HOWTO: Configuring 'Outlook for Android' to connect using IMAP/SMTP

Applies To:

  • Linux Web Hosting
  • WordPress Hosting

Description:

Outlook for Android struggles to connect to a mail server even when you have specified the correct details. This appears to be due to the inability for it to automatically negotiate the correct combination of ports and protocols. It is therefore suggested that when you manually add the incoming (IMAP) and outgoing (SMTP) server names you apply a port suffix as below:

  • Incoming Server::993
  • Outgoing Server::465

For example, if you have been advised to use vmail.hosting-platform.uk to access email you should enter as below:

  • Incoming Server: vmail.hosting-platform.uk:993
  • Outgoing Server: vmail.hosting-platform.uk:465

Important:

The settings are provided as a courtesy but the validity may change over time if the third party software 


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