Lawyers-Mail settings: Windows (desktop)

Windows – Outlook 2016

This is the guide for setting up Lawyers-Mail on Outlook 2016.

1. Start Outlook 2016
2. Select ‘File’
3. Select ‘Info’
4. Select Account Settings
   
5. Make sure your email address is selected
6. Click ‘Change’
   
7. Verify basic account settings, then click ‘More Settings’
   
   (If you instead see a different window with buttons marked “Reset Mail Settings” and “Next”, Please scroll to the bottom of this page.)
8. Verify the outgoing sever settings, match the image below
   
9. Click ‘Advanced’ tab
   
10. Input the following values for IMAP:
    • Incoming Server (IMAP): 143
    • Encrypted Connection: AUTH/None
    • Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587 or 25
    • Encrypted Connection: AUTH/None
11. (If on POP3) Input the following values for POP3:
    • Incoming Server (POP3): 110
    • Encrypted Connection: AUTH/None or Auto
    • Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587 or 25
    • Encrypted Connection: STARTTLS or Auto
12. Click ‘OK’
13. Test Account Settings
    
    If test fails, double-check you’ve entered the settings correctly.
14. Finish the wizard
    • If the “Test Account Settings”, window is still open, click ‘Close’
    • Click ‘Finish’ to finish the “Change Account” wizard
    • Click ‘Close’ to close “Account Settings” window

What if I don’t see the settings window, when I click “Change”

When you click “Change” and you see ‘Reset Mail Settings’ and ‘Next’ instead of server settings.

• Close Outlook program completely
• Click, Windows Start menu, scroll down the apps to “Windows System” folder, Click “Control Panel”
  
• Search the “Control Panel” for the ‘mail’
  
• Click the ‘Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016) result’
• Click the ‘Email Account…’ button
  

After doing this, you should be able to highlight the account and click the ‘Change’ button to see the settings window described in step #6 above