How to setup IMAP in Entourage 2008

Summary

This article describes how-to configure Microsoft Entourage 2008 to send & receive email using IMAP and your Ecenica email address.

Before you start checklist

Have the following details ready before you start:

  • Your domain name
  • Your email address
  • Your email password

For help on creating your email addresses in your control panel see this article:

Configuring IMAP in Entourage 2008

  1. Open Entourage
  2. On the Tools menu, click Accounts….
  3. Click ‘New’. Select IMAP and then click OK.
  4. Enter an Account Name of your choice, your name and your email address.
  5. For Account ID enter your email address (For example, email@example.com).
  6. Enter the ‘IMAP Server‘ as mail.example.com, replacing ‘example.com’ with the domain of your hosting account, and your email password.
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  8. Enter the ‘SMTP Server‘ as mail.mydomain.com, replacing ‘mydomain.com’ with the domain of your hosting account.
  9. Click Click here for advanced sending options
  10. Click SMTP server requires authentication‘.
  11. Select Use same settings as receiving mail server.
  12. Close the advanced sending options window
  13. Click OK.
  14. Close the ‘Accounts’ screen to return to Entourage.

Entourage will now be ready to send & receive email.