I am needing to connect to email using Microsoft Outlook. my email provider seems to no longer provide any information when the email program doesn't sync to their "webmail".

I use Starlink as my internet provider. I have changed port numbers which allowed my email program to import the emails from the webmail.

This no longer is working.

The one thing I haven't done yet is to turn off the modem/router for a couple hours in hopes of being reassigned a new IP address.

One computer is running POP 3, and the other is IMAP.

My Starlink is hooked to a Netgear router to enable two wired connections to computers and wireless connections to the printers (to keep printers and computers on the same network).

I am willing to pay for email service.

Currently I have CenturyLink for my email. I discontinued their internet (unstable network with many outages per year in my area), I kept their landline phone as cell phone service can be spotty in my area.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Proton Mail seems reliable at modest cost and is secure...

I’ve exclusively used fastmail.com for more than two decades. I pay about $20/year. Yeah, one single email address for 20+ years. Fastmail allows aliases too.

SMTP for uploads, your choice of POP3 or IMAP for downloads.

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
Proton Mail seems reliable at modest cost and is secure...

This is my recommendation.

I use Mailfence. Very secure and easy to use. The cost is not that much at all.

lizardman_u I'm not sure I understand what you're asking: Are you asking for an email service or an email program?

It sounds to me your problem is Microsoft Outlook email program. my email services are gmail, aol, and a private domain I bought so I can have my own email. But I just use the browser as the email "program" for all of my emails.

I have the paid Microsoft Outlook program as part of my Office subscription as well as the free Microsoft outlook program. I use neither for my emails. I just use the to-do function of Outlook and I use it a lot.

I've been using Proton for a couple of years now and I'm happy with it. I think I'm paying about $40 a year for it.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
lizardman_u I'm not sure I understand what you're asking: Are you asking for an email service or an email program?

It sounds to me your problem is Microsoft Outlook email program. my email services are gmail, aol, and a private domain I bought so I can have my own email. But I just use the browser as the email "program" for all of my emails.

I have the paid Microsoft Outlook program as part of my Office subscription as well as the free Microsoft outlook program. I use neither for my emails. I just use the to-do function of Outlook and I use it a lot.

I am looking for an email provider that will allow me to sync my Microsoft Outlook (email program for desktop) so I have one place to check emails.

Centurylink was my old ISP which is why I have an email with them.

When I switched to Starlink I switched the port numbers and type of encryption for SMTP so that I could send and receive emails from the Outlook program (APP) on my desktop. This actually ran the email through my email provider Centurylink (previously Centurytel).

I switched to Starlink due to Centurylink and the internet service providers around me not maintaining stable networks. Starlink has been extremely stable since we installed it last year.

I don't mind paying for the email service, but want to stay away from g-mail.

I will want to set up three email addresses on the account (one for my wife on her desktop, one for me and one for my photography business on my desktop).

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Originally posted by lizardman_u:

I am looking for an email provider that will allow me to sync my Microsoft Outlook (email program for desktop) so I have one place to check emails.

Centurylink was my old ISP which is why I have an email with them.

When I switched to Starlink I switched the port numbers and type of encryption for SMTP so that I could send and receive emails from the Outlook program (APP) on my desktop. This actually ran the email through my email provider Centurylink (previously Centurytel).

I switched to Starlink due to Centurylink and the internet service providers around me not maintaining stable networks. Starlink has been extremely stable since we installed it last year.

I don't mind paying for the email service, but want to stay away from g-mail.

I will want to set up three email addresses on the account (one for my wife on her desktop, one for me and one for my photography business on my desktop).

Okay, thank you for clarifying. You basically want an email service that can give you three email addresses - one for your wife, one for you, and one for your photography business. You have three recommendations for Proton Mail so that sounds like good guidance.

What was confusing for me is your statement that seems to be what initiated your search for an email service provider:

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I am needing to connect to email using Microsoft Outlook. my email provider seems to no longer provide any information when the email program doesn't sync to their "webmail".

I'm questioning that, while your email service use to inform you when your email program (Outlook) wasn't syncing with your email service, the issue may possibly be with Outlook itself. I remember one of the reasons why I stopped using Outlook as my email program is that 1) I had to set up the connection in the first place then 2) I had to periodically reset the connections.

And I'm saying whatever email service you end up choosing, I'm pretty certain they allow you to access your emails using the browser of your choosing on your desktop. That way, instead of having your email program open all the time, you can just have a browser page to your email service open. Then you won't have the problem of Outlook no longer syncing with your email service provider.

I've been very happy with Runbox

I asked the AI assistant at Duck Duck Go how to connect Outlook to Centurylink Email and this was it's answer:

To connect your Outlook email client to CenturyLink, you need to configure the server settings: use the incoming server as mail.centurylink.net with port 993 for IMAP or port 995 for POP3, and the outgoing server as smtp.centurylink.net with port 587 or 465. Follow the prompts in Outlook to enter your email address and password.

I don't use Outlook as the email client for my email. I also don't have Centurylink. I use Thunderbird for a client and have to configure each email server separately for each email account. So the port settings for one server shouldn't affect the port settings I set for a different server on a different service. Hope those settings are correct for your application.

Another vote for Proton Mail, use this link for a signup promotion. Full disclosure, that link is a referral link that earns me credits, their main landing page is here.

Proton has apps for mobile devices, and uses an encrypting on-device bridge for IMAP access to their mail servers from a mailer of the user's choice. They are very serious about security and do not (as far as I can tell) sell user data to third parties. They also support providing mail service for domain names that a customer registers with any domain name registry. Basic level of service is free of cost, with moderate fees for more advanced options and extra services. It is worth a look even if you don't sign up, if for no other reason than to see where your current provider is lacking.

I've used Google's Gmail with Outlook since the '90s via POP3 - no complaints. I don't know how their IMAP service as I've never used it.

None of the suggestions other than patens appear to relate to the outlook request.

If you want to use outlook as the application to read and write email, it must be configured in the outlook software to operate with the actual email service.

If you want a great email service then people are giving you good ideas.

Webmail using the familiar outlook interface is available from microsoft.

All webmail can be connected to the outlook program but is this really necessary?

^^^^^^

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None of the suggestions other than patens appear to relate to the outlook request.

Good point.

OTOH, the thread title simply says:
“Who provides a good email service?“

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Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
None of the suggestions other than patens appear to relate to the outlook request.

If you want to use outlook as the application to read and write email, it must be configured in the outlook software to operate with the actual email service.

If you want a great email service then people are giving you good ideas.

Webmail using the familiar outlook interface is available from microsoft.

All webmail can be connected to the outlook program but is this really necessary?

I have changed these port numbers to what Centurylink says is correct when we installed the Starlink.

However, those ports don't work for IMAP or POP3 anymore for me. I suspect Centurylink changed something and won't disclose what it is. Either that or the IP address I have is flagged in Centurylink's system as possible spam.

That said I can access my email on their webmail. I just want to be able to access my email using Outlook.

Both Google G-Mail and Yahoo Mail will connect to Oulook, IOS, etc. There are as has been said, specific things you have to input to make them work with Outlook...


I would go with G-Mail, it's spam filters work well, and if you have Outlook issues you can login via a web browser from anywhere in the world.

Do you have a microsoft outlook address?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...t-365/outlook/log-in

If you have an outlook log in, or if you create one, you can try configuring the web version of outlook to send and retrieve emails from your old fashioned provider based email.

This will diagnose your configuration concerns. If it works online through the online outlook interface, you know you are configured.

AI says

Incoming
IMAP
mail.centurylink.net on port 993 with ssl / tls encryption.

Outgoing
SMTP
smtp.centurylink.net on port 587 with TLS or port 465 with SSL encryption

Username is your centurylink address
Password is your centurylink webmail password.

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Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
AI says

Incoming
IMAP
mail.centurylink.net on port 993 with ssl / tls encryption.

Outgoing
SMTP
smtp.centurylink.net on port 587 with TLS or port 465 with SSL encryption

Username is your centurylink address
Password is your centurylink webmail password.

We've tried that. I still get a send/receive error that centurylink has dropped the connection.

But CenturyLink procucts and service have gone way downhill from the time CenturyTel purchased Embark and Quest becoming CenturyLink.

The local computer tech thinks somehow my IP address is being rejected by CenturyLink or that CenturyLink has changed a port setting and isn't listing the new port.