Set up an email address in Microsoft Outlook 2024/2022/2019

Follow these steps to configure your email address correctly in Microsoft Outlook included with Office 2024, 2022 or 2019.

Step 1: Open Outlook

Start Microsoft Outlook. If this is the first time you open Outlook, you will automatically be asked to add an account. If not, follow these steps:

• Go to File > Account Settings > Account Settings…
• Click New… to add a new email account.

Step 2: Choose manual configuration

When the screen for adding an email account appears, enter your name, email address and password. Then click Advanced options and select Let me set up my account manually on.

Step 3: Choose IMAP (recommended)

Choose IMAP as the account type, not POP. You will then be asked for the settings.

Step 4: Enter server settings

Use the following settings:

Incoming email (IMAP)

• Server: mail.mosthosted.com
• Port: 993
• Encryption: SSL/TLS

Outgoing email (SMTP)

• Server: mail.mosthosted.com
• Port: 465 (SSL) or 587 (STARTTLS)
• Encryption: SSL/TLS or STARTTLS

Check that the option My outgoing server requires authentication is selected and set to Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.

Step 5: Login details

For both incoming and outgoing mail, use your full email address as the username. Enter the password supplied by MostHosted.

Step 6: Finish

Click Next and wait while Outlook tests the connection. If everything is correct, the account will be added successfully. Click Done to close.