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How do I add an Outlook.com account to my Apple Mail (Desktop Version)?

Anonymous
2012-08-03T14:17:22+00:00

I can add Outlook.com to my iphone and ipad just fine by using the wizard but when I try to add it to my desktop Mail account, it goes to POP by default and when I try to change it to an Exchange account, I get error messages.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-11-16T03:51:25+00:00

    It is a very late answer but if your Outlook.com account has been migrated to the Exchange infrastructure, you can now.

    • Go to System Preferences->Internet Accounts
    • Click the + sign at the bottom of the left hand side of the window and click on Exchange.
    • Type your email address and password and click on "Sign In". It will give you a message saying "Unable to verify account name or password". Ignore it and click "Next".
    • On both the Internal URL and External URL fields, type "http://outlook.com" without the quotes and click on "Sign In".
    • Confirm which features you want to sync (Mail, Contacts, Calendar, reminders, Notes) and click on "Done".

    As of today, 11/15/2016, it seems you can only add only one Outlook account as an Exchange account on OS X 10.12.1.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-08-04T06:29:02+00:00

    There is no way to do this directly in the Mac mail client as that client doesn't support the EAS protocol used by Outlook.com, but you can try a 3rd party solution here - http://fluentfactory.com/mboxmail-for-mac/.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-03T00:17:55+00:00

    Eugine, how will Mac or Apple support solve the problem of Hotmail not supporting standard mail protocols?

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-12-30T02:19:15+00:00

    Hi Sid_S,

    I apologize for the inconvenience. For this kind of concern and how to configure your Mac mail client, you can contact Mac Support.

    Thanks!

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-12-26T09:34:28+00:00

    Why don't you support the many protocols that the Mac Mail client DOES support? IMAP? Exchange? POP3?

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