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Setting up Your Email Address with IMAP

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Last Updated: September 23, 2009 11:47 AM

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) lets you access email stored on a mail server from multiple computers and devices. This enables you to access your email messages and files without transferring them between computers. You set up IMAP on the computer(s) from which you want to access email from your account.

NOTE: To use IMAP email, you must have an email plan that supports IMAP.

Before You Start:

  • Have your full email address and account password ready.
  • Find your incoming and outgoing server names, click here to learn how.

To Set Up IMAP for Your Email Account

  1. Create an account with your email client.
  2. In the client for which you want to configure IMAP, locate the IMAP settings and enter the following:
    Username
    Your full email address
    Password
    Your email account password
    Incoming Mail Server
    Your incoming IMAP server.

    NOTE: Click here for help finding your IMAP server.

    Outgoing Mail Server
    Your outgoing SMTP server.

    NOTE: Click here for help finding your SMTP server.

    Incoming Port
    Without SSL - 143
    With SSL - 993
    Outgoing Port
    Without SSL - one of the following: 25, 80, 3535
    With SSL - 465

For help with a specific mail client, see the following help articles:

Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Microsoft Outlook 2007
Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Microsoft Outlook Express
Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Microsoft Entourage
Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Windows (Vista) Mail
Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Apple Mail
Setting Up Your IMAP or POP Address in Thunderbird Mail

You can also refer to the provider's help documentation:

Outlook
Outlook Express
Entourage
Windows Vista
Apple Mail
Thunderbird

NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products.