{"id":8667,"date":"2023-01-31T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&p=8667"},"modified":"2023-01-31T23:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:36:56","password":"","slug":"how-to-setup-microsoft-exchange-pop3-in-outlook-mac-os","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-setup-microsoft-exchange-pop3-in-outlook-mac-os\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Microsoft Exchange POP3 in Outlook (Mac OS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol version 3, which is a protocol used to access email locally on a server and retrieve email data. You can set it up easily on your Android or iOS device, and now you can do it on your Mac computer, too! Here\u2019s how:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. From Spotlight search, open the Outlook app.\n

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  2. Go to <\/span>Tools<\/b>, then select <\/span>Accounts<\/b>.\n

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  3. Click on the + sign, and click on <\/span>New Account<\/b>.\n

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  4. Select <\/span>Manual setup<\/b> (or <\/span>additional server types<\/b>), and hit <\/span>Next<\/b>.\n

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  5. When selecting email types, click on <\/span>POP<\/b>.\n

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  6. You will need to fill up the following information for your POP3 mail setup:<\/span>\n
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    • Account Type: POP3<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Incoming server: (confirm with your email provider)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Outgoing server: (confirm with your email provider)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Incoming mail server name: POP3<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Username: (your email username or account name)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Password: (your email password)\n

      <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n

    • To proceed, click on <\/span>More settings<\/b>.\n

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    • Select <\/span>Outgoing Server<\/b>, then check <\/span>My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication<\/b>.\n

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    • Go back to <\/span>Outgoing Server<\/b>, then hit <\/span>Advanced<\/b>.\n

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    • Enter the following details, which you may also need to confirm with your email provider:<\/span>\n
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      • POP3: (995 or as specified by email provider)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Outgoing SMTP Port: (465 or as specified by email provider)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Root folder path: enter \u201cINBOX\u201d\n

        <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n

      • And that\u2019s it! Just hit <\/span>Next<\/b>, then <\/span>Finish<\/b>, and your POP3 email setup is now complete.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol version 3, which is a protocol used to access email locally on a server and retrieve email data. You can set it up easily on your Android or iOS device, and now you can do it on your Mac computer, too! Here\u2019s how: From Spotlight search, open the Outlook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[32],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8667","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-email-hosting"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":213,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Email Hosting","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/email-hosting\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8668,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8667\/revisions\/8668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=8667"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=8667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}