IMAP Setup for Outlook 2003

IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol.  It allows one email account to be accessed from multiple computers, such as a work PC, a home PC, Blackberry, iPhone, and a laptop.  Email is left on the mail server, even after it has been viewed or deleted.  To remove email from the server, it must be manually purged.

Since messages remain in the mailbox until they are purged, the space these messages use will count against the quota assigned to you by your website host.  If you exceed your quota, you will no longer be able to receive new messages.  Please monitor your mailbox usage carefully!

If you do not intend to access email from multiple computers, a better option may be to use a POP3 email configuration.  POP3 will download all messages to your PC and remove them from the server.

If you choose to use IMAP...

Open Microsoft Outlook and click on the Tools menu, choose Email accounts.



Select Add a new email account and choose Next.



Select IMAP and then choose Next.

On this screen you can enter your personal information as well as the server information.

The incoming mail server should look something like:
pop.yourdomain.com

Your outgoing mail server should be set to:
smtp.yourdomain.com

Author: Larry 'Flash' Alexander

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