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# General Email Settings Configuration for Email clients and Mobile Devices

You may refer to this tutorial as a guideline to configure your e-mail client or mobile device to send & retrieve the e-mails using your hosting server.

To set up an e-mail client for an e-mail account created in cPanel, please use the following configurations: 


**Username:** Your Full E-mail Address 
**Password: **The password set in cPanel during e-mail account set-up 
**Incoming server type:** IMAP or POP3 




### For IMAP Settings:

**Incoming server (IMAP):** 993 port for SSL, 143 for TLS. 
**Outgoing server (SMTP): **465 port for SSL, 26/587 port for TLS. 
**Incoming server/outgoing server name:** the name of the server your hosting account is located on. 

It can be obtained either in the welcome email in the section **New Account Info**, or following the guide here.

**Outgoing server authentication** should be **switched on, SPA (secure password authentication)** must be disabled.




### For POP3 Settings:
 
**Incoming server (POP3): **995 port for SSL, 110 for TLS. 
**Outgoing server (SMTP):** 465 port for SSL, 26/587 port for TLS. 
**Incoming server/outgoing server name:** the name of the server your hosting account is located on. 

It can be obtained either in the welcome email in the section **New Account Info**, or following the guide here.

**Outgoing server authentication** should be **switched on**, **SPA (secure password authentication)** must be disabled.