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Email Connection Settings

When setting up your email client or email applications, your settings must match the settings provided in your hosting account. This article covers a complete set of matching settings for each desired email configuration for our servers.

We have listed down common email clients with instructions on how to set them up in the following article. For the email connection settings, please see the details below.


What are my email connection settings?

To set up your email client application, such as Gmail, Mac Mail, Outlook, etc., you first need to add your email address to your hosting account. Here are some helpful articles about adding your email address to your control panel.

Depending on your hosting type, click the links below to know about your email settings.


cPanel Emails

For emails hosted on cPanel, use the following email protocol.

Outgoing Email Settings (SMTP)

Settings With SSL (Secured) No SSL (Unsecured)
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Outgoing mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 465 25 or 26
Example setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
SMTP server: ns1234.hostgator.com
Port: 465
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
SMTP server: ns1234.hostgator.com
Port: 25
SSL SSL/TLS None
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

 

Incoming Email Settings (IMAP or POP3)

Settings With SSL (Secured)
IMAP POP3
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Incoming mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 993 995
Example Setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: gator1234.hostgator.com
Port: 993
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: gator1234.hostgator.com
Port: 995
SSL SSL/TLS SSL/TLS
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

 

Settings No SSL (Unsecured)
IMAP POP3
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Incoming mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 143 110
Example Setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: ns1234.hostgator.com
Port: 143
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: ns1234.hostgator.com
Port: 110
SSL None None
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

 


Plesk Emails

If your emails are being hosted on a Plesk or Windows server, you may use the following settings for your email program.

Outgoing Email Settings (SMTP)

Settings With SSL (Secured) No SSL (Unsecured)
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Outgoing mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 465 25 or 26
Example Setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 465
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 25
SSL SSL/TLS None
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

 

Incoming Email Settings (IMAP or POP3)

Settings With SSL (Secured)
IMAP POP3
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Incoming mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 993 995
Example Setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 993
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 995
SSL SSL/TLS SSL/TLS
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

 

Settings No SSL (Unsecured)
IMAP POP3
Username Your complete email address Your complete email address
Password Your email password Your email password
Incoming mail server Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address? Your server name. Please check out this article: What is My Server Address?
Port 143 110
Example Setup Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 143
Username: [email protected]
Password: u%&7eu-Wm+3y
Server: hgws00.win.hostgator.com
Port: 110
SSL None None
Authentication Normal password authentication Normal password authentication

Notes:

  • Replace "example.com" or "sample.com" with your actual domain name.
  • Your full server name/hostname can be found in your Customer Portal, cPanel, or Plesk. Please check out the article What is My Server Address? for more details.
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