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’.
Follow the steps below to set up your Afrihost-hosted email address in Microsoft Outlook 2016 / 365.
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.
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.
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.
For more on Afrihost Internet Services settings, visit our Configuration Settings web page.
What is an SSL certificate? Read our Understanding SSL certificates article for more information.