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Adding email account in Outlook (Windows, Legacy)

Note: This is the guide for all Outlooks older than the New Outlook. For the latest version of Outlook, go to Adding email account in Outlook (Windows).

For illustration purposes, we use the domain cloud86example.com always replace it with your own domain in question. The domain is whatever is behind the @ sign in the mail address (@cloud86example.com) or entered in the url bar in the browser (after https://www. or https://).

Adding email account in Outlook (legacy)

  1. In Outlook, select File and then Add Account. (If you don't see a File tab, you may already be using New Outlook for Windows. Go to New Outlook for instructions.)
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  2. Choose Manual setup or additional server types.
  3. Choose for POP or IMAP.
  4. Fill in the required settings as explained below:
    • User Information
      • Your Name: email address or recognizable Outlook name.
      • Email address: email address you want to link (in our example info@cloud86example.com)
    • Server Information
      • Account type: IMAP
      • Incoming mail server and Outgoing mail server (SMTP): enter the mail server, in our example cloud86example.com, replace it with your own domain, or in case of an external website with the Plesk server address (see: How to use the Cloud86 mail server with an external website).
    •  Logon Information
      • User Name: the email address you entered above. 
      • Password: the password that belongs to the email address, if you need to reset it see Change email password.
  5. Then click on More Settings.
  6. At the new pop-up Internet Email Settings go to the tab Outgoing Server and put a checkmark before My outgoing server SMTP requires authentication and check Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
  7. At the same pop-up Internet Email Settings go to the tab Advanced and enter the below information:
    • Incoming server (IMAP): Set encryption on SSL/TLS and port on 993.
    • Outgoing server (SMTP): Set encryption on SSL/TLS and port on 465.
  8. Click OK and Next to close all screens and start the verification process.
  9. If the task is completed successfully you will get the following screen that you can close. If there was an error see the below troubleshooting section for the most common errors.

Troubleshooting

The server rejected your logon/login
Verify the email address and password, you may have made a typo. You can also check the password with us by logging into the webmail (manual: Mailing via Webmail).

The host "<host name>" cannot be found

In this case, the incoming and/or outgoing server is not correct, check that you have performed step 8 correctly and that the domain is registered in the DNS Zone (Add a domain to DNS) and that you have waited at least 2 hours for newly registered or transferred domains.

Error while sending test email message

If the server for outgoing mail is not set up properly then you can receive messages but not send messages. To resolve this, run through the step-by-step process again, and take extra note by step 5 the More Settings.

Adding via File doesn't work
In addition to adding via file, you can also adjust mail settings via the control panel.

  1. Click the Windows key in the lower left corner and look for Control Panel.
  2. In the configuration screen look for Mail (if it is not visible then it is often under User Account.)
  3. Click Email accounts...
  4. Update the email account by clicking Change or add a new email address with New... you can now follow the main tutorial from step 2.

If you need some help, you can always reach our support desk by email support@cloud86.io and on weekdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm you can also reach us by phone and via the chat in My Cloud86.