Linking Outlook.com mail account and Mac Mail via Active Sync

I've setup a new outlook.com account and I'm trying to add it to Mac Mail. In the past when I've had Gmail account they've allowed me to use IMAP, but with Outlook.com you don't have that option - only POP3 or Active Sync. I don't want to use POP3 as it doesn't sync the back to the server, so I want to use Active Sync, which works in a similar way to IMAP in terms of syncing everything.

How can I add an Active Sync account to Mac Mail? I've had a look around but could find any info on it, any ideas?

Outlook.com now supports IMAP and can be configured to work in Mac Mail. Take a look at the following Microsoft Community answer.

1. Open Mac Mail.
2. From the File menu, choose Add Account…
3. Input your account information.
4. Choose Account Type: IMAP.
5. Input the following as the Incoming Mail Server: imap-mail.outlook.com.
6. Choose to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for incoming mail security.
7. Input the following as the Outgoing Mail Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com.
8. Choose to Use Authentication.
9. Choose to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for outgoing mail security.

Outlook.com supports POP3 or Exchange ActiveSync. Mac Mail only supports Exchange proper, not Exchange ActiveSync.

The only third-party client I found to support Exchange ActiveSync is Mbox Mail, but judging from their website, it has not been updated in quite some time.

Summarized IMAP connection info (above does not contain ports to be used):

Incoming (IMAP) Server

• Server address: imap-mail.outlook.com
• Port: 993
• Encrypted Connection: SSL

Outgoing (SMTP) Server

• Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com
• Port: 25 (or 587 if 25 is blocked)
• Authentication: Yes
• Encrypted Connection: TLS

User name: Your email address

Password: Your password

I have used these settings and it works quite well so far.

Cheers!

EDIT: be sure to change your archive and sent email folders in the Mac app as they tend to create new ones!