How to configure Outlook IMAP Emails

Unlike POP3, IMAP4 allows you to store your messages by default on the server, instead of downloading them locally. But an IMAP4 server uses port 143 to listen for messages. IMAP adds many features over POP3 mail standard. It easy to keep several mail clients, all tied to a single account, in sync. When Microsoft Outlook supports the IMAP protocol, its support is not as fluid as it is for the POP3 mail protocol. As of Microsoft Outlook 2010, IMAP support is as fluid as other mail clients, but if you use an earlier version there are a few things you can do to upgrade the performance of IMAP in Outlook.

Following given steps is necessary for configuring Microsoft Outlook support to connect to an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4) server.

Step1: Start Outlook-> On the File menu, clicks Info and click Account Settings-> Select Account Settings from the list

Step2: On the E-mail tab, click New and Select Email Account, and then click Next

Step3: Click to select the manually configure server settings or additional server types check box, and then click Next.

Step4: Click Internet E-Mail, and then click Next

Step5: In the Server Information section, select IMAP for Account Type.

Step6: In the Your Name box, enter your name exactly as you want it to appear to recipients.

Step7: In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail address. Then type username and password

Step8: In the Incoming mail server box, type the name of your IMAP4 server.And  In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type the name of your SMTP server.

[Note IMAP4 is a retrieval protocol. You must have SMTP to send your messages.]

 Step9: Click next after you have completed entering this configuration information, and then click Finish.

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How to repair PST files in Microsoft Outlook

Personal Storage Table (PST) is a type of file format that is used by Microsoft Outlook for primary email management to store messages, settings and other important data in the Outlook user environment. Sometime PST file would be corrupted that means you can’t open your messages. That time you can repaired PST file and can also use freeware for this work.
Here given methods will help to correct Microsoft outlook problem and will repair your PST files.

Recovered data will be saved to a new PST file (or several *.pst files) created by PST recovery tool. The PST repair tool can save various Microsoft Outlook items as separate files with the .eml, .vcf and .txt extensions. Here is a Six sequential steps that will help you to recover data from a corrupted PST file .

i) Selecting the PST file data from which you want to recovered

In this case, you should mention the path to the .pst file information from which Recovery Toolbox for Outlook should start recovers. In case there is only one Profile created for the current user whose data is stored in one .pst file, the path to this .pst file will automatically be specified in the address bar. 

ii) Scanning and viewing the contents of the selected pst file

In this case, the program asks you the following question: Do you wish to start recovery? Click the ->Yes button to start the recovery process. The program will start reading and identifying data from the selected corrupted *.pst file. The time it takes to recover data directly depends on the size of the file and the performance of your computer. A larger file and lower computer performance increase the time it takes the Outlook repair tool to read and identify data 

iii) Specify the location to save the recovered Microsoft Outlook data

In this case enter the path to save the recovered information to.

 The Microsoft Outlook repair tool gives two   information:

1. Available free space in  the selected disk (Free disk space)
2. Required free space for  save information into the disk (Required free disk space)

Free space must be at least twice as large as the size of the source file for you to be able to successfully save information to it. The red color of the required free disk space field means that free space available on the disk is not enough.

iv) Way of selection for saving the recovered Microsoft Outlook data

Here is two ways to save the information and choose the one of them…..

• as a pst file
• as separate files (.eml, .vcf and .txt)

Use the first option to use the recovered data in Microsoft Outlook. Use the second option to export data to other programs supporting the standard, such as Outlook Express or Windows Address Book. To save the recovered data as a pst file, select the Save as PST file checkbox. To save data as separate files, select the Save data separately check box.

v) Save the recovered Microsoft Outlook information

After  click on  the Save button, Recovery Toolbox for Outlook will start saving the recovered data. After the program finishes saving the data, it will display detailed data recovery statistics:

• the path to the source *.pst file (Source PST file)
• the number of recovered folders (Recovered Folders)
• the number of recovered items (Recovered Items)
• the path to the new *.pst file(s) (Saved PST file(s))

Click the Finish button after the PST recovery process is over. 

vi) Try to open  the new  pst file in Microsoft Outlook

When you save  the recovered data as a *.pst file(s) and you need to open the corrupted *.pst file, you should try start Microsoft Outlook and select the Open item in the File menu.

After that you should click the following items in different Microsoft Outlook versions:

• Outlook Data File - in Microsoft Outlook XP
• Personal Folders File (.pst) - in Microsoft Outlook 2000
• Open Special Folder - in earlier versions of Microsoft Outlook

The above steps help you to repair your damaged or lost PST files.If you want recover your password then follow this article.How to Recover PST File Password in Microsoft Outlook.

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