How to Add an Email Account to Outlook / Office 365 for Mac

To add an email account to Outlook / Office 365 for Mac:

  1. Ensure that you have already created the desired email account in your hosting account’s cPanel.

  2. Open Outlook / Office 365 on your Mac.

  3. Select Accounts from the Tools menu.

  4. Click the + (plus sign) button at the bottom of the list.

  5. Select E-mail Account.

  6. Enter the following details:

    • E-mail address: (Full email address of the email account)

    • Password: (Password of the email account)

    • User name: (Full email address of the email account)

    • Type: IMAP

    • Incoming server: (Listed on your hosting account’s Info page)

    • Override default port: Off

    • Use SSL to connect: On

    • Outgoing server: (Listed on your hosting account’s Info page)

    • Override default port: On (then change port number from 25 to 587)

    • Use SSL to connect: On

  7. Click the Add Account button.

  8. Under Outgoing server, click the More Options button.

  9. Enter the following details:

    Incoming Mail Server Info
    • Authentication: Use Incoming Server Info

    • Unqualified domain: (Leave blank)

  10. Click the OK button.

The email account should now be listed and ready for use in Outlook / Office 365 for Mac!


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