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Having trouble connecting to your email from Outlook on your desktop? Follow these steps to let Outlook diagnose and fix errors in your Outlook mail profile that might be causing the issue.
If you have a new password, if your email provider has asked you to change settings, or if you're having problems with sending and receiving email, you can change your email account settings through Mail in the Windows Control Panel, or from Outlook.
Select File > Options > Mail. Under Send Messages, check the box Always use the default account when composing new messages. Select OK. When you have set up multiple email accounts, you can choose which account to use when you send a message.
If you're trying to add your Outlook.com account to Outlook or another mail app, you might need the POP, IMAP, or SMTP settings. You can find them below or by viewing them in your Outlook.com settings.
If you're having trouble connecting your Gmail account to Outlook or Mail for Windows 10, this might be due to your Gmail settings. Follow the steps below to change your Gmail settings and fix the issue.
Change or update your email password in Outlook for Windows. If you intend to change your email password, you must do that with your email provider (e.g., Microsoft 365, Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Xfinity, or a corp. Exchange server). Then you will need to update the password in Outlook.
An email profile is made up of email accounts, data files, and information about where your email is stored. What is an email profile? Email profiles are what Outlook uses to remember which email accounts you use and where the data for each account is stored.
You can use inbox rules to automatically forward or redirect messages sent to your mailbox to another account. Messages that are forwarded will appear to be forwarded from you. Messages that are redirected will appear to come from the original sender. Select a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using.
Use Search to find other commands or search through your email, contacts, and calendar.
If you have a new password, if your email provider has asked you to change settings, or if you're having problems with sending and receiving email, you can change your email account settings through Mail in the Windows Control Panel, or from Outlook.
If you can't receive new email messages, there are several troubleshooting steps you can take. Look for Working Offline at the bottom of your Outlook window. If you see this text, choose the Send/Receive tab at the top of the screen, then choose the Work Offline button to disable offline mode.