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In our examples we consider the following information:

• Account name: test
• Mailbox: test@alwaysdata.net

They must be replaced by your personal login information:

Server	Service	Information
Incoming	POP3	POP Server	pop-[account].alwaysdata.net
		Username	Your email address - for example contact@example.com
		Password	The password of your email address
		Port	995
Outgoing	SMTP	SMTP Server	smtp-[account].alwaysdata.net
		Username	Your email address - for example contact@example.com
		Password	The password of your email address
			Do not treat as an alias
		Port	587
			Secured connection

{{% notice tip %}} [account] must be replaced by the name of your account and contact@example.com by your email address. They are defined in the Emails > Addresses menu of our administration interface. {{% /notice %}}

Web browser

Go to Parameters > Accounts and imports.

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Incoming mails (IMAP/POP)

Go to Add a mail account > Import e-mails from my other account (POP3).

{{% notice warning %}} This is a POP3 connection that will get e-mail from the e-mail servers. {{% /notice %}}

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Outgoing mails (SMTP)

Go to Add another e-mail address.

• Uncheck the Treat as an alias box.

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Mobile

Go to Settings > Add an account > Other.

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• For outgoing mail, check the Demand a connection box.