Outlook.com IMAP Server Settings

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Internet Message Access Protocol (better known by its acronym IMAP) is an email protocol used to access email on a remote mail server. It is one of the most widely used mail frameworks to retrieve messages and is supported by Microsoft to access Outlook.com accounts.

Note: The information in this article applies to Outlook.com and Outlook Online.

Outlook.com IMAP Server Settings

The Outlook.com IMAP server settings are:

Server address:                             imap-mail.outlook.com

Username:                                    Your full Outlook.com email address (no aliases)

Password:                                     Your Outlook.com password (or an app password)

Port:                                              993

TLS/SSL Encryption Required:    Yes

To send email from an email program using an Outlook.com account, add the Outlook.com SMTP server settings. IMAP can only access messages; You must configure the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) settings separately if you want your messages to be sent.

Considerations

However, before you commit to using IMAP to access your Outlook.com account, consider Exchange access for your Outlook.com account. It does everything IMAP can do (send and receive email) and sync your contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes. Especially with Microsoft Outlook (the desktop program) and mobile apps like Mail on iOS, adding an Outlook.com account through Exchange opens up more functionality than relying on IMAP.

As an alternative to IMAP, you can also access Outlook.com through POP. Post Office Protocol is a method of retrieving messages that downloads an email and then deletes it from the server. POP has a valid business purpose, for example retrieving messages for inclusion in a company's ticketing system, but most home users should use IMAP instead of POP.

Note: Because IMAP syncs your connected email programs with your email provider's server, anything you do with an IMAP-enabled account is synced with all connected programs.

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