Step-by-step instructions for configuring your e-mail account in Outlook 2016. If you have set up an e-mail address in the Hostpoint Control Panel, you can configure this account in your Outlook 2016.
E-mail account administration
- Click “File” at the top left and then “Add Account”.
Automatic configuration
- Enter a name for your account (this name is shown in the account list) and the sender name that recipients of your e-mails will see.
- Enter the full e-mail address, and then the password below that you defined in the Hostpoint Control Panel when setting up the e-mail address.
- Clicking “Next” automatically searches for the correct account settings.
- If the success notification appears, your account has been set up properly.
Manual configuration
- To set up the e-mail address yourself, go to “Manual setup or additional server types” and then click “Next”.
Choosing the account type: POP3 or IMAP
Now choose between a POP3 or IMAP account.
- IMAP
- Using IMAP saves your e-mails on the server. Each time you read an e-mail, a copy is downloaded from the server.
- POP3
- Using POP3 downloads and saves your e-mails to your Outlook. The messages are then deleted from the server. This way, you can also read your e-mails offline at any time, for example if you are on the train.
If you are not certain choose IMAP.
Configuration
- Enter a name for your account (this name is shown in the account list) and the sender name that recipients of your e-mails will see.
- Enter your full e-mail address.
- For “Incoming Server”, enter imap.mail.hostpoint.ch for IMAP or pop.mail.hostpoint.ch for POP3.
- Enter asmtp.mail.hostpoint.ch for the “Outgoing mail server”.
- Enter the full e-mail address as Username and the corresponding password below.
- Now go to “More Settings” and click the “Outgoing Server” tab.
- Always enable authentication for your outgoing mail server. The simplest option is to select “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”
- Then click the “Advanced” tab to check the encryption settings.
Account and connection type | Port |
---|---|
IMAP with connection type SSL | 993 |
IMAP with connection type TLS | 143 |
POP3 with connection type SSL | 995 |
POP3 with connection type TLS | 110 |
SMTP with connection type SSL | 465 |
SMTP with connection type TLS | 587 |
- Click “OK” to confirm the settings and then “Next”. The account settings will then be checked, and you will see a success notification if the account has been set up properly.
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