FAQ: Outlook 2016 Setup Guide

Applies To:

  • Mailbox 5
  • Mailbox 25

Description:

 

Mailbox 5 users:

  1. Load Outlook
  2. Click File located at the top left
  3. Click Account Settings then Account Settings
  4. Select your new mailbox from the list of accounts then click Change
  5. On the account settings page ensure:
    5a. incoming server = us2.imap.mailhostbox.com
    5b. outgoing server = us2.smtp.mailhostbox.com
    5c. Ensure 'secure password authentication' is not ticked
  6. Click More Settings
  7. Click the Outgoing Server tab
    7a. Ensure 'my outgoing server requires authentication' is ticked
    7b. Ensure 'use same settings as incoming server' is selected
  8. Click Advanced 
    8a. Ensure the Incoming Server port is 993 
    8b. Ensure the Incoming Server encryption is set to SSL/TLS 
    8c. Ensure the Outgoing server port is 587 
    8d. Ensure the Outgoing Server encryption is STARTTLS
  9. Click OK then Next , a test will run
  10. Click Close then Finish


Mailbox 25 users:

  1. Load Outlook
  2. Click File located at the top left
  3. Click Account Settings then Account Settings
  4. Select your new mailbox from the list of accounts then click Change
  5. On the account settings page ensure:
    5a. incoming server = us3.imap.mailhostbox.com
    5b. outgoing server = us3.smtp.mailhostbox.com
    5c. Ensure 'secure password authentication' is not ticked
  6. Click More Settings
  7. Click the Outgoing Server tab
    7a. Ensure 'my outgoing server requires authentication' is ticked
    7b. Ensure 'use same settings as incoming server' is selected
  8. Click Advanced 
    8a. Ensure the Incoming Server port is 993 
    8b. Ensure the Incoming Server encryption is set to SSL/TLS 
    8c. Ensure the Outgoing server port is 587 
    8d. Ensure the Outgoing Server encryption is STARTTLS
  9. Click OK then Next , a test will run
  10. Click Close then Finish


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