Mail settings you might need when we are your email provider
| Name of setting | Setting | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Full Name | Choose your sender name as you would like it to appear in messages that you send. Example: Eric Flounder | |
| Email Address | Your email address for this account, such as flounder@flyingflounder.co.uk | |
| Incoming mail server settings – use the bold settings | ||
| These settings are for downloading messages (receiving email) from your email provider’s mail server. | ||
| Account Type | Choose IMAP*, POP IMAP | |
| Description | Choose the name that Mail will use for your account, such as Job or Home | |
| Incoming Mail Server (host name) | The host name of the incoming mail server, such as mail.domain.com. mail.flyingflounder.co.uk | |
| User Name | Your user name is the same as your full email address as your user name. flounder@flyingflounder.co.uk | |
| Password | The email password you use to sign in to your account. as supplied by us | |
| Port | The port number used by the incoming mail server. Common port numbers for incoming mail are 143 and 993 for IMAP accounts, and 110 and 995 for POP accounts. Port 993 | |
| Authentication | Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider. Password or MD5 | |
| Use SSL? | Does the incoming mail server support SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption? STARTTLS | |
| Outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings – use the bold settings | ||
| These settings are for uploading messages (sending email) to your email provider’s mail server. | ||
| Outgoing mail server (SMTP) | The host name of the outgoing SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server, such as smtp.example.com.mail.flyingflounder.co.uk | |
| Port | The port number used by the outgoing mail server. Common port numbers for outgoing mail are 25, 465, and 587.Port 587 | |
| Use SSL? | Does the outgoing mail server support SSL or TLS encryption? STARTTLS | |
| Authentication | Choose Password, MD5, NTLM, Kerberos, or None, as directed by your email provider. If None, you may need the additional settings below to send email when you’re on a different network, such as from a Wi-Fi hotspot or Internet cafe. Password or MD5 | |
| We are here, and happy to help if you get stuck! | ||
