How to set up your mail in Microsoft Outlook
Follow the steps below to set up your Afrihost-hosted email address in Microsoft Outlook 2016 / 365.
Open account settings in Outlook
- Open Outlook.
- At the top of your window, click on ‘File’.
- Select ‘Add Account’.
- Then select ‘Account Settings’.
Enter your mail details
- A Welcome to outlook box will appear, enter your email address.
- Select Advanced options, then select ‘Let me set up my account manually’.
- Click ‘Connect’.
- Choose an account type – select IMAP (or POP)
- Enter your Server Settings:
IMAP or POP? Find out more on The difference between POP, IMAP & SMTP and which one to use in this article with detailed explainations on each.
Incoming mail server settings:
Server: Enter mail. (dot) before your domain name. eg: mail.domainname.co.za
Port: 993 (or 110 for POP)
Encryption method: SSL
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unticked.
Outgoing mail server settings (SMTP):
Server: Enter mail. (dot) before your domain name. eg: mail.domainname.co.za
Port: 587
Encryption method: SSL
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unticked.
- Click ‘Connect’.
- Enter the password and tick save this password then Click ‘OK’.
- Account Setup is complete.
- Click ‘OK’.
What is an SSL certificate? Read our Understanding SSL certificates article for more information.
Server ports:
- IMAP uses port 143, but with SSL secure encryption IMAP uses port 993.
- POP uses port 110, but with SSL secure encryption POP uses port 995.
- SMTP uses port 25, but with SSL secure encryption SMTP uses port 587.
For more on Afrihost Internet Services settings, visit our Configuration Settings web page.
