{"id":142,"date":"2020-06-01T13:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=142"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:52:44","slug":"how-to-server-settings-in-outlook-2016","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-server-settings-in-outlook-2016","title":{"rendered":"How To: Server settings in Outlook 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Server settings in Outlook 2016<\/h4>\n

Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open Windows Control Panel<\/p>\n

On your desktop taskbar, search for \u201cControl Panel\u201d. Click on \u201cControl Panel\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Server<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Select Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sort the \u201cView by\u201d tab by \u201cLarge icons\u201d and select \u201cMail (Microsoft Outlook 2016).<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Select \u201cEmail Accounts\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Select an email account and tap \u201cChange\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check Mail Setup \u2013 Outlook.<\/p>\n

Check Mail Setup \u2013 Outlook settings are input correctly:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Account Type: IMAP \/ POP (Recommended: IMAP)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Incoming Mail Server: mail.example.com (IMAP) \/ mail.example.com\u00a0(POP)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Outgoing Mail Server: mail.example.com<\/p>\n

\u2013 User Name: your email address in full i.e. (marvel@example.com)<\/p>\n

\u2013 Password: Login password for Webmail.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Select \u201cMore Settings\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check additional Outgoing Server<\/a> settings.<\/p>\n

1. Move your cursor to the tab \u201cOutgoing Server\u201d next to \u201cGeneral\u201d. Click on the tab \u201cOutgoing Server\u201d.<\/p>\n

2. Check the box \u201cMy outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication\u201d.<\/p>\n

3. Check the box \u201cUse same settings as my incoming mail server\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check Advanced Tab (ports, encryption and root folder path)<\/p>\n

1. Move your cursor to \u201cAdvanced\u201d tab. Click on \u201cAdvanced\u201d tab.<\/p>\n

2. Check whether ports and encryption is correctly configured.<\/p>\n

Default settings:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Incoming server (IMAP) \u2013 port 993 \u2013 encryption SSL\/TLS<\/p>\n

\u2013 Outgoing server (SMTP) \u2013 port 465 \u2013 encryption SSL\/TLS<\/p>\n

Note: If you prefer POP as account type, below is the setting to enter in Incoming Server under Advanced Tab for port and encryption.<\/p>\n

Default settings:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Incoming server (IMAP) \u2013 port 995 \u2013 encryption SSL\/TLS<\/p>\n

3. Ensure \u201cINBOX\u201d in capital letter is entered in Root Folder path.<\/p>\n

4. Click \u201cOK\u201d.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Step 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAVE your settings.<\/p>\n

Click NEXT and Outlook will proceed to test the account settings.<\/p>\n

Click CLOSE when testing is completed.<\/p>\n

Click FINISH to complete setup.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Server settings in Outlook 2016 Step 1 Open Windows Control Panel On your desktop taskbar, search for \u201cControl Panel\u201d. Click on \u201cControl Panel\u201d. Step 2 Select Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016). Sort the \u201cView by\u201d tab by \u201cLarge icons\u201d and select \u201cMail (Microsoft Outlook 2016). Step 3 Select \u201cEmail Accounts\u201d. Step 4 Select an email account and tap \u201cChange\u201d. Step 5…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[8],"kbtag":[1693,1529],"class_list":["post-142","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-outlook","kbtag-outlook-2016","kbtag-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5502,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/142\/revisions\/5502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}