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Setting up Your Email Address with POP

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Recently Updated: November 16, 2009 3:30 PM

Post Office Protocol (POP) lets you retrieve email from a remote server through your third-party email client. You can access the email messages on your email account by configuring your email client with our POP settings.

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 Configure POP for Your Email Account

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

    NOTE: Click here for help finding your POP server.

    Outgoing Mail Server
    Your outgoing server.

    NOTE: Click here for help finding your SMTP server.

    Incoming Port
    Without SSL - 110
    With SSL - 995
    Outgoing Port
    Without SSL - one of the following 25, 80, 3535
    With SSL - 465

NOTE: Your email client may require password authentication for your Outgoing Mail Server.

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. your email client with our POP settings.

To Configure POP for Your Email Account

  1. Create an account with your email client.
  2. In the client for which you want to configure POP, locate the POP settings and enter the following:
    Username
    Your full email address
    Password
    Your email account password
    Incoming Mail Server
    pop.secureserver.net
    Outgoing Mail Server
    smtpout.secureserver.net
    Incoming Port
    Without SSL - 110
    With SSL - 995
    Outgoing Port
    Without SSL - one of the following 25, 80, 3535
    With SSL - 465

NOTE: Your email client may require password authentication for your Outgoing Mail Server.

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.