How to Set Up Cox Email on Microsoft Outlook
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Introduction
Before You Begin:
- Have your Cox email address and Cox password.
Cox Mail Settings
If you'd rather set up your mail yourself, these are the settings you will need:
| Incoming Mail Server Address imap.cox.net |
| Incoming Mail Server Port 993 |
| SSL Yes |
| Username The first part of your email address. For example, if your email address is joe@cox.net, you would use joe. |
| Password Your Cox password. This is the same password you use to log into cox.net and access your account and billing information. |
| Outgoing Mail Server Address smtp.cox.net |
| Outgoing Mail Server Port SSL or SSL/TLS Encryption: 465TLS only or no encryption: 587 |
| Authentication Required Yes |
| Username The first part of your email address. For example, if your email address is joe@cox.net, you would use joe. |
| Password Your Cox password. This is the same password you use to log into cox.net and access your account and billing information. |
1 Cox Email Setup for Outlook
- Open Outlook.
- Click the File menu.
- Click Add Account.
- Select Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.
- Select POP or IMAP. Click Next.
- Within POP and IMAP Account Settings, fill out Your Name and full Email Address.
- For Server Information, select IMAP for Account Type. Incoming mail server should be set to imap.cox.net, and Outgoing mail server (SMTP) should be set to smtp.cox.net.
- Next to Logon Information, fill in your User Name and Password and put a check next to Remember password. Then click the More Settings button.
- Go to the Outgoing Server tab. Enable My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Go to the Advanced tab. For port settings, set Incoming server (IMAP) to 993 with SSL encryption, then set Outgoing server (SMTP) to 587 with TLS encryption.
- Click OK then Next when finished.
- Click Close if the account logs in properly.
- Click Finish.
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YesNoBefore You Begin:
- Have your Cox email address and Cox password.
Cox Mail Settings
If you'd rather set up your mail yourself, these are the settings you will need:
| Incoming Mail Server Address imap.cox.net |
| Incoming Mail Server Port 993 |
| SSL Yes |
| Username The first part of your email address. For example, if your email address is joe@cox.net, you would use joe. |
| Password Your Cox password. This is the same password you use to log into cox.net and access your account and billing information. |
| Outgoing Mail Server Address smtp.cox.net |
| Outgoing Mail Server Port SSL or SSL/TLS Encryption: 465TLS only or no encryption: 587 |
| Authentication Required Yes |
| Username The first part of your email address. For example, if your email address is joe@cox.net, you would use joe. |
| Password Your Cox password. This is the same password you use to log into cox.net and access your account and billing information. |
- Open Outlook.
- Click the File menu.
- Click Add Account.
- Select Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.
- Select POP or IMAP. Click Next.
- Within POP and IMAP Account Settings, fill out Your Name and full Email Address.
- For Server Information, select IMAP for Account Type. Incoming mail server should be set to imap.cox.net, and Outgoing mail server (SMTP) should be set to smtp.cox.net.
- Next to Logon Information, fill in your User Name and Password and put a check next to Remember password. Then click the More Settings button.
- Go to the Outgoing Server tab. Enable My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Go to the Advanced tab. For port settings, set Incoming server (IMAP) to 993 with SSL encryption, then set Outgoing server (SMTP) to 587 with TLS encryption.
- Click OK then Next when finished.
- Click Close if the account logs in properly.
- Click Finish.