How to set up your mail in Microsoft Outlook

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Follow the steps below to set up your Afrihost-hosted email address in Microsoft Outlook 2016 / 365.

  • Open Outlook.
  • At the top of your window, click on ‘File’.
  • Select ‘Add Account’.

Enter your email 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 –  IMAP or POP. (IMAP is recommended)
Why is IMAP recommended? If you would like to know more about The difference between POP, IMAP & SMTP and which one to use, please read our article to find out.
  • Enter the mailbox password.
  • Click ‘Connect’.
  • Enter your Server Settings if they have not already been detected automatically:

Incoming mail server settings:

Server: Enter mail. (dot) before your domain name.
eg: mail.domainname.co.za
Port: 993 (or 995 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: 465
Encryption method: SSL

Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is unticked.

  • Click ‘Connect’.
  • Enter the password (your email password) and tick save this password then Click ‘OK’.
Server ports: 
  • IMAP uses port 993 with SSL encryption.
  • POP uses port 995 with SSSL encryption.
  • SMTP uses port 465 with SSL secure encryption.
  • Account Setup is complete.
  • Click ‘Done’.

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