Outlook.com announces support for IMAP email and new partnerships

The Outlook.com team is doing some other Reddit 'Ask me anything' (AMA) and 1 of the top questions was regarding IMAP support. In a clever announcement, the team notified the person request the question that Outlook now supports the pop email protocol and even provided the settings.

Many potential customers have wanted to switch to Outlook.com from the likes of Gmail and other services, just the lack of IMAP support was hindering their transition. This was especially true for those who used Mac Mail and Thunderbird on a Mac.

In the previous AMA, the squad noted that IMAP was being worked on but they had nothing business firm to announce. Just a few months later and it is articulate that IMAP became a priority as it is now live for customers in improver to new partnerships to hook into the pop email service from Microsoft.

Settings for IMAP are listed below for Outlook.com

Incoming IMAP mail server: imap-mail service.outlook.com
Incoming IMAP mail server port: 993
Encryption: SSL

SMTP

Approachable SMTP mail server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
Outgoing SMTP mail server port: 587
Encryption: TLS

In addition, back up for OAuth has also been announced, meaning third-political party apps and services can at present claw into Outlook.com. In fact, Microsoft and the Outlook.com squad are announcing partnerships with TripIt, Sift, Slice, motley*bunch, Unroll.me, OtherInbox, and Context.IO to work with the e-mail service directly. Users will be able to plugin and get a more unified experience using the various services. More information can exist establish on the Outlook Blog.

Source: Outlook Blog, Reddit

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