Setting up Outlook for different mail servers. Microsoft Outlook: Adding a mailbox

Configure via IMAP protocol

via IMAP protocol:

3. Check the box next to "Manually configure server settings and additional server types" and click "Next";

4. Check the box next to "Internet E-mail" and click "Next";

5. In the window that appears, specify the following data:

• Email address - the name of your mailbox;

• Account type - IMAP;
• Incoming mail server - imap.mail.ru;

• User - the full name of your mailbox in the format [email protected];

6. Check the box next to "Remember password" if you want the mail program to remember the password from the mailbox and not ask for it every time you try to download mail.

7. Click the "More settings ..." button;

8. Go to the "Outgoing mail server" tab and check the box next to "SMTP server requires authentication". Check the box "Similar to server for incoming mail".

9. To better protect the data you send and receive using your email program, you need to enable encryption. To do this, go to the "Advanced" tab and in the drop-down lists opposite "IMAP server" and "SMTP server" select "SSL".

Make sure the IMAP server port is 993 and the SMTP server port is 465.

12. To make the list of folders in the mail program similar to the list of folders in your mailbox, right-click on the name of the newly created account and select "Refresh folder list".

13. Now you need to specify the folder in which all letters sent from the mail program will be saved. To do this, go to "File" - "Details" - "Account Settings ...", as in step 1, select the newly created account and click "Change". In the window that appears, click "More settings" and go to the "Sent" tab. Check the box next to "Save sent items in the following folder on the server" and select the "Sent Items" folder from the list provided, click "OK" - the account is configured.

Configure via POP3 protocol

To configure the mail program Microsoft Outlook 2010 via POP3 protocol:

1. In the top panel, in the "File" menu, select the "Details" item;

2. In the window that appears, click "Add an account";

3. In the window that appears, check the box next to "Manually configure server settings or additional types of servers" and click "Next";

4. Check the box "Internet E-mail" and click "Next";

In the "User Information" section, provide the following information:

• Enter a name - the name that will be displayed in the "From:" field for all sent messages;
• Email address is the full name of your mailbox.

In the Server Details section, provide the following information:

• Account type - POP3;
• Incoming mail server - pop.mail.ru;
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - smtp.mail.ru.

In the "Login" section, enter the following information:

• User - the full name of your mailbox in the format [email protected] ;
• Password - The current password for your mailbox.

5. Check the box next to "Remember password" if you want the mail program to remember the password from the mailbox and not ask for it every time you try to download mail.

6. Click the "More settings ..." button;

7. Go to the "Outgoing mail server" tab and check the box next to "SMTP server requires authentication". Check the box "Similar to server for incoming mail".

8. To better protect the data you send and receive using your email program, you need to enable encryption. To do this, go to the "Advanced" tab and check the box next to "Encrypted connection required (SSL)", and in the drop-down list "Use the following type of encrypted connection", select "SSL".

Make sure the POP3 server port is 995 and the SMTP server port is 465.

9. If you want to leave messages downloaded by the mail program on the server, then check the box next to "Leave copies of messages on the server".

10. After all additional settings are made, click "OK".

Change SSL settings

To set up your Microsort Outlook 2010 email program using secure SSL protocol:

If your mail program already has the above settings, then you do not need to make any changes.

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Setting up Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a popular, easy-to-use application that makes it easy to organize personal and group work on the Internet. The program is used for exchanging mail, scheduling business meetings and tasks, maintaining a list of necessary contacts. It is one of the most popular, which is well deserved. It was developed by Microsoft Corporation, the author of the well-known set of office applications and many other programs and digital technologies. But for proper operation, the program must be configured depending on the mail service used. Setting up Outlook is quite simple, even an inexperienced person can handle it. The article provides configuration examples for Mail.Ru and Yandex. But first, a few words about other features of this program.

Outlook features

Business is not limited to normal work with mail. In fact, this is a multifunctional organizer.

• Contacts. A convenient folder where all the necessary email addresses and phone numbers are stored. Often users enter dates of births related to contact persons here.
• Calendar. Used for scheduling important events and meetings.
• A diary. Outlook information is automatically saved here.
• Tasks. With this function, you can save important tasks, cases and assignments.
• Notes. The program resembles a notepad with loose-leaf sheets. Suitable for recording reminders and various information. As you can see, the program has many interesting and useful options, in addition to the usual receiving and sending mail.

General setup

If you use specialized mail, for example, corporate work mail or from a provider, the Outlook setup consists of the following items:

1. Open the application, in the "Tools" menu, find "Accounts" and click on them.
2. Click the "Mail" tab, then "Add". A window will appear on the right, where you need to select "Mail".
3. Enter the first and last name of the mailbox owner.
4. In "E-mail" add the desired address.
5. In the "Email Servers" specify POP3, and in the lower fields write the required mail domain.
6. In the "Entering Internet mail" in the "Account" write the user's login and specify the password on the corresponding line.
7. Save all actions with the "Next" and "Finish" buttons.

Ordinal setting

Ordinal configuration of Outlook is performed as follows:

1. Turn on the program. In the window that opens, select "Email Accounts".
2. Then click on "Add New", then "Next".
3. Select POP3 from the list of servers.
4. In the line "Enter name" enter your personal data, in the "E-mail address" enter your email address, opposite the "User" and "Password" indicate the full name of the box, the password for access to it. In the empty fields of the incoming and outgoing mail server, type mail/your domain name. Press the "Next" button to confirm the changes.
5. Then click on "Other settings", select "Outgoing mail server" and check "SMTP server requires identity verification".
6. Save by pressing "OK".

Settings for Yandex

Yandex began providing e-mail services in 2000. Since then and to this day, this mail service is one of the most popular in RuNet. "Yandex" easily provides its customers with the opportunity to exchange e-mails regardless of the provider and connection to the network of their opponents. Most often, Outlook for Yandex is configured using the POP3 protocol. This is done quite simply. So, setting up Outlook mail is as follows:

1. Launch Outlook.
2. Go to "Service", select "Account Settings".
3. In the window that appears, click on "Create".
4. When "Create an account" opens, check "Manually configure server settings or additional types of servers", then "Next".
5. In the new window, select "E-mail", then in the "Internet Email Options" type the following: your name, which the recipient will see when he receives a letter from you, his mail address. In the required fields, specify pop.yandex.ru as incoming, smtp.yandex.ru as outgoing. In the "User" specify your login on this provider. For example, if the address [email protected], then only the first part needs to be entered. Enter your password in the password line.
6. In "Setting up Internet e-mail" on the "Outgoing mail server" mark "SMTP server" and the bottom line "Similar to the server for incoming mail".
7. Then in "Advanced" select an encrypted connection and the function of saving a copy of the correspondence on the server.

Save with the "OK" button. Outlook for Yandex setup is complete.

Setting for Mail.Ru

Mail.Ru, another leading company in the Russian segment of the Internet, like many others, started with just a simple e-mail and a search engine. Setting up Outlook for Mail.ru is not difficult. Carefully follow the instructions below. Setting up Outlook mail will not take much time.

1. The entry type is IMAP.
2. In the incoming mail "Host name" - imap.mail.ru, "User" - the full address of the personal box. Enter the password in the required field.
3. In outgoing mail, everything is the same, smtp.mail.ru in the "Host name" line.
4. In the "Advanced Settings" activate "Use SSL", in the "Server Port" type 993 - for incoming emails. For outgoing, change only the “Server Port”. You need to write 465.

Outlook Express

It is believed that Outlook Express is a kind of light version of the classic Outlook. This is partly true. They have one developer, and Express was shipped as part of Microsoft's operating system until 2003. With the release of Windows 7, its distribution ceased.

Their differences are that the classic was part of the Microsoft Office package, while Express was preinstalled in the operating system. The latter also lacks various additional features. Setting up Outlook Express consists of the following steps:

1. Launch the application, open "Service", "Accounts".
2. Select the "Mail" tab.
3. In "Add" click on "Mail".
4. Specify the name or alias that the recipient will see in the "From" line.
5. Enter your e-mail and "Next".
6. In the list of servers for incoming mail, select POP3.
7. Specify settings for outgoing mail.
8. In "Account" enter your mailing address.
9. Enter your password.
10. Click "Next" to complete the settings.

Step-by-step setup of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 mail client to work with mailboxes located on our servers.

This article describes in detail the procedure for setting up the Microsoft Outlook 2010 mail client. The settings that need to be set for a new account:

• outgoing mail server, incoming mail server: mail.YOUR_DOMAIN ;
• username - the full name of the mailbox: NAME@YOUR_DOMAIN ;
• password - was set when creating the mailbox;
• the outgoing mail server requires authentication, the data is the same as for the outgoing mail server.

Let's consider the setup procedure in more detail.

• On the ribbon, select the " File", click on the button " Setting up accounts» and select the item of the same name in the drop-down list:

• In the window that opens, click on the " Create» :

• In the "Add a new account" window, select " Manually configure server settings or additional server types»:

• In the next window, you must fill in all the fields. In field " Enter your name» you must enter a name that will be substituted in templates for outgoing letters. In field " E-mail address» you need to enter a custom email address, under this name the custom mailbox will appear in the mailbox list in Outlook. Next, you need to decide whether you will store correspondence on the mail server (“ Account type» - IMAP) or on the local computer (POP3). Be careful, after creating an account, it will be impossible to change its type.

• Next, you need to configure the incoming and outgoing mail servers and login credentials. If your domain is parked to our hosting - you can enter in the fields " Incoming mail server" and " Outgoing mail server (SMTP)" meaning mail.YOUR_DOMAIN (in the example - mail.example.listkom.ru), otherwise you need to enter the name of the server where your domain is located (for example, msk147.site). To find out which server your account is located on, look at the address where you enter the hosting control panel (it looks like https://msk147..website).
  The full name of the mailbox is used as the login (field " User”), password (field “ Password”) you specified when creating a mailbox in the hosting control panel.
  After all the fields are filled in, you must click on the button " Additional settings»:

• In the window that opens, select the " Outgoing mail server", enable the option " SMTP server requires authentication» and select « Similar to an incoming mail server”, and then click on the “OK” button:

• ATTENTION! If you receive an error message like
  The SMTP server returned an error. Account: " [email protected]", Server: "mail.example.listkom.ru", Protocol: SMTP, Server response: "rblsmtpd: xx.xx.xx.xx pid xxxx: 451 http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip =xx.xx.xx.xx", Port: 25, Security (SSL): No, Error code: 0x800CCC60 -
  this means that your IP address has been listed by an independent anti-spam organization (spamhouse.org). In this case, on the tab " Additionally» change the SMTP server port from 25 to 587. This will not affect the security of your mailbox in any way, but it will allow you to bypass some additional checks when sending mail:

• By pressing the button " Further» the entered data is tested:

The safety of working in Microsoft Outlook versions 2003 and 2007 can only be guaranteed if it is installed on a computer running Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8, 10. If the operating system version is lower Windows XP SP3, it is not safe to use it. We recommend installing a newer version of your email client, such as Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2013, or 2016.

Configure via IMAP protocol

via IMAP protocol:

• Email address is the full name of your mailbox.

• Account type - IMAP;
• Incoming mail server - imap.mail.ru;

• User - the full name of your mailbox in the format [email protected] ;

9. Go to the "Outgoing mail server" tab and check the box next to "SMTP server requires authentication". Check the box "Similar to server for incoming mail".

10. To better protect the data you send and receive using your email program, you need to enable encryption. To do this, go to the "Advanced" tab and in the drop-down lists opposite "IMAP server" and "SMTP server" select "SSL".

Make sure the IMAP server port is 993 and the SMTP server port is 465.

11. After all additional settings are made, click "OK".

13. To make the list of folders in the mail program similar to the list of folders in your mailbox, right-click on the name of the newly created account and select "Refresh folder list".

14. Now you need to specify the folder in which all letters sent from the mail program will be saved. To do this, go to "Service" - "Account Settings ...", as in step 1, select the newly created account and click "Change". In the window that appears, click "More Settings" and go to the "Folders" tab. Check the box next to "Select an existing folder" and select the "Sent Items" folder from the list provided, click "OK" - the account is configured.

Set up by protocol POP3

To configure the mail program Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 via POP3 protocol:

1. In the top panel in the "Tools" menu, select "Account Settings ...";

2. In the window that appears, click "Create ...";

3. Check the box "Exchange server, POP3, IMAP or HTML" and click "Next";

4. In the window that appears, check the box next to "Manually configure server settings or additional types of servers" and click "Next";

5. Check the box "Internet E-mail" and click "Next";

6. In the "User Information" section, provide the following data:

• Enter a name - the name that will be displayed in the "From:" field for all sent messages;
• Email Address - The name of your mailbox.

In the Server Details section, provide the following information:

• Account type - POP3;
• Incoming mail server - pop.mail.ru;
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - smtp.mail.ru.

In the "Login" section, enter the following information:

• User - the full name of your mailbox in the format [email protected] ;
• Password - The current password for your mailbox.

7. Check the box next to "Remember password" if you want the mail program to remember the password from the mailbox and not ask for it every time you try to download mail.

8. Click the "More settings ..." button;

9. Go to the "Outgoing mail server" tab and check the box next to "SMTP server requires authentication". Check the box "Similar to server for incoming mail".

10. To better protect the data you send and receive with your email program, you can enable encryption. To do this, go to the "Advanced" tab and check the box next to "Encrypted connection required (SSL)", and in the drop-down list "Use the following type of encrypted connection", select "SSL".

Make sure the POP3 server port is 995 and the SMTP server port is 465.

11. If you want to leave messages downloaded by the mail program on the server, then check the box next to "Leave copies of messages on the server".

12. After all additional settings are made, click "OK".

Change SSL settings

Please note that the security of working in Microsoft Outlook versions 2003 and 2007 can only be guaranteed if it is installed on a computer runningWindows XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8, 10. If the version of the operating system is lower than Windows XP SP3, then it is not safe to use it. We recommend installing a newer version of your email client, such as Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2013, or 2016.

To set up your Microsort Outlook 2003/2007 email program using secure SSL protocol:

If your mail program already has the above settings, then you do not need to make any changes.

If you have problems setting up your mail program, please use our

After you have registered your mail account for efficient and convenient work with your correspondence, you need to use special mail programs that make our life much easier.

In this article, I will go through the process of setting up the Microsoft Outlook Express mail program and describe in detail all the steps required for this.

When starting Outlook Express for the first time, we see the following window:

The first thing we need is to enter your name in the name input field, here you can enter any name or nickname, at your discretion. It will be displayed in the From field.

After the name field has been filled in, the “next” button will light up, click on it and see the following window:

here, in the field for entering the e-mail address, enter the e-mail registered by you, it is important to enter it accurately here. After entering the address, click "next" and get to the following window:

In the incoming server selection field (1 ), POP3 is usually the most commonly used protocol. So, for starters, select it, in case of an error, try to select another protocol, IMAP for example. The POP3 protocol is used to store the mailbox on the user's computer, while IMAP is used on the server.

In the field (3) outgoing server, you must also enter the address of this server.

In my case, the data for the incoming and for the outgoing server is the same, but this is not always the case, as a rule they are different.

After entering all these data, go "next". Please note that all these three fields are required, moreover, how correctly you fill them out will determine the performance of your mailbox. Therefore, you need to enter all these data correctly here.

After the transition, we get to the following window:

In the "account" field, enter the login you have chosen, to enter the mail, as a rule, you basically only need to enter the login here, but in some cases it is also necessary to enter the domain, for example like this: [email protected] site, here already individually. But for starters, I recommend trying just logging in, without any domains.

In the "password" field, enter the password you have invented, you can also check the "remember password" box so as not to enter it constantly. Let's go "next". The following window appears before us:

where we are congratulated on the successful mail setup. Click "done". And check the functionality of the mailbox. To check the mailbox, you must press the key combination Ctrl + M or press the key:

or select the menu item "Tools" > "Deliver mail" > "Deliver mail".

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