Setting up Your Email Address with IMAP
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
- Create an account with your email client.
- 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.
- Outgoing Mail Server
- Your outgoing 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
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