How to Add Your Hosting Email Account to Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook lets you send and receive email from your ConsulHosting email account on a Windows or macOS computer, an Android phone or tablet, or an iPhone or iPad. This guide explains how to manually set up your email account in the different versions of Outlook.

Note This guide is intended for email accounts included with ConsulHosting web hosting. If you use an external email provider, use the server settings supplied by that provider.

Add an email account to the new Outlook for Windows

1. Open Outlook. If the account setup screen does not open automatically, click the gear icon in the top-right corner, open Accounts and Your accounts, and then click Add account.
2. Enter your full email address and click Continue.
3. Select IMAP if Outlook asks you to choose an account type.
4. Enter the password for your email account, click Show more, and disable Use recommended settings if necessary. Then enter the following details:

Note Replace example.com with the domain name used by your email address. For example, if you use [email protected], enter mail.example.com and smtp.example.com.

5. Click Continue.
6. Click Done to complete the setup.

Outlook will now synchronize your email messages and folders. This may take some time, depending on the size of your mailbox.

Add an email account to classic Outlook for Windows

If Outlook has a File tab in the top-left corner, you are using classic Outlook.

1. Open Outlook and click File in the top-left corner.
2. Click Add Account.
3. Enter your full email address, open Advanced options, and select Let me set up my account manually.
4. Click Connect and select IMAP.
5. Enter the following details:

Note Replace example.com with the domain name used by your email address.

6. Click Next, enter the password for your email account, and click Connect.
7. Click Done to complete the setup.

Outlook will now synchronize your email messages and folders with the mail server.

Add an email account to Outlook for macOS

1. Open Outlook. In the menu bar, click Outlook, Settings, and then Accounts.
2. Click Add Account. If you have not set up an account before, this screen may open automatically.
3. Enter your full email address and click Continue.
4. Select Not [provider name]? if Outlook chooses the wrong provider, and then select IMAP.
5. Enter the password for your email account and the following details:

Note Replace example.com with the domain name used by your email address.

6. If prompted, choose whether you want to synchronize the account through Microsoft Cloud or directly through IMAP, and click Sign In.
7. Click Done to complete the setup.

Outlook will now synchronize your email messages and folders with the mail server.

Add an email account to Outlook for Android or iOS

1. Install Microsoft Outlook from the Google Play Store or the App Store and open the app.
2. Tap Add Account when opening Outlook for the first time. If you have already added an account, tap Inbox or your profile picture in the top-left corner, tap the gear icon at the bottom, and then select Accounts, Add Account, and Email Account.
3. Enter your full email address and tap Continue or Add Account.
4. Select IMAP when Outlook asks you to choose an email provider. If Outlook has selected the wrong provider, tap Not a [provider name] account? in the top-right corner and select IMAP.
5. Enter the password for your email account, enable Use Advanced Settings, and enter the following details:

Note Replace example.com with the domain name used by your email address. Make sure you include the colon between the server name and the port number.

6. Tap Sign In or the checkmark icon. If Outlook asks for permission to synchronize your IMAP account with Microsoft Cloud, read the notice and tap Continue if you want to use the account in Outlook.
7. Select Maybe Later if you do not want to add another account and configure notifications as desired.

Outlook will now synchronize your email messages and folders with the mail server. Because the account was added using IMAP, your calendar and contacts will not be synchronized.