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How to Setup Zoho Mail in Outlook? – Sync Zoho with Outlook 2016

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Published By Deepa Pandey
Ashwani Tiwari
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Published On February 20th, 2024
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Trying to move to Outlook from Zoho and need Zoho POP settings to configure in Outlook? If you want to know how to set up Zoho mail in Outlook, you can follow the article and learn the configuration of IMAP settings in Outlook.

Zoho is a very popular CRM across the globe and Zoho CRM also offers a feature of Zoho mail. This feature lets users connect with their customers and increase their relationships. But after a moment the user thinks to move from Zoho mail.

There can be a number of different reasons why users setup Zoho mail in Outlook and switch from Zoho mail, some personal or professional reasons. But this leaves the user in a quandary to switch to which email client.

As you know, we have many email clients, commonly known ones are Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. It becomes a difficult task for many users to move their emails to another email client. You can use Outlook or Thunderbird as the destination email client as these email clients offer many features and also work in offline mode.

Here we will discuss transferring Zoho mail in Outlook and Thunderbird. We start with Zoho mail to Outlook email migration.

Read More: How to Import Zoho Mail to Gmail

How to Setup Zoho Mail in Outlook 2016?

In Outlook 2016, one can easily add the mailbox to an Outlook account by following the methods mentioned below.

A user can add the mailbox to Outlook through two account settings: IMAP & POP. Let’s start with Zoho IMAP settings in Outlook. Configure your mail in Outlook with IMAP settings.

Zoho IMAP Settings for Outlook

  1. Launch MS Outlook 2016. Then, click on File menu >> Add Account
  2. Choose Manual Setup for account addition
  3. Select the POP or IMAP option
  4. Enter Your name and Email address in User Information to set Zoho mail on Outlook
  5. Set Account type: IMAP
  6. Incoming mail server: imap.zoho.com
  7. Outgoing mail server: stmp.zoho.com
  8. Provide User name and Password of the Zoho account
  9. Click More Settings…
  10. Move to Outgoing Server, and check for My outgoing server requires authentication
  11. Shift to the Advanced tab and enter server port numbers (Carefully)
  12. Incoming server: 993; Encryption:SSL
  13. Outgoing server: 465; Encryption: SSL
  14. Close Window, click Next & then Finish to complete
    process

This will add the emails to Outlook.com. If you don’t see the mail folder in the Outlook folder panel, just restart MS Outlook.

Now, let’s see how to setup Zoho mail in Outlook with POP settings. In this format, the procedure is the same, but the difference come in some parts that are shown below.

Zoho POP Settings for Outlook

Step 6. Account Type: POP3
Step 7. Incoming mail server: pop.zoho.com
Step 13. Incoming server: 995; Encryption: SSL

After the process is completed, restart the MS Outlook application to append the changes to the Outlook application. From the above methods, you will be cleared to setup Zoho mail in Outlook with IMAP and Zoho account settings.

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Now, let’s take a look at the mailbox to Thunderbird configuration.

Also Read: Configure Zoho Mail in Apple Mail

Sync Zoho Mail with Outlook Or Thunderbird?

Mozilla Thunderbird is a similar email client to Outlook, where it offers offline and online work permission. The Thunderbird creates an MBOX file (.mbox), which is nowadays notified only with the email folder name as for the Inbox folder, the MBOX file denotes the name as “Inbox”.

If you want to reach the Thunderbird email folders located in your system, copy the location shown below

“C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\3hum5znx.default\Mail\”

Now, we get to the Thunderbird Configuration. To add your mail in Thunderbird, you need to perform the following procedure:

Steps to Configure Zoho Mail in Outlook Or Thunderbird IMAP Settings

  1. Run the Mozilla Thunderbird application in your system
  2. Reach to Tools menu >> Account settings
  3. In the window opened, click Account Actions >> Add Mail Account
  4. Enter your Name, Email ID, & Password. Click on Continue
  5. IMAP type is by default chosen. Click Done to finish the configuration
  6. Test check server ports, and click on Manual Config.
  7. Check the server name and port numbers and select the Done option

The Zoho mail account will be added to the Email folder panel in Mozilla Thunderbird. Now, we shall see how to setup Zoho mail in Outlook or Thunderbird via configuration settings for Zoho mail POP

Zoho POP Settings for Thunderbird

The procedure to set up a Zoho mail with a POP account is similar to the procedure shown above. But some changes are to be made, so as to get the mailbox configured in Thunderbird with the POP account type

Step 5. Choose the POP3 account type & select the Done option
Step 7. Check

  1. Incoming Server name: pop.zoho.com
  2. Port Number: 995
  3. Encryption: SSL

If you have other port numbers or encryption standards, please check them with the Re-test button, before proceeding.

In case you cannot find the Zoho mail folder enlisted in the folder panel, Restart the Mozilla Thunderbird application.

Conclusion:

In this article, we have discussed how to setup Zoho mail in Outlook / Thunderbird email clients. We have provided the procedure to configure your mail in Outlook 2016, 2019, and Mozilla Thunderbird with IMAP and POP settings for Zoho. Get your Zoho mail switched to other email clients with a stepwise solution to get satisfying results.