IMAP Email Setup: Outlook 2010

If you aren't sure of the difference between POP and IMAP and why you would use one or the other, please click here.

1. Click on the File tab, then on the Account Settings, and then on Account settings again.
   
   
   
   
2. On the Email tab, click on New.
   If you are editing the settings for an existing email, click on the email address in the list and click Change, instead.
   
   
   
   
3. Click E-mail Account and Next.
   
   
   
   
4. Click on Manually Configure and Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Click Internet E-mail and Next.
   
   
   
   
6. Select IMAP
   Enter the following settings:
   Incoming mail server: imap.homestead.com
   Outgoing mail server SMTP: smtp.homestead.com
   Enter your email for the User Name and your email password
   Click on More Settings.
   
   
   
   
7. On the Outgoing Server tab, check the box for "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and select "Use same settings as my incoming server."
   
   
   
   
8. On the Advanced tab, Input the following settings:
   Incoming server: 993
   Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS
   Outgoing server (SMTP): 465
   Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS
   For the Root folder path, put Inbox
   Click OK
   
   
9. Click Next
   
   
   
   
10. Click Close
    
    
    
    
11. Click Finish.
    
    
    
    
12. Click on the File tab again, and then on Account Settings. Then again on Account Settings. Double click on the account and hit More Settings.
13. Go to the Sent Items tab and make sure the Sent Items are mapped as shown.
    
    
    
    
14. Click OK to save.