How to Add an Alternmail Account to Outlook (Windows Application)

  • Open the Outlook application.

  • Go to File > Add Account (If the option does not appear, click on the existing account, and the "add account" option will appear below it.)

  • Enter your Alternmail email address (e.g., your@alternmail.com)  and click Connect

  • Enter your Alternmail password and click Connect

  • Outlook will attempt to automatically detect the server settings. If it doesn't, enter the following manually:

Configure incoming mail server:

     1. Username: yourmail@alternmail.com
     2. Password: Alternmail account password
     3. Server: mail.alternmail.com
     4. Port: 993
     5. Security Type: SSL/TLS

Configure outgoing mail server:

     1. Username: yourmail@alternmail.com
     2. Password: Alternmail account password
     3. Server: mail.alternmail.com
     4. Port: 465
     5. Security Type: SSL/TLS 

Click Done and your Alternmail account will be connected to Outlook.