Outlook stores copies of your AOL mail on your hard drive. Select 'POP or IMAP' from the available options and click 'Next.' Set Up Microsoft Outlook Web Access. Once you have the settings correct and POP enabled at Outlook.com, you should be able to download email and read it. If you have the outgoing SMTP settings correct, you will also be able to send mail from your mobile device or another email program with your Outlook.com identity. This article describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 with POP or IMAP email accounts. POP or IMAP email accounts include accounts from Internet service providers and from email services, such as AOL, Gmail, MobileMe, Outlook.com, and Yahoo.

Name of setting Setting Description Full Name Choose your sender name as you would like it to appear in messages that you send. Example: John Appleseed. Email Address Your email address for this account, such as appleseed@example.com. Incoming mail server settings These settings are for downloading messages (receiving email) from your email provider's mail server. Account Type Choose IMAP*, POP, Exchange IMAP, or Exchange EWS1, as directed by your email provider. If you're using a Microsoft Exchange account, see the Exchange setup instructions for.

Description Choose the name that Mail will use for your account, such as Work, School, or Yahoo. Incoming Mail Server (host name) The host name of the incoming mail server, such as mail.example.com.

User Name Your user name for this account, such as appleseed. Some email providers want your full email address as your user name.

Password The email password you use to sign in to your account. Port The port number used by the incoming mail server. For incoming mail are 143 and 993 for IMAP accounts, and 110 and 995 for POP accounts. Authentication Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider.