Adding email account into Microsoft Outlook

Created by Level One, Modified on Tue, 20 May at 6:47 PM by Level One

To add an email account in your Microsoft Outlook, open the application and navigate to File > Account Settings > Account Settings.
For Mac Version, navigate to Outlook > Preferences > Accounts.

A new window appears, Click the "New" menu

Enter the name, email address, and password in the respective fields and click Next.

Click Next button to add the account. Now outlook will automatically connect to the hosting server, Outlook will then automatically connect to the mail server, detect the necessary settings, and configure them for you.

Manually configure Outlook

1. To add your email account to the latest version of Microsoft Outlook:
Navigate to File menu, Account Settings. For the Mac version, go to Outlook > Preferences > Accounts.

2. A new window appears, click "New"

3. A new window will appear where you should input your full email address. Click on Advanced options and click on the checkbox for Let me set up my account manually. Then click Connect. On the next step select POP or IMAP depending on the protocol you want to use to connect. The difference between POP and IMAP is explained in this tutorial.

Fill the respective fields, for more information follow the below steps:

Incoming mail section:
Server: check the exact hostname to use with each of your mail accounts in your Site Tools > Email > Accounts, choose the preferred email account and go to kebab menu > Mail Configuration and select Manual Settings tab.
Port: if you chose IMAP – use 993, if you chose POP3 – use 995;

Encryption method: SSL/TLS

Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) – leave unchecked;

Outgoing mail section

Server: check the exact hostname to use with each of your mail accounts in your Site Tools > Email > Accounts, choose the preferred email account and go to kebab menu > Mail Configuration and select Manual Settings tab;

Port: use 465;

Encryption method: SSL/TLS
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) – leave unchecked.
Find the exact settings to use with each of your mail accounts with your Outlook in your Site Tools > Email > Accounts, choose the preferred email account and go to kebab menu > Mail Configuration and select Manual Settings tab.

Click Next and input the password for your email address. After that click Connect.
If the information you provided is correct the email account should be added to your Outlook.

Edit existing mail account settings in Outlook

Open your Outlook mail client and go to File > make sure that you select the desired email account from the top of the page > Account Settings > Server Settings. If you’re using the Mac version, the menu will be in Outlook > Preferences > Accounts > select the desired account and click Advanced.

A new popup will appear where you should change all the settings to the desired new ones. Note that you should review both the Incoming mail and Outgoing mail sections.

You can find the settings to use with each of your mail accounts with Site Ground with your Outlook in your Site Tools > Email > Accounts, choose the preferred email account and go to kebab menu > Mail Configuration and select Manual Settings tab.

When ready click Next and Outlook will verify the new settings and apply them if they are correct. After that you can start managing your SiteGround email account with your Outlook mail client.