Email
Client Configuration - IMAP
Operating
System: Windows
Email Program: Microsoft Outlook
1. Open
Outlook and click on the Tools menu.
2. Click
on 'E-mail Accounts'.
3. The Email
Account wizard opens. Select 'Add a new e-mail account' and press 'Next'.
4. Select
'IMAP' and click on 'Next' to continue.
5. Note:
You will receive these email settings from your mail administrator. Enter
the following items;
- Your
name
- Your
email address
- Your
POP3 username. This is your full email address (for example 'tom.reid@demo-3.net')
- Your
password and check the box 'Remember Password'.
- Your
incoming mailserver (also known as your POP3 server.)
- Your
outgoing mailserver (also known as your SMTP server.).
Click on
'More Settings' to continue.
6. Enter
a name for your mail account. We suggest you use your email address. Then
enter your email address again for your reply email address. Click on
the 'Outgoing Server' tab to continue.
7. Check
the box for 'My outgoing server requires authentication' and select 'Use
same settings as my incoming server'. Then click on 'OK' to continue
8. Click
on 'Next' to continue.
9. Click
on 'Finish' to complete the setup.
10. You
should see a folder with your email address and a sub-folder 'INBOX"
listed in your mail folders. These are the remote folders on your IMAP
server.
11. To see
all the folders that are available to you on the IMAP server (in particular
the SPAM folder) right-click on the parent folder with your email address.
Then select 'IMAP Folders ...'
12. In the
IMAP Folders window click on the 'Query' button to get a list of all of
the folders that you can access. This is also know as subscribing to an
IMAP folder.
13. You
should subscribe to the 'Spam' so that you can periodically review the
captured spam emails and fine-tune your spam preferences. Click on 'Inbox.Spam'
and then click on 'Subscribe'.
14. A plus
sign has been added to the left of the Inbox. This signifies that you
now have additional subfolders you can access.
15. The
Spam folder is now listed. You can review your captured spam by double
clicking on the folder.
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