{"id":160,"date":"2019-12-10T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=160"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:27:07","slug":"set-your-basic-mailbox-on-outlook-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/set-your-basic-mailbox-on-outlook-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Set your Basic mailbox on Outlook for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to use your Basic mailbox in Outlook on your Mac? Follow the steps below to add your mailbox via IMAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/how-do-i-create-an-e-mail-address-and-mailbox\/\" data-type=\"ht_kb\" data-id=\"7129\">First create your Basic mailbox<\/a> and activate it in your control panel. Then add your mailbox in Outlook for Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outlook on a Windows computer?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/set-your-basic-mailbox-to-outlook\/\">Use our manual for Outlook on Windows<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Add the mailbox in Outlook for Mac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Follow these steps in Outlook for Mac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the top menu bar, click <strong>Outlook<\/strong> and select <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left navigation, click <strong>Accounts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the right, click <strong>Add Account<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your email address and click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait a moment while Outlook tries to find the settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose <strong>Sync directly with IMAP<\/strong> (so not via the Microsoft Cloud).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tick <strong>Show Advanced Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in the missing details:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Email address<\/strong>: your full email address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IMAP Username<\/strong>: your full email address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IMAP Password<\/strong>: your mailbox password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IMAP Incoming Server<\/strong>: imap.mailprotect.be<br>Set <strong>Port<\/strong> to <strong>993<\/strong> and make sure <strong>Use SSL to connect<\/strong> is enabled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMTP Username<\/strong>: your full email address<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMTP Password<\/strong>: your mailbox password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMTP Outgoing Server<\/strong>: smtp-auth.mailprotect.be<br>Set <strong>Port<\/strong> to <strong>587<\/strong> and choose <strong>SmartTLS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Add account<\/strong>. Your mailbox is now added in Outlook.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to use your Basic mailbox in Outlook on your Mac? Follow the steps below to add your mailbox via IMAP. First create your Basic mailbox and activate it in your control panel. Then add your mailbox in Outlook for Mac. Outlook on a Windows computer?\u00a0Use our manual for Outlook&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[13],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-160","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-configure-your-basic-mailbox"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3105,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/160\/revisions\/3105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}