IMAP settings for your WA hosted site

Using Windows Mail on a more modern operating system does not allow me to use the POP protocol, or if it does, I couldn't find out how quickly using google.

The option is to use IMAP. So of course, the old settings that I used on the old operating system could only be used as a guide.

I got it to work. I recommend strongly that you use copy and paste when copying the password information across.

These settings work for me, for my website hosted at Wealthy Affiliate. Use them as a guide if you are doing the same thing. Be sure to like this blog if it helps you out. :)

First, retrieve information from your email hosting provider. In Wealthy Affiliate, if you are a premium member, and your domain is hosted within the Wealthy Affiliate Hosting environment SiteRubix, you can find out this information by doing the following:

Login Wealthy Affiliate. On the Wealthy Affiliate Dashboard, select SiteRubix, then Site Manager, than Site Email. Then select the applicable email account. Click on the SMTP Settings for that email account. These settings are referred to below.

Within the Windows Mail Client, set values up as follows:

Preferred email address ..... SMTP Settings, Incoming Mail Settings, Username

(For example: name@domain.com )

Password............................ SMTP Settings, Incoming Mail Settings, Password

(For example: you didn't really expect me to provide with the password, did you? :) )

Email user name ................ SMTP Settings, Incoming Mail Settings, Username

(For example: name@domain.com )

Incoming email server ....... SMTP Settings, Incoming Mail Settings, Hostname

(For example: domain.com)

The standard port number of the incoming email server is Port 143 when using IMAP. The standard port numbers are not always used, so you may have to do additional research or contact the applicable support people. :)

Server requires SSL ......... Left blank (not ticked)

Outgoing email server ...... SMTP Settings, Outgoing Mail Settings, Hostname

Server requires SSL ........ Left blank (not ticked)

Outgoing email server requires authentication ... Ticked for "Yes, it does".

Email user name ................ SMTP Settings, Outgoing Mail Settings, Username

(NB: Be sure to use the supplied value)

Password............................ SMTP Settings, Outgoing Mail Settings, Password

(NB: Be sure to use the supplied value)

Tips:

Use copy and paste when copying information across. For me, once I found out the standard port for IMAP is 143, I played around with the settings and eventually got it to work, so I am saving you some time if the above settings work for you.

Be sure to like this post.

Cheers,

David