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If you're trying to add your Outlook.com account to Outlook or another mail app, you might need the POP, IMAP, or SMTP settings. You can find them below or by viewing them in your Outlook.com settings .
Aug 9, 2019 · Here's how to hook up your email account to Outlook, using either POP3 or IMAP. What are POP3 and IMAP? POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and IMAP (Internet Messaging Access Protocol) are two of the most common protocols for accessing email.
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Users can log in via multiple email clients on computers or mobile device and read the same messages. All changes made in the mailbox will be synced across multiple devices and messages will only be removed from the server if the user deletes the email. You can be logged in with multiple computers and devices simultaneously.
- Walter Glenn
- Email Clients vs Webmail. Before we explain the different protocols used to download emails, let’s take a few minutes to understand the simpler stuff—the difference between email clients and webmail.
- POP3. Post Office Protocol (POP) offers a way of interacting with mail servers that dates back to a very different Internet than we use today. Computers tended to not have permanent Internet access.
- IMAP. The Internet Messaging Access Protocol (IMAP) was created in 1986, but suits the modern day world of omnipresent, always-on Internet connectivity quite well.
- Microsoft Exchange, MAPI, and Exchange ActiveSync. Microsoft began developing the Messaging API (MAPI) not long after IMAP and POP were first developed.
The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a protocol for receiving email. Protocols standardize technical processes so computers and servers can connect with each other regardless of whether or not they use the same hardware or software. A key feature of IMAP is that it allows users to access their emails from any device.
