Setting up an email address in a mail client

Open the email client, a wizard will offer to guide you through creating a new account.

Specify the following parameters:

• Full name: Your first and last name, as they will appear in your message headers
• Email address: The full email address you wish to connect (example@mail.com)
• Password: The password you set when creating the mailbox

Setting up the Receiving Server (Incoming Server)

• Account type: Select POP or IMAP
• Description: A brief description of the account to easily identify it in your list of accounts
• Incoming mail server: The incoming mail server for the target mailbox
• Username: The full email address of the target mailbox
• Password: The password for the target mailbox

Setting up the Sending Server (SMTP outgoing server)

• Description: A brief description of the server to identify it in your list of accounts.
• Outgoing server: The outgoing server of your choice, for example, the same as your incoming server if it offers an SMTP service, or that of your internet service provider (ISP).

Servers Ports

• For IMAP
  • Incoming server: 143 without security or 993 with SSL/TLS
  • Outgoing server (SMTP): 25 or 8025 without security or 465 with SSL/TLS or 587 with STARTTLS
   
• For POP
  • Incoming server (POP3): 110 without security or 995 with SSL/TLS
  • Outgoing server (SMTP): 25 or 8025 without security or 465 with SSL/TLS or 587 STARTTLS

Port 465 was implemented for email clients that did not support encrypted passwords. On port 465, it doesn't matter whether the password itself is encrypted or not; it's the session that is encrypted , so the password's integrity is irrelevant.

On port 587 , it is the password that is encrypted and therefore it is the right option to choose without security on the connection.

Useful links:

• Add an email account to Outlook for Windows
• Add an email account in Apple Mail (Mac, iPad)
• Set up email, contact, and calendar accounts on the iPhone
• Add an email account in Thunderbird