'''Question: How do I setup my IMAP Email account with Microsoft Outlook 2011 on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion?'''

== Setting up an IMAP account with Microsoft Outlook 2011 on OS X 10.7 Lion ==

'''Summary:'''

If you're not running OS X 10.7 Lion, your screens may be slightly  different.  Here is a quick summary of the important settings to use:

'''Email Address:''' username@kattare.com (your full email address)

'''User Name:''' (your POP3 username as displayed in the Email Management [[https://www.kattare.com/members/emails.kvws|here]].)

'''Account Type:''' POP 

'''Incoming Mail Server:''' mail.kattare.com 

'''Incoming Mail Security:''' Use SSL to connect 

'''Outgoing Mail Server:''' mail.kattare.com 

'''Outgoing Mail Server Port:''' check 

'''Override default port''', enter port number '''2525''' 

'''Outgoing Mail Security:''' Use SSL to connect 

'''<More Options>; Authentication:''' User Name and Password 

'''<Advanced>; Server:''' Check '''Send multiple commands to server simultaneously''', '''Use IMAP IDLE''', '''Stay connected to Inbox only''', '''Connect when Outlook start''', '''IMAP Root Folder''': ~/mail 

'''<Advanced>; Folders:''' Choose sent-mail, drafts, spam, trash. 

'''And here are the step by step instructions:'''

The first time you start up Outlook it will automatically jump into the '''New Account''' assistant.  If this is not the first time you have run Outlook, you can setup the new account by selecting '''Preferences''' from the '''Outlook''' menu.

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In the '''Outlook Preferences''' pane, select '''Accounts'''.

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In the '''Accounts''' pane, select '''E-mail Account''' (if you do not have the '''Add Account''' dialog showing, click the "'''+'''" sign in the lower left and select "'''E-mail …'''").

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In the sheet that drops down, enter your '''E-mail address''' and '''Password'''. Continue on to enter your '''User Name''' as you have been told by your local Systems Administrator, IT Guru, or the Kattare Members Section [[https://www.kattare.com/members/emails.kvws|Email Management Page]] and an account '''Type''' of '''IMAP'''. Enter '''mail.kattare.com''' as both the '''Incoming server''' and the '''Outgoing server'''. Check the boxes marked '''Use SSL to connect'''. On the Outgoing server, check the box marked '''Override default port''' as well.

Enter port number '''2525''' after the Outgoing server name. Click the '''Add Account''' button.

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In the '''Accounts''' pane once again, click the button marked '''More Options…''' .

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Choose '''User Name and Password''' from the '''Authentication''' drop down then enter your POP3 '''User Name''' and password as you have been told by your local Systems Administrator, IT Guru, or the Kattare Members Section [[https://www.kattare.com/members/emails.kvws|Email Management Page]].

Click '''OK'''.

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In the '''Accounts''' pane once again, click the button marked '''Advanced…''' .

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On the '''Server''' tab, check the boxes next to '''Send multiple commands to server simultaneously''', '''Use IMAP IDLE''', '''Stay connected to Inbox only''' and '''Connect when Outlook start'''. Set your '''IMAP Root Folder''' to "'''~/mail'''".

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On the '''Folders''' tab, click the drop-down box next to '''Store sent messages in this folder'''. Select '''Choose…'''.

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This will bring up a new window showing all of your mail folders configured on the Kattare mail server. Select "'''sent-mail'''" and click the '''Choose'''  button. This tells Outlook to store copies of any mail that you send on  the Kattare server. Setting all of your IMAP clients to use the same  mail folders on the server will ensure that you always have access to a  copy of sent mail regardless of which device it was sent from.

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Continue to map the other folders for '''Drafts''', '''Junk''' and '''Trash''' to their counterparts on the Kattare server.

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The default Kattare mail folders used by the Kattare webmail client are "sent-mail", "drafts", "spam" and "trash". Click "'''OK''' to save the settings and return to the "'''Accounts'''" pane.

Closing the '''Accounts''' pane will bring you back to your main Outlook 2011 window and your mail account will now be active.

Happy Emailing!

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