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Q: Outlook 2011 for mac iCloud issues

THis is crazy

I have been using entorage and outlook for years now that i upgraded to Icloud no email or configuration will work.

I dont care for the mail app i have all my mail in outlook. tried all posted settings still does not work.

I wish i could roll back to me.com anyone able to get  settings to work in outlook 2011.

too many to list, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:11 AM

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  • by NOT-MEE,

    NOT-MEE NOT-MEE Oct 14, 2011 7:17 AM in response to NOT-MEE
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    Oct 14, 2011 7:17 AM in response to NOT-MEE

    Error

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    An operation on the server timed out. The server may be down, overloaded, or there may be too much net traffic.

    Details

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    An error occurred on the IMAP server.

    Account name: "Me"

  • by Samuel Chambers,

    Samuel Chambers Samuel Chambers Oct 14, 2011 7:21 AM in response to NOT-MEE
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    Oct 14, 2011 7:21 AM in response to NOT-MEE

    I think this is a server overload issue because of the transition and NOT a permanent problem with Outlook.

     

    Yesterday I was able to use Outlook 2011 when iCloud mail was having all sorts of problems. Today I get the same message as you.

     

    I'm using the settings laid out in the KB article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

     

    Again, this all worked perfectly fine (if occasionally slow) for me yesterday. That's why my guess is that this really is just a problem of busy servers on these imap servers.

  • by Julian Wright,

    Julian Wright Julian Wright Oct 14, 2011 8:04 AM in response to Samuel Chambers
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    Oct 14, 2011 8:04 AM in response to Samuel Chambers

    I could not check email using the server settings Apple provides in that support article, however using the following SMTP server worked fine:

     

    p02-imap.mail.me.com

  • by kamikaze2112,

    kamikaze2112 kamikaze2112 Oct 14, 2011 8:17 AM in response to NOT-MEE
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    Oct 14, 2011 8:17 AM in response to NOT-MEE

    Having similar troubles here on both Thunderbird (weapon of choice) and Outlook 2011.  Been thru the settings described in http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864 to no avail.  keeps timing out.

     

    I hope they get this mess sorted out, because I really dislike Mail.app

  • by Julian Wright,

    Julian Wright Julian Wright Oct 14, 2011 8:22 AM in response to kamikaze2112
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    Oct 14, 2011 8:22 AM in response to kamikaze2112

    Did you see my message above with a different server address?

  • by Julian Wright,

    Julian Wright Julian Wright Oct 14, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Julian Wright
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    Oct 14, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Julian Wright

    Sorry, that should be IMAP server, not SMTP server.

  • by kamikaze2112,

    kamikaze2112 kamikaze2112 Oct 14, 2011 8:27 AM in response to Julian Wright
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    Oct 14, 2011 8:27 AM in response to Julian Wright

    Yea, I've tried that addres, p01, p99 (which Mail.app seem to use for my account) with no luck.  it would just reject the password.  at least using just the imap address without the pxx- in front seems to time out instead of just flat out refusing the password.

  • by Phillip Ash,

    Phillip Ash Phillip Ash Oct 14, 2011 12:59 PM in response to Samuel Chambers
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    Oct 14, 2011 12:59 PM in response to Samuel Chambers

    I didn't think ICloud worked on Outlook 2011?  I certainly haven't been able to get it working!  Has anyone got this confirmed working?

     

    Phil.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 14, 2011 1:45 PM in response to NOT-MEE
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    Oct 14, 2011 1:45 PM in response to NOT-MEE

    Outlook 2011 for Mac is not compatible with iCloud, there is no workaround. You can use Apple Mail, iCal and Address Book instead.

  • by Samuel Chambers,

    Samuel Chambers Samuel Chambers Oct 15, 2011 5:36 PM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 15, 2011 5:36 PM in response to Csound1

    I must disagree with Csound. iCloud is intended to work as a standard IMAP email, though apple will not support you in troubleshooting it.

     

    Yesterday there were problems with authentication on those servers, but today I am using Outlook 2011 Mac with iCloud and having no problems. I am using the standard settings listed in the apple KB, here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

     

    Again, there were overloaded server problems yesterday, but it's fine today both sending and receiving iCloud mail.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 16, 2011 6:40 AM in response to Samuel Chambers
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    Oct 16, 2011 6:40 AM in response to Samuel Chambers

    Samuel Chambers wrote:

     

    I must disagree with Csound. iCloud is intended to work as a standard IMAP email, though apple will not support you in troubleshooting it.

     

    Yesterday there were problems with authentication on those servers, but today I am using Outlook 2011 Mac with iCloud and having no problems. I am using the standard settings listed in the apple KB, here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864

     

    Again, there were overloaded server problems yesterday, but it's fine today both sending and receiving iCloud mail.

    tsk tsk Samuel, how misleading can you get.

     

    I said "Outlook 2011 for Mac is not compatible with iCloud" and it is not, but your suggestion is fine for users who don't need contacts or calendars, you know, people with no life to attend to or acquaintances to contact.

  • by Samuel Chambers,

    Samuel Chambers Samuel Chambers Oct 16, 2011 9:40 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 16, 2011 9:40 AM in response to Csound1

    Hey, sorry. I'm not trying to mislead anyone - so no reason for the tone.

     

    The OP was asking specifically about email with Outlook 2011. The discussion was originally about failure to get the iCloud email settings to work with Outlook 2011 as a Mac client.

     

    I was answering only about that.

     

    It's possible to use iCal and the Mac OS X address book for your calendars and contacts, and then to use Outlook 2011 for your mail client. This is a viable solution for people "with a life," as you put it, that also incoprorates Outlook 2011 as an IMAP client with iCloud mail.

     

    So if the question is about getting icloud mail to work with outlook (and this was the question): it can be done.

     

    As to the separate question -- not posed by the OP -- of whether Outlook 2011's address book and calendars will work with iCloud: I haven't even looked into this, but if you say it doesn't work I have no reason to doubt it.

  • by CharlieCarl,

    CharlieCarl CharlieCarl Oct 18, 2011 5:33 AM in response to Samuel Chambers
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    Oct 18, 2011 5:33 AM in response to Samuel Chambers

    I setup Outlook 2011 for Mac using the following, and had no problems at all sending or receiving email. See below:

     

    IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:

    • Server name: imap.mail.me.com
    • SSL Required: Yes
    • Port: 993
    • Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
    • Password: Your iCloud password

    SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:

    • Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
    • SSL Required: Yes
    • Port: 587
    • SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
    • Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
    • Password: Your iCloud password

    Additional Information

    SSL is required for both IMAP and SMTP connection with iCloud. POP is not supported by iCloud. 

  • by bwmwh,

    bwmwh bwmwh Oct 27, 2011 4:41 AM in response to CharlieCarl
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    Oct 27, 2011 4:41 AM in response to CharlieCarl

    I tried your settings but it doesn't work for me.

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