To setup your Outlook 2016 Desktop Client, please follow these instructions:
- Open Microsoft Outlook 2016
- Click on the File menu and click the button titled + Add Account.
- Enter your full email address in the text box (IE: username@yourdomain.com).
- Click on the Connect button.
- Enter your password in the text box.
- Click on the Connect button.
- Click on the OK button.
If the above instructions do not work please try the following:
- Open Microsoft Outlook 2016.
- Click on the File menu and click the button titled + Add Account button.
- Enter your full email address in the text box (IE: username@yourdomain.com).
- Click on the Advanced options link.
- Check Let me set up my account manually.
- Click on the Connect button.
- Click the IMAP icon.
- Enter mail.atlantisnet.com as the Incoming mail Server.
- Enter 143 for Port.
- Select None for Encryption method.
- Leave Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) unchecked.
- Enter mail.atlantisnet.com as the Outgoing mail Server.
- Enter 587 for Port.
- Select None for Encryption method.
- Leave Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) unchecked.
- Click on the Next button.
- Enter your password in the text box.
- Click on the Connect button.
- Click on the Done button after setup is complete.
Here is another method to setup your IMAP account for using in Outlook 2016:
- Close Microsoft Outlook 2016.
- In the search box, enter Control Panel and then click on it in the displayed results.
- Click on Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016) (32-bit).
- Click on the Email Accounts… button.
- Click on the New… button.
- Select Manual setup or additional server types.
- Click the Next > button.
- Select POP or IMAP.
- Click the Next > button.
- Enter Your Name.
- Enter your Email Address.
- Change Account Type to IMAP.
- Enter mail.atlantisnet.com as the Incoming mail server.
- Enter mail.atlantisnet.com as the Outgoing mail server.
- Enter your email address for User Name.
- Enter your Password.
- Leave Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) unchecked.
- Click on the More Settings… button.
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
- Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click on the Advanced tab.
- Change Incoming server (IMAP) port to 993.
- Change Use the following type of encryption connection to SSL/TLS.
- Change Outgoing server (SMTP) port to 587.
- Change Use the following type of encryption connection to SSL/TLS.
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Next > button.
- Outlook will test your settings. Once complete press the Close button (to close the Test Account Settings window).
- Click the Finish button (to close the Add Account window).
- Click the Close button (to close the Account Settings window).
- Click the Close button (to close the Mail Setup - Outlook window).
- Open Microsoft Outlook 2016.
Article ID: 56, Created: 1/8/2018 at 10:57 AM, Modified: 3/25/2020 at 7:42 PM