POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3), a standard email account system for regular emailing. The messages are sent or received to the system, stored within mailboxes and then user actions depend on its fate. IMAP (Interactive Mail Access Protocol), a transformed email account for easy email accessibility while delivering emails on the Server providing fine access on multiple devices efficiently. The server can be connected to any system easily and the emails’ modification would be displayed on Server only and not on the system. We can easily infer that the IMAP account is more flexible with Server dependence rather than the POP3 account that delivers mails to the system. IMAP account is more secure, readily accessible anywhere, and can be configured to multiple email clients on various devices. Manual Procedure to Convert POP3 Account to IMAP in Outlook 2016 All these differences or advantages of IMAP over POP3 account are enough for the consideration of the user to move from current POP3 account settings to IMAP account settings in Microsoft Outlook email client. Adding new IMAP account in Outlook 2016.It will remove the POP3 account from the Microsoft Outlook 2016 application.On the Account Settings page, select the POP3 account and click on the Remove option.Navigate the path - File Launch the Microsoft Outlook 2016 application.To convert the POP3 account to the IMAP account in Outlook 2016 manually, you are required to follow three sequential stages.įollow the steps given below to remove the already setup POP3 account in your Microsoft Outlook 2016 application. Note: Before adding any IMAP account to the email client such as Outlook, it is required to Enable IMAP access from the same IMAP account to maintain a Server connection Now, that the POP3 account is successfully removed from the Outlook 2016 application, get ready to add the IMAP account in Outlook using the following steps.

On the Add Account page, select Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.From the left panel, click on the +Add Account option.On the Microsoft Outlook application, go to File

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