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.