{"id":25301,"date":"2026-11-12T04:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=25301"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:46:12","slug":"how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-in-new-outlook-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-in-new-outlook-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up Hostinger Email in new Outlook for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hostinger Email works in the new Outlook for Windows app as an IMAP account, using your full email address and mailbox password. To set it up, enter your email address, enter your mailbox password, and allow Outlook to sync your mailbox. A standard setup doesn&rsquo;t need an app password.<\/p><h3><strong>Before you start<\/strong><\/h3><ul>\n<li>Make sure you have <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-created-a-hostinger-email-mailbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583217-how-to-create-and-manage-mailboxes-for-hostinger-email\/\">created a Hostinger Email mailbox<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check that your domain has the <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-correct-hostinger-email-mx-records\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4407237-hostinger-email-mx-records\/\">correct Hostinger Email MX records<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have your mailbox password ready. It&rsquo;s different from your Hostinger account password. If you forgot it, <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-reset-your-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\/\">reset your Hostinger Email mailbox password<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>See <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-set-up-hostinger-email-on-your-applications-and-devices\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4305847-set-up-hostinger-email-on-your-applications-and-devices\/\">Set up Hostinger Email on your applications and devices<\/a> to use other email clients.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-step-1-add-your-email-address-in-new-outlook\">Step 1 &ndash; Add your email address in new Outlook<\/h2><ol>\n<li>Open the new Outlook app.<\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Welcome to the new Outlook<\/strong> screen, enter your full Hostinger email address, for example <code>name@domain.tld<\/code>, in the <strong>Suggested accounts<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>If you already use another account in new Outlook, go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Accounts<\/strong> &rarr; <strong>Add account<\/strong> to add your Hostinger mailbox.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37-e1794458314263.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37-e1794458314263.png 473w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37-e1794458314263-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-2-enter-your-mailbox-password\">Step 2 &ndash; Enter your mailbox password<\/h2><p>New Outlook detects your Hostinger mailbox as an <strong>IMAP<\/strong> account.<\/p><ol>\n<li>Enter your mailbox password in the <strong>Password<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_1.png 468w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_1-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-3-allow-outlook-to-sync-your-mailbox\">Step 3 &ndash; Allow Outlook to sync your mailbox<\/h2><p>The <strong>Sync your IMAP account<\/strong> screen explains that new Outlook syncs your emails to the Microsoft Cloud. Contacts and calendar events you create in Outlook are also saved to the Microsoft Cloud. Click <strong>Continue<\/strong> to finish.<\/p><p>Your Hostinger mailbox appears in the folder list with its <strong>Inbox<\/strong>, <strong>Sent Items<\/strong>, and other folders.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_2.png 463w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/11\/2026-11-12_11-37_2-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-enter-hostinger-email-server-settings-manually-in-new-outlook\">Enter Hostinger Email server settings manually in new Outlook<\/h2><p>If new Outlook can&rsquo;t connect automatically, turn on <strong>Show more<\/strong> on the password screen and enter these settings:<\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Incoming server (IMAP):<\/strong> <code>imap.hostinger.com<\/code>, port <code>993<\/code>, SSL encryption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outgoing server (SMTP):<\/strong> <code>smtp.hostinger.com<\/code>, port <code>465<\/code>, SSL encryption.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Use your full email address as the username and your mailbox password for both servers. If sending fails with SSL, use port <code>587<\/code> with TLS or STARTTLS for the outgoing server. For all settings, see <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-hostinger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1575756-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-hostinger-email\/\">How to get email account configuration details for Hostinger Email<\/a>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-test-hostinger-email-in-new-outlook\">Test Hostinger Email in new Outlook<\/h2><p>Send an email from new Outlook to another email address you own, then reply to it. <strong>If the reply reaches your Inbox in Outlook, sending and receiving both work.<\/strong><\/p><p>You can now read and send Hostinger Email in new Outlook for Windows, alongside your other accounts.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2><p><strong>Do I need an app password to use Hostinger Email in new Outlook?<\/strong><br>\nUsually not. A standard setup uses your mailbox password, the same one you use for Hostinger Webmail. If new Outlook shows an error saying an app password may be needed, or keeps asking for your password, <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-create-an-app-password-for-hostinger-email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-create-an-app-password-for-hostinger-email\/\">create an app password for Hostinger Email<\/a> and enter it instead of your mailbox password.<\/p><p><strong>Why does new Outlook sync my Hostinger Email to the Microsoft Cloud?<\/strong><br>\nNew Outlook syncs IMAP accounts through the Microsoft Cloud to show them in the app. Your emails stay in your Hostinger mailbox, and you can still read them in Hostinger Webmail.<\/p><p><strong>What if new Outlook still doesn&rsquo;t connect to Hostinger Email?<\/strong><br>\nCheck that your mailbox password is correct and that your domain has the correct MX records. If it still fails, enter the server settings manually, or use <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-mozilla-thunderbird\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4768584-how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-on-mozilla-thunderbird-desktop-windows\/\">Mozilla Thunderbird<\/a> or Hostinger Webmail instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add your Hostinger Email mailbox to new Outlook for Windows using IMAP and your mailbox password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_content_updated_date":"","include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-setting-up-email-on-different-devices-and-email-applications"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25309,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25301\/revisions\/25309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}