For many users, setting up an email account is a difficult task. Actually you just have to follow a few simple steps to have quick access to your e-mails from any device.
If you own a hosting with e-mail service for your domain, after creating your account, you will have to set it up in your e-mail client, using a protocol between POP3 and IMAP.
POP3 and IMAP are protocols that allow you to download e-mails from servers, allowing you to access e-mail with programs such as Outlook or Thunderbird, even when you are not connected. SMTP, on the other hand, is the protocol that allows you to send e-mails.
We recommend using the IMAP protocol to ensure that the mail is synchronized on all your devices and on the server, unlike the case in which you use the POP3 protocol, in which the e-mail is downloaded to the client where the mailbox is configured and deleted from the server.
IMAP Protocol
IMAP (incoming mail)
Host IMAP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 143
Protection: TLS (STARTTLS)
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
SMTP (outgoing mail)
Host SMTP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 25 or 587
Protection: TLS (STARTTLS)
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password:your e-mail account password
IMAP SSL (incoming mail):
Host IMAP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 993
Protection: TLS (STARTTLS)
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
SMTP SSL (outgoing mail):
Host SMTP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 465
Protection: SSL
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
As you send or receive your first e-mail, you may get a Warning concerning an exception on the certificate. Accept the exception and move forward. This may happen if the certificate you own is not valid for your domain: the server, in this case, will give you back the certificate related to the hostname of the server.
POP3 Protocol
POP3 (incoming mail)
Host POP3: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 110
Protection: none
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
SMTP (outgoing mail)
Host SMTP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 25 or 587
Protection: TLS (STARTTLS)
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
POP3 SSL (incoming mail)
Host POP3: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port: 995
Protection:SSL
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
SMTP SSL (outgoing mail):
Host SMTP: mail.mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
Port:465
Protection: SSL
username: mailbox@mydomain.com (replace mydomain.com with your own domain name)
password: your e-mail account password
Some e-mail clients (such as Windows Mail and Outlook) require to set the "Outgoing mail Authentication" feature: otherwise, you will not be able to send e-mails. Other clients, such as Thunderbird, are able to configure accounts automatically and with no additional feature.
