Using Microsoft Entourage with Your Email
Here's the Lowdown: You can configure Microsoft Entourage® 2004 to access the email messages on your email account using POP or IMAP. While exact steps may differ from version to version, these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Entourage.
Before You Start:
- Have your full email address and account password ready.
- Find your incoming and outgoing server names, click here to learn how.
To Use Microsoft Entourage with Your Email
- Open Microsoft Entourage.
- From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
- Click New.
- If the Account Setup Assistant window opens, click Configure account manually.
- In the Account Type section, select IMAP or POP, and click OK.
- In the Edit Account window, enter the following information:
- Account name
- An identifier for your account such as My Mail, Work, or Home
- Name
- The name to be shown on your email
- Email address
- Your full email address
- Complete the Receiving mail fields.
NOTE: Click here for help finding your POP or IMAP settings.
- Select Click here for advanced receiving options, make the following changes, and then click OK:
- (Optional) This IMAP/POP service requires a secure connection (SSL)
- Select to enable
- Override default IMAP/POP port
- Select to enable
- POP/IMAP Port
- IMAP without SSL - 143
IMAP with SSL - 993
POP without SSL - 110
POP with SSL - 995
- In the Sending mail section, enter your SMTP Server.
NOTE: To use our SMTP server, you must activate SMTP relay for your email address. For information on activating or checking your SMTP relays see Checking Your SMTP Relay Settings.
Click here for help finding your SMTP Server. - Select Click here for more advanced sending options and make the following changes:
- (Optional) SMTP server requires secure connection (SSL)
- Select to enable
- Override default SMTP port
- Select to enable
- SMTP Port
- Without SSL - one of the following: 25, 80, 3535
With SSL - 465 - SMTP server requires authentication
- Select to enable
- Use same settings as receiving mail server
- Select to enable
- Click OK.
For information on setting up Microsoft Entourage, see How to Set up an IMAP E-mail Account in Entourage or How to Set up a POP E-mail Account in Entourage.
NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products. Entourage® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved.