{"id":2966,"date":"2021-10-13T06:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2021-10-13T06:13:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:13:29","slug":"what-are-incoming-and-outgoing-mail-server-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/what-are-incoming-and-outgoing-mail-server-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Incoming and Outgoing Mail Server Settings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>I. If you choose IMAP account setup, enter the following mailbox and server details:<\/h2>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong>Incoming mail server<\/strong>:\u00a0mail.domain.com\u00a0OR server hostname (domain.com\u00a0is used as an example, replace it with your actual domain name and server hostname like\u00a0server1.web-hosting.com\u00a0is used as an example, replace it with your actual server)<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<strong>Incoming mail port<\/strong>: 993 (with SSL) or 143 (with STARTTLS)<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<strong>Encryption method<\/strong>: SSL\/TLS (or STARTTLS if 143 port is used)<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<strong>Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)<\/strong>: should be\u00a0<strong>unchecked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<strong>Outgoing mail server<\/strong>: server your account is hosted on (the same as the incoming mail server)<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<strong>Outgoing mail port<\/strong>: 465 (with SSL) OR 587 (with STARTTLS)<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<strong>Encryption method<\/strong>: SSL\/TLS (or STARTTLS if 587 port is used)<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<strong>Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)<\/strong>: should be\u00a0<strong>unchecked<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>II. If you choose POP account setup, enter the following mailbox and server details:<\/h2>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong>Incoming mail server<\/strong>:\u00a0mail.domain.com\u00a0OR server hostname (domain.com\u00a0is used as an example, replace it with your actual domain name and server hostname like\u00a0server1.web-hosting.com\u00a0is used as an example, replace it with your actual server)<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0<strong>Incoming mail port<\/strong>: 995 (with SSL) or 110 (with STARTTLS)<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0<strong>This server requires an encrypted connection(SSL\/TLS)<\/strong>: should be\u00a0<strong>checked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0<strong>Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)<\/strong>: should be\u00a0<strong>unchecked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0<strong>Outgoing mail server<\/strong>: server your account is hosted on (the same as the incoming mail server)<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0<strong>Outgoing mail port<\/strong>: 465 (with SSL) OR 587 (with STARTTLS)<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0<strong>Encryption method<\/strong>: SSL\/TLS (or STARTTLS if 587 port is used)<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0<strong>Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)<\/strong>: should be\u00a0<strong>unchecked<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. 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