Generally, when you buy a new Smartphone, the custom you have is to activate it using a Gmail, whether it is an Android or an iPhone. However, this is not an absolute law. You can add an account from another provider such as Outlook without any problem, by slightly changing that rule that many people follow closely.
The reason why Gmail is used is a matter of convenience, since by doing this you can automatically enjoy Google tools. However, there is nothing that prevents you from accessing your Outlook mail tray from an Android phone or iPhone . This, like another one, offers great advantages, Microsoft has always tried to make our lives simpler and particularly Outlook offers a better organization, because you can group all email messages, calendar events and files so you have everything within reach.
By simply downloading the corresponding application, you can continue using this platform and all others linked to it. In this article we will show you step by step how to correctly configure your Outlook email account on any smart mobile with Android or iOS operating system, so you don’t have to create a New account with another provider to access your messages tray. It’s time to be more productive and organized!
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Steps to set up my professional internet email account on my mobile phone or tablet
Access email accounts from mobile devices or Tablets increasingly common, since it is a more convenient and practical way to receive and send emails. So it is well worth having a good configuration.
Next we will explain how to do it from your Android and iOS device:
Set up email for Outlook Android
The Android operating system works with different email clients, the main one is Gmail. But there are other servers such as Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, IMAP and POP3 that can be used in this one and that are also an optimal configuration. That’s why this part you will know how to do it correctly.
- The first thing you should do is go to “Google Play” to download the application from “Microsoft Outlook”.
- The moment you finish the process, you will see the Microsoft Outlook application , when you enter you have an option that says initially Start with.
- Then he asks you to write your email address .
- At the end, just press “Continue” , you just have to wait a few seconds while the application connects to the server.
- You will see the email you entered and will ask you to enter the password you are configuring, name to show (Ex. Anabel) and description (Ex . Studies).
- Before you can advance to any step, you must enter “Show advanced settings”, in this way you will be able to see the server configuration both inbound and in output.
- In the tab that opened, you will see that the «IMAP» address will be created, depending on the domain where the email comes from. Check the name of your domain «Host IMAP» (you have to take into account that if the name that appears to you is not the same as the one you have, you must report it).
- Below you will be asked to enter the IMAP username and IMAP password , in this you have to enter your email and password without changing anything.
- Now the SMTP outgoing mail server will appear, the process will be similar to the previous step, it will search and recognize the address, there you will see that it will ask you for the name and the password. What you need to do is re-enter your email account and password and click on “Accept” (check icon) located at the top right .
- Wait for it to connect and validate the information you just entered. Confirming this will open your email.
- It only remains that you go to your inbox so you can see the news that shows you, you slide it to the left and in the last one you must click on the popcorn icon so that I can show you your emails.
- If you want to configure it with your device so you can synchronize contacts, just enter the “Main Settings”.
- In the window that will open, look in the “Settings” which is in the form of a gear.
- Go to the section where the “Account” are and select that you want to configure (if you have several).
- You just have to activate synchronization and that’s it.
Add Outlook mail on iPhone / iOS
There are two ways to set up your email account in the iOS Mail app, one is manually and the other automatically. In this case we will do it with the first one.
- Whether on your iPhone or iPad, you should go to the “Settings” or cons Settings directly.
- On it You should look where «Mail, contacts, calendar».
- Now enter where it says «Add account».
- In the window that opened you will see several types of account and at the bottom of the last one you should say “Other”, that is the one you are going to select.
- Depending on the model you have, a window may appear in which you have to press where it says «Add account». In others it will send you directly to «Enter account».
- Enter your name (Anabel), email address ([email protected]), password (xxxx) and a brief description (Work, study, company).
- Once this is done, mail will try to validate the information. Press “Accept” to complete. The adjustments and configurations will be done automatically.
- If you do not find the settings you will have to do the procedure manually.
- Once Enter the data by pressing “Next”. After that, you will see two options “IMAP” and “POP” This will depend on where you want to make the copy on the server.
- You have to take into account that the IMAP is an incoming mail server and POP is an outgoing server. Whichever you select you have to configure it as follows: Hostname This is the name of the domain with which the email is related, sometimes it can be given automatically but sometimes you have to enter it. Username you must enter the email you are configuring. Password the email address you are placing.
- It is advisable to activate both so that later you do not have to repeat any of these steps or present problems.
- You only have to give it to «Save».
- You may see a message that says “The server cannot be verified”, in this case you just have to accept and continue. This may appear for a security certificate that you do not have installed. * If the problem persists and you cannot configure the account or save the mail settings, you should contact your mail provider.