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Email Account Setup Guide


1) Open Entourage, go to the "Tools" menu and click on "Accounts..."



2) When the "Internet Accounts" window appears, click on the "Mail" tab. Click and hold on the "New" button, moving your pointer over the "Mail..." label and release the mouse button.



3) When the "Account Setup Assistant" dialog starts, begin filling out Your name: the name you want to appear on all your emails you send to people. At the bottom left of this window, click Configure account manually.



4) In the New Account window, choose IMAP or POP3 (what is the difference?) Click OK.



5) In the Edit Account window, fill in the following information:

Account Settings
    Account name
: Your full name
    Include this account...: (optional)

Personal information
    Name
: Your full name
    E-mail address: <yourname>@udomain.com

Receiving mail
    Account ID
: <yourname>@udomain.com
    IMAP server: mail.udomain.com
    Password/Save password: (optional)

Sending mail
    SMTP Server
: mail.udomain.com



6) Set advanced receiving options:

This IMAP service requires a secure connection (SSL) should be checked.

Override default IMAP port: check if 993 isn't set, and reset to 993 if needed.

If you are using POP3 with SSL, use port 995.



7) Set advanced sending options:

SMTP service requires secure connection (SSL) should be checked.

Override default SMTP port should be checked and changed to 465.

SMTP server requires authentication should be checked.
    Use same settings as incoming mail server should be set.



8) Settings in the Options tab are optional. The settings shown in the Advanced tab are preferred, but the "Delete options" can be altered to suit your needs.






Article Comments

thickma
This article was helpful, but I don't think that it reflects the latest version of Entourage. Even though I was able to set up my e-mail for Entourage, an update might be a good idea.

irena
This article worked to set up my email, but I prefer to use POP, not IMAP. I have lots of email accounts in my Entourage and I'd like to have all my messages go to the same Inbox folder. With IMAP, my account gets its own Inbox, and this is very cumbersome. How do I set up POP with Entourage?

HostGator
Follow the same steps, but choose POP. The secure port number is 995.

Oleidien
I have setup entourage according to the instructions provided. when retrieving mail it returns an error 3259 and the description is "An operation on the server timed out. The server may be down, overloaded, or there may be too much net traffic." and the explanation of the error: 'An error occurred on the IMAP server."

can anyone direct as to what this means? thank you

error3259.com
its an important setup guide, its easy to fix this error.

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