- This video assumes you already have an existing email account created with your host or email provider,
- … or you’ve created your own in your hosting control panel.
- Now let’s learn how to configure Outlook with your existing email account using the POP email protocol.
- Click the File tab…
- … then click Add Account.
- Enter the email address you want to setup, then click Advanced Options.
- Click to set the account up manually, then click Connect.
- Click the POP option.
- This is where you have to define your server settings for both your incoming and your outgoing mail.
- For these settings, you should refer to the documentation where you have your email account setup.
- Some common server settings are mail.yourdomain.com or simply yourdomain.com (where yourdomain.com is everything after the @ symbol in your email address).
- Once you know what they should be, enter your incoming server name.
- Choose whether your server requires an encrypted connection…
- Then make sure you have the correct incoming mail port number entered.
- If you chose an encrypted connection, then your incoming port number for the POP protocol should be 995. Otherwise, it should be 110.
- Next, enter your outgoing server name… again, make sure you check your email documentation for exactly what this should be.
- Choose your outgoing encryption method.
- If you choose SSL/TLS encryption (which is recommended in most cases), your port number should be 465 for outgoing mail…
- … otherwise, port 587 is commonly used for unencrypted outgoing mail.
- Click Next.
- Enter the password for your email account, then click Connect.
- Then click Done.
- That’s it! We’ve successfully configured Outlook to send and receive email using our email account.
- This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure Outlook with your existing email account using the POP protocol.
Configuring a POP email account in Outlook 2016
Updated on November 26, 2022