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Can't setup Outlook on my new laptop

txacoli — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:21:56 GMT

Plusnet drives me potty!!

Every time I have to set up the Outlook parameters, NOTHING works. I can't open Outlook at all, because I have to go through the automatic process. I ask it to let me set up the account manually and I use the following parameters;

INCOMING

Server: imap.plus.net

Port 993

Encryption method SSL/TLS (I've also tried STARTTLS)

OUTGOING

Server: relay.plus.net

Port 587

Encryption method SSL/TLS (I've also tried STARTTLS)

When I click NEXT, I put in my plusnet password and click OK. A pop up appeawrs, asking me to enter my username and password for the following service (imap.plus.net).

My email address is in the username box, so I change it to just the user name and click OK

Then it gets stuck on a loop. It goes round and round, with this box coming up time and time again,

I've changed all the settings to every single combination and I can't get anything to work. Can someone PLEASE help me? The whole Outlook issue drives me crazy every single time with Plusnet, and they don't put good information on their website about how to set this up.

Thanks in advance - there are a couple of pics attached.

Re: Can't setup Outlook on my new laptop

txacoli — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:43:53 GMT

So, I went into Plusnet and changed my password

The whole thing worked!!!

Who knows why??? The password was correct, but it chose to not like it, so I changed it and here we are! I despair.

Re: Can't setup Outlook on my new laptop

Townman — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:22:14 GMT

@txacoli wrote:

INCOMING

Server: imap.plus.net

Port 993

Encryption method SSL/TLS (I've also tried STARTTLS)

OUTGOING

Server: relay.plus.net

Port 587

Encryption method SSL/TLS (I've also tried STARTTLS)

You've set yourself a puzzle having 6 encryption combinations (if NONE on the outgoing were included) and I would suspect you did not try them all!

Incoming encryption is SSL/TLS
Outgoing encryption is STARTTLS
... Plusnet's help page on this is not over clear / helpful, so confusion is inevitable

I would doubt that changing the password fixed this, but more like coincidence with getting the right pair of encryption options.