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What are the IMAP Configuration Details to setup an Email Client?

To configure an email client with IMAP, you can use following configuration settings according to your service with AccuWebHosting.

Windows Shared Hosting Customers

Without SSL With SSL
  • Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
  • Outgoing Server: mail.domain.com
  • Username: Full email address
  • Password: Email account password
  • Incoming Port: IMAP 143
  • Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port: 25 or 587
  • SSL: NO
  • SMTP Authentication Required
  • Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
  • Outgoing Server: mail.domain.com
  • Username: Full email address
  • Password: Email account password
  • Incoming Port: IMAP 993
  • Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port: 465
  • SSL: YES
  • SMTP Authentication Required
  • Accept certificate mismatch alert**

 

**NOTE: While configuring an email client over SSL/TLS, you may receive certificate mismatch error/alert. An error could be different depending on the email client you use. You will have to accept this error and proceed further to configure an email client.

Linux Shared Hosting Customers

Without SSL With SSL
  • Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
  • Outgoing Server: mail.domain.com
  • Username: Full email address
  • Password: Email account password
  • Incoming Port: IMAP 143
  • Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port: 25, 26 or 587
  • SSL: NO
  • SMTP Authentication Required
  • Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
  • Outgoing Server: mail.domain.com
  • Username: Full email address
  • Password: Email account password
  • Incoming Port: IMAP 993
  • Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port: 465
  • SSL: YES
  • SMTP Authentication Required
  • Accept certificate mismatch alert**
**NOTE: While configuring an email client over SSL/TLS, you may receive certificate mismatch error/alert. An error could be different depending on the email client you use. You will have to accept this error and proceed further to configure an email client.


VPS Hosting Customers

Without SSL
  • Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
  • Outgoing Server: mail.domain.com
  • Username: Email address
  • Password: Email account password
  • Incoming Port: IMAP 143
  • Outgoing Mail server (SMTP) Port: 25 or 587
  • SSL: NO
  • SMTP Authentication Required


By default, SSL/TLS would not be configured in Linux (Dovecot) and Windows (SmarterMail) mail servers. If you wish to have secure IMAP in VPS, follow below mentioned tutorials to secure SmarterMail and Dovecot mail server respectively.


→ Looking to configure email settings on the iPhone? Please refer to iPhone email settings for more details.

→ Looking for an alternative SMTP port? Please refer to the alternative SMTP port for more details.

→ Want to know about your email setting in cPanel? Please refer to find local cPanel email settings for more details.

→ Facing an issue with your outlook outgoing (SMTP) mail server error? Please refer to the Outlook SMTP error for more details.

 


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