How to Configure Cox Email Account with Outlook Email?

When you purchase a subscription of the Cox package, it comes with a free email account. If you have recently subscribed for a Cox service and looking to access it via an email program like an Outlook email client, you will need to have information about the Cox Email Settings. To know about the Cox email settings for configuring it on your Outlook program, just follow the step-by-step instructions provided below in this guide.

What Are the Cox Email Settings?

When trying to configure an email account, you will be prompted for the email settings of that particular email service. Similarly, when configuring your Cox email account, you will need to set up with the following IMAP or POP/POP3 server settings:

IMAP SERVER SETTINGS

· Your Name: Your name

· Email Address: Your email@cox.net

· User Name: First part of your Cox email address (without @cox.net.)

Note: The user name and password will be the same as the one you use to access your email account at myemail.cox.net.

· Password: Your email account password

· Account Type: IMAP

Incoming Mail Settings

· Server name: imap.cox.net

· Port number: 993 with SSL enabled and the authentication checkbox selected, if available

Outgoing Mail Settings

· Server name: smtp.cox.net

NOTE: Make sure to check the Port number and use one of the following options given below.

· 587 with TLS enabled

· 465 with SSL enabled and the authentication box checked, if available

· Use SSL / TLS: Yes (your Cox account user name and password required)

Steps to Configure Cox Email Account on Outlook

1.) Launch your Outlook email program on the computer and click on the “File” tab. A drop-down menu will appear on your screen.

NOTE: If you see Microsoft Outlook Startup Wizard on your screen, you will need to click on the Cancel button to get back from the Wizard window.

2.) On the next screen, you will need to select the “Add Account” option under the Account Information section.

3.) Next, you will need to click on the “Manually Configure Server Settings or Additional Server Types” option and press the Next button.

4.) Then, you will need to click on the Internet E-mail radio button and hit the Next button.

5.) In the next step, you will need to complete the required fields prompted in the User Information section. This will include your name, full email address (with @cox.net extension).

6.) After that, you will need to select the POP3 option from the drop-down menu in the Server Information section. Enter imap.cox.net under the Incoming Mail Server field and smtp.cox.net under the Outgoing Mail Server field.

7.) Next, you will need to enter your full Cox email address and password in the Login Information field.

NOTE: Make sure to select the checkbox next to the “Remember Password” option if you wish Outlook to remember the password of your account. Also, you will need to make sure not to select the “Logon using SPA” option.

8.) Then, go to the More Settings box and click on the Advanced tab. In the Advanced tab, you will need to select the SSL option under the Server Port section for Outgoing Server (SMTP). Make sure that you enter 465 for SSL encryption.

9.) Similarly, in Incoming Server (POP3) section, you will need to select the checkbox next to “The Server Requires an Encrypted Connection” option and select the SSL option and enter 995 as the port value.

10.) After that, all you need to is click on the Next button to test the settings configured by you. Once you tested successfully, you will need just need to click on the Finish button to complete the process.

So, these are the steps you will need to follow in order to set up your Cox email account on Outlook program with Cox email settings. If still you need Outlook expert to configure email, you can call Outlook customer support service number to fix Outlook email account.