Settings to set up your Outlook.com / Live.com custom domain pop3 mail in your email software.

To set up your Outlook.com / Live.com custom domain pop3 mail in your email software please use the below instructions.

You will first have to activate POP on your Outlook.com / Live.com account to be able to set it up in your email software. To do this you need to go to More Mail settings after you have logged into your mailbox. Then look for "Connect devices and apps with POP". Click on it and select Enable and click Save.
You are now ready to set up your email account as pop3 in your email software.

Username:  FULL email address
Password:  The password for the email box

Account Type:  POP3

Incoming Mail Server (pop3):  pop3.live.com
Outgoing Mail Server (smtp):  smtp.live.com  -  Outgoing SMTP mail server authentication should be ON,   OR you can use your internet provider's smtp server with authentication off.

Incoming Mail Server Port:  995 (SSL must be ticked and enabled)
Outgoing Mail Server Port:  587 (TLS must be ticked and enabled) or Port 25 if you use your internet provider’s smtp server

Webmail:  webmail.yourdomain.co.za

Please contact Definite Web Hosting should you require any assistance.

  • 0 Users Found This Useful
Was this answer helpful?

Related Articles

How do I get my website on the Internet?

First of all you need to get a hosting company, like us, to host your website on servers where...

How to create an e-mail account.

To set up an e-mail account in cPanel log in to your cPanel via our website or via...

How to setup an FTP account.

An FTP site can come in very handy if your business has data files that you want your clients to...

How to upload your website to our servers.

This is one of the questions we get asked the most. It is actually very quick and simple. When...

How do I customize my web site's Error Pages?

With this tool you can create custom error pages to display when a user enters a wrong URL, an...