{"id":302,"date":"2020-06-01T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=302"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:08:36","slug":"how-to-enable-ssl-encryption-in-your-microsoft-outlook-and-outlook-express","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-enable-ssl-encryption-in-your-microsoft-outlook-and-outlook-express","title":{"rendered":"How to enable SSL encryption in your Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTP-E_dX07L9-YCw9SNy_MFlwgEeV1xVnUbVg&amp;s\" alt=\"How to enable SSL encryption in Microsoft Outlook\u00a0\" width=\"235\" height=\"235\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><u><b>How to enable SSL encryption in Microsoft Outlook\u00a0<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">1. Launch your <a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.live.com\/mail\/0\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Outlook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Go to Tools and select Account Settings.<\/p>\n<p>3. Check on the \u201cManually configure server settings or additional server types\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4. Enter your name and full email address on User\u2019s Information section.<\/p>\n<p>5. Select Account Type. You may choose either POP3 or IMAP as we support for both email protocol.<\/p>\n<p>6. Enter \u201c<strong>server hostname<\/strong>\u201d \u00a0for incoming and Outgoing mail server (SMTP)<\/p>\n<p>7. Then assign your full email address and password on the Logon information section and check on to remember password<\/p>\n<p>8. Then click on the \u201cMore settings\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>9. Then go to advanced tab and check on \u201cThis server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>10. Lastly assign 995 for incoming port (POP3) and 465 for outgoing port (SMTP).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/d\/d2\/Outlook_Express_XP.png\/250px-Outlook_Express_XP.png\" alt=\"Outlook Express - Wikipedia\" width=\"314\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><u><b>How to enable SSL\u00a0encryption in\u00a0<\/b><b>Outlook Express<\/b><\/u><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1. Launch Outlook Express.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to Tools &gt; Accounts\u2026<\/p>\n<p>3. Go to Mail tab and select the account for SSL encryption and click Properties.<\/p>\n<p>4. Then go to Advanced tab and check on both \u201cThis server requires a secure connection (SSL).<\/p>\n<p>5. Then assign port 465 for outgoing SMTP and 995 for incoming POP3 .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to enable SSL encryption in Microsoft Outlook\u00a0 1. Launch your Microsoft Outlook 2. Go to Tools and select Account Settings. 3. Check on the \u201cManually configure server settings or additional server types\u201d 4. Enter your name and full email address on User\u2019s Information section. 5. Select Account Type. You may choose either POP3 or IMAP as we support for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[10],"kbtag":[1672,1673],"class_list":["post-302","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-android","kbtag-microsoft-outlook","kbtag-outlook-express"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/302","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=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5831,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/302\/revisions\/5831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}