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Setup Outlook 2016 or higher (Windows) for IMAP

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In this tutorial we’ll instruct you how to manually configure Microsoft Outlook (versions 2016 or higher) to access your email account using IMAP.

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook
  2. Go to FILE > INFO and press the [+ ADD ACCOUNT] button.
  3. Enter your full email address (i.e. myname@mydomain.com) and click on the [CONNECT] button.
  4. You will be prompted what type of email account you want to setup. Select the IMAP icon.
  5. If the IMAP Account Settings do not auto-configure you can manually enter them as follows:

    Incoming Mail Server: smartermail.scarabmedia.com
    Port: 993
    Encryption Method: SSL/TLS
    Outgoing Mail Server: smartermail.scarabmedia.com
    Port: 587
    Encryption Method: STARTTLS

  6. Click on the [NEXT] button.
  7. Enter your password and click on [CONNECT]

  8. You should get a confirmation “Account successfully added“. You can click on the [DONE] button.