Email setup: Microsoft Office for Mac Outlook 2016

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Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 offers an Apple-compatible version of Outlook 2016. Please follow the below details to configure Outlook for Mac 2016 to work with your Shaw.ca email account.

Note:

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How to set up email on Office for Mac 2016

To configure Outlook for Mac 2016 with your Shaw e-mail account:

Open Microsoft Outlook 2016
Select the Outlook menu in the upper left-hand corner
Select Preferences, from this window click Accounts
Click the + button in the lower left corner and select Other Email from the list (Example 1)
Enter the following information (Example 2)
1. E-mail address: Your full Shaw e-mail address
2. Password: Your Shaw e-mail password
3. User name: Your Shaw e-mail without the domain (@shaw.ca)
4. Type: IMAP
5. Incoming server: imap.shaw.ca
  - Click to add a checkmark for Use SSL to Connect (port number will automatically update to 993)
6. Outgoing server: mail.shaw.ca
  - Click to add checkmarks for both Override Default Port and Use SSL to Connect
  - Change port number from 465 to 587
Click Add Account and close the setup window


Example 1	Example 2

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Did You Know

Shaw Webmail is the latest version of Shaw's web-based email client. Visit https://webmail.shaw.ca to sign in and access your Shaw email via Webmail.