For example, if you use an email address provided by Comcast Xfinity (for example, yourname@comcast. net), go to http://www. xfinity. com. Centurylink users would visit http://www. centurylink. com. There’s a chance your ISP doesn’t provide email addresses to its users. Their website should tell you either way.

If there’s no general “email software” link, click on one that’s more specific, like “Setting up Outlook” or “Setting up Mac Mail. ” Any help files that explain how to set up email will contain the incoming mail server. Xfinity users can click the “Internet” link, then “Email and Web Browsing. ” In the search results, click “Using Email Client Programs with Comcast Email. ”

While almost all ISPs offer POP3, many don’t support IMAP. Centurylink, for example, only supports POP3 for home users. If your goal is to receive messages addressed to your ISP-provided email address in a web-based email app like Gmail or Outlook, use POP3. Most ISPs have limits on how large your mailbox can be at any given time and POP3 keeps your mailbox clear by deleting the copy on your ISP’s server.

For example, Comcast Xfinity’s POP3 server is mail. comcast. net, and the port is 110. If your mail software supports it, you can also use the Secure POP protocol by changing the port to 995. [2] X Research source Comcast Xfinity also provides IMAP in both regular and secure forms. The server is imap. comcast. net and the port is 143 (or 993 f you want to use Secure IMAP).

IMAP is recommended for use with Gmail because you can check your email by visiting gmail. com as well as within your mail client. You can use POP, but understand that once your mail software “pops” the message from Gmail, you won’t be able to log into Gmail in your web browser to read or respond to the message.

The username and password for your mail settings is the same as what you use to log into Gmail. Gmail only offers secure POP and IMAP.

If you only plan to check your email in one place (such as in one app on your phone or computer), choose POP3. If you want your email to be available in multiple apps (or if you have an app and also want to use the web-based version of your email (i. e. , http://www. hotmail. com) to read and reply to email), go with IMAP.

Hotmail/Outlook POP3: pop-mail. outlook. com port 995 Hotmail/Outlook IMAP: imap-mail. outlook. com port 993 Yahoo! POP3: pop. mail. yahoo. com port 995 Yahoo! IMAP: imap. mail. yahoo. com port 993 iCloud IMAP: imap. mail. me. com port 993

If you use Hostgator or Bluehost (and most other hosting providers), your incoming mail server is mail. yourdomain. com (replace “yourdomain. com” with your domain). The POP3 port is 110 and the IMAP port is 143. To use Secure POP or IMAP with Hostgator, you’ll need the name of the server which hosts your site. Log into Hostgator and launch the Cpanel. Find the server name next to “Server Name” on the left side of the screen. If the server name is gator4054, your secure incoming mail server will be gator4054. hostgator. com. For secure POP, use port 995. Secure IMAP uses port 993. Bluehost uses mail. yourdomain. com for secure POP and IMAP. For secure POP, use port 995. Secure IMAP uses port 993.

If you are using Gmail to receive POP or IMAP mail from another service, the message will take longer to arrive because Gmail only checks external mail about once per hour. To speed up the process, open your Gmail settings and click on “Accounts and Import. ” Scroll down to the POP3 or IMAP settings and click “Check mail now. ” If you receive an error when trying to send a message, there may be an issue with your outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings. Verify the SMTP address and port by returning to the location you found the incoming mail server address, and checking it against what you’ve entered in your email app. Gmail’s SMTP address is smtp. gmail. com, port 587 (port 465 for a secure connection). Hotmail/Outlook’s SMTP address is smtp. live. com, port 25. No separate secure port is provided. Yahoo’s SMTP address is smtp. mail. yahoo. com, port 465 or 587 (both are secure). iCloud’s SMTP address is smtp. mail. me. com, port 587. No separate secure port is provided.