This guide explains how to connect the desktop app Outlook 2019 (Windows desktop application) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

Prerequisites

• Create the address within my kSuite or on a Mail Service (Mail Service only, or existing within a kSuite).
• Test the email address password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
• Check on the Mail Service that the automatic diagnosis is correct.

Add the email address to the application

To configure the messaging application:

1. Open the application.
2. Click on the File menu:
   
3. Click on Account Settings.
4. Click on Add or remove accounts:
   
5. Click on New:
   
6. Enter the email address to connect.
7. Click on Advanced options.
8. Click on Manual configuration.
9. Click on the blue Connect button:
   
10. Click on IMAP:
    
11. Enter the password of the email address to connect.
12. Click on the blue Connect button:
    
13. Uncheck the box for additional mobile device configuration if necessary.
14. Click on the blue Finish button:
    
15. Click on Repair to correct some automatically added but incorrect information:
    
16. Click on Advanced options.
17. Click on Manual Repair.
18. Click on the blue Repair button:
    
19. Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down with the elevator if necessary.
20. Click on Outgoing Mail:
    
21. Check and complete the missing information.
22. Click on Next:
    
23. Click on Finish:
    
24. Click on Close:
    
25. There you go, your email address is now correctly configured in the application:
    

Recommended settings

• Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
• IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
• Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
• SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol:
  • Prioritize port 587 + STARTTLS: this is the official technical standard and the most compatible method with the majority of modern systems for authenticated submission.
  • Tolerate port 465 + SSL/TLS only as a compatibility option or alternative, specifying that it is implicit encryption, but that 587 remains the recommended choice.
• Username = the complete & entire email address ( ? )
• Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to access ( ? )
• Authentication required to send emails:
  • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
  • Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.

In case of a problem

It is not necessary to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

• Refer to the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
• This other guide is more specifically about Outlook.

… and if your Outlook no longer works since a change in your email password, refer to this other guide.