require logon using Secure Password 9 Authentication (SPA) The display name youd like others to see. your Yahoo! address in full (yourname@yahoo.com) POP3 plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com your Yahoo! address in full (yourname@yahoo.com) Your Yahoo! password optional disabled
More Settings: Outgoing Server tab 10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 13 14 15 16 Incoming server (POP3): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Outgoing server (SMTP): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Leave a copy of messages on the server 995 SSL 465 (SSL) or 25 (none) or 587 (none) SSL or none optional enabled enabled
AOL
AOL offers both POP3 and IMAP access. It makes a difference whether you have an AOL address or an AIM address.
IMAP Add New E-mail Account dialog 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: 4 Incoming mail server: 5 Outgoing mail server: 6 User Name: 7 Password: 8 Remember password Require logon using Secure Password 9 Authentication (SPA) More Settings: Outgoing Server tab 10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: enabled The display name youd like others to see. your AOL or AIM address in full (yourname@aol.com or yourname@aim.com) IMAP imap.aol.com or imap.aim.com smtp.aol.com or smtp.aim.com your AOL or AIM screen name (so without @aol.com or @aim.com behind it) Your AOL or AIM password optional disabled
11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 13 14 15 Incoming server (IMAP): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Outgoing server (SMTP): Use the following type of encrypted connection:
enabled
POP3 1 Your Name: 2 E-mail Address: 3 Account Type: 4 Incoming mail server: 5 Outgoing mail server: 6 User Name: 7 Password: 8 Remember password Require logon using Secure Password 9 Authentication (SPA) More Settings: Outgoing Server tab 10 My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication: 11 Use same settings as my incoming mail server: More Settings: Advanced tab 12 13 14 15 16 Incoming server (POP3): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Outgoing server (SMTP): Use the following type of encrypted connection: Leave a copy of messages on the server 110 none 587 none optional enabled enabled The display name youd like others to see. your AOL or AIM address in full (yourname@aol.com or yourname@aim.com) POP3 pop.aol.com or pop.aim.com smtp.aol.com or smtp.aim.com your AOL or AIM screen name (so without @aol.com or @aim.com behind it) Your AOL or AIM password optional disabled
Screenshots
Below youll find screenshots of the account configuration screens. The numbers in the screenshots correspond with the numbers in the tables with the settings above.
After setting the main account settings, press the More Settings button
Configure Authentication