
This is a different password than your regular email account password. To add your email account to Outlook, depending on your provider you might need an app password, also known as an application password. Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, , and AOL accounts all use two-factor authentication to help verify that you’re the person trying to access your email account. If Outlook won’t accept your password and you know you’re using the password for your email account, you might have an email account that requires additional security. If prompted, enter your password again, then select OK > Finish to start using your email account in Outlook.

Click the drop-down button titled 'Account Settings.'.To open Outlook 2016 click in the search bar in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen, type 'outlook' and then click on the program when it is displayed.We have instructions for both default SMTP port and alternate SMTP port configurations - alternate port is generally used if your ISP blocks the normal port 25 SMTP access (as many do these days!).These instructions are only for Microsoft Outlook 2016 - for other email programs please see How To Setup AuthSMTP.

Only change the items specified - you do not need to change your incoming settings.These instructions assume your email account has already been setup and is collecting email correctly.First you need to make sure the address(es) you will be sending from have been authorised on your account in our Control Panel.You can then continue from Step 4 of this setup guide. You will then see the original 'Account Settings' window.In the pop-up window, click the 'Email Accounts.' button.Click on 'Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016)'.Type 'C' and it will auto-suggest apps that begin with the letter 'C'.Click on the Windows Start button in the bottom left of your screen so that the menu pops up.

If the guide below does not match what you see in your copy of Outlook 2016, please take the following steps: A recent update from Microsoft has changed how you access the user account settings in Outlook 2016.
