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Mail in Outlook on Windows

There are two kinds of Outlook on Windows: the new one and the classic one. This guide covers both.

Which one do I have? If there's a small New Outlook switch at the top right, or the program is just called "Outlook" with a new, simple look, it's the new one. If you have a File menu at the top left, it's the classic one.

New Outlook

  1. Go to Settings (the gear) › Accounts › Email accounts › Add account.
  2. Enter your email address and click Continue.
  3. Choose IMAP as the account type.
  4. Enter your password and click Show more.
  5. Incoming (IMAP): server mail.mailsky.eu, port 993, secure connection SSL/TLS.
  6. Outgoing (SMTP): username = your full email address, your password, server mail.mailsky.eu, port 465, secure connection SSL/TLS.
  7. Click Continue.

Good to know: the new Outlook fetches your mail through Microsoft's servers. It works fine, but a copy of your mail is then also kept at Microsoft. To avoid that, use classic Outlook, Thunderbird or webmail.

Classic Outlook

  1. Go to File › Add Account.
  2. Enter your email address, open Advanced options, tick Let me set up my account manually, and click Connect.
  3. Choose IMAP.
  4. Incoming mail: server mail.mailsky.eu, port 993, encryption method SSL/TLS.
  5. Outgoing mail: server mail.mailsky.eu, port 465, encryption method SSL/TLS.
  6. Do not tick Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA). Click Next.
  7. Enter your password and click Connect.

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