Outlook 2016 Email Setup

Outlook 2016 Email Setup

Outlook 2016 is included as part of the Microsoft Office 2016 Suite. After installing select “Yes” and click “Next”.



If Outlook is already installed, you can add a new email account from the File menu by clicking the “+ Add Account” button.  

Click “Manual setup or additional server types” and hit “Next”



Check “POP or IMAP” and hit “Next” 



Under User Information enter your name and email address. Under Server Information select Account Type: “IMAP”.  

Enter “mail.reliablepenguin.com” in the “Incoming mail server” and “Outgoing mail server (SMTP)” fields. 

Under Login Information enter your email address in the “User Name” field and your password in the “Password” field. 

Check “Remember Password” and check “Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)”. Do not click “Next” yet.



Click the “More Settings”  button and then click the “Outgoing Server” tab. Check “My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”



Click the “Advanced” tab.



Change “Use the following type of encrypted connections” to “None” in the pull down menu for both Incoming and Outgoing servers. 

Set “Incoming server (IMAP)” port to 143

Set “Outgoing server (SMTP)” port to 587

Click the “OK” button. Click “Next”



A test message should be delivered. Click the “Close” button. Yout mail will appear in the left hand menu. You can click the little triangle icon beside the Inbox to expand the inbox folders 

Setup is now complete and you’re ready to send and receive email. Contact support if you need assistance with this setup.
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