This guide explains how to connect the desktop app New Outlook (Windows desktop application, replacing Microsoft Mail and Windows Mail) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

Add the email address to the application

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.

To configure the email application:

1. Open the application.
2. If necessary, click on the gear icon in the top right corner (otherwise, skip to step 4):
   
3. Click on Add an account:
   
4. Enter the email address to be linked.
5. Click on Continue:
   
6. Enter the email address password.
7. Click on the See more button.
8. Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down if necessary:
   
9. Check and complete the missing information.
10. Click on Continue:
    
11. Review and proceed through the various Microsoft information windows:
    
12. There you go, your email address is now 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 = full & complete 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 settings as the incoming server" or according to 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 email ports and protocols.

Important information

Although the emails themselves remain stored on the Infomaniak server, the experience in New Outlook is very integrated with the Microsoft cloud:

• Some information from your account may be used by Microsoft for centralized management and better synchronization experience.
• According to some users, it would even be mandatory to have a Microsoft Cloud account to use classic IMAP.

If you want to have total and local control over your emails, consider using third-party email software/clients (such as Thunderbird for example) that allow more direct storage.

Password

If you are not sure of your email password, the troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

• Take note of the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
• This other guide is more specifically about Outlook.

… and if your Outlook is no longer working since a change of email password, take note of this other guide.