IMAP Email Setup: Outlook 2013

If you aren't sure of the difference between POP and IMAP and why you would use one or the other, please click here.

1. To set up your IMAP account, launch Outlook. Click on File.
   
   
   
   
2. You will need to click on Account Settings, then again on the Account Settings in the drop-down.
   
   
   
   
3. You have a choice here. 
   If this is a new IMAP account then select New. You will see a couple of screens not pictured here. You will want to set up an email account and select IMAP
   If you already have the account setup and are changing the settings, then highlight the appropriate account in the list and click Change
   
   
   
   
4. Enter these settings:
   Incoming mail server: imap.homestead.com
   Outgoing mail server SMTP: smtp.homestead.com
   Enter your email for the User Name and your email password
   Click on More Settings.
   
   
   
   
5. In the Outgoing Server tab, check the box for "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" and select "Use same settings as my incoming server."
   Click OK
   
   
   
6. In the Advanced tab, input the following settings:
   Incoming server: 993
   Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS
   Outgoing server (SMTP): 465
   Use the following type of encrypted connection: TLS
   Set the Root folder path to Inbox
   Click OK