This guide will help you to access your Emailsrvr.com (Rackspace Email Hosting) account from a desktop email client or mobile device using IMAP, POP, and SMTP Rackspace email settings.
The configuration parameters shared in this tutorial should work with any email client that supports the IMAP, POP, and SMTP protocols.
The convenience of using an email client to access Rackspace Email Hosting means that you are not forced to use Emailsrvr.com’s webmail interface to access your emails. Some of the more common email programs include Airmail, Apple Mail, Mailspring, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc.
Using Desktop email applications can improve your workflow with more business targetted features and options that you would get with webmail interfaces. With Desktop clients, your email is still available on your computer when you’re disconnected from the Internet.
Rackspace Email Settings
These are the settings you will need to connect your preferred email client to Emailsrvr.com. Emailsrvr.com is the Rackspace email hosting service server where you can retrieve your emails. Rackspace email hosting service allows you to use custom email addresses with your own domain name.
Rackspace IMAP Settings
With Rackspace IMAP, you have the ability to not only receive but enjoy two-way syncing of your Rackspace email account inbox and the related folders. IMAP is ideal if you need to access your emails from multiple devices such as Outlook, mobile phone, webmail, etc.
These are the IMAP settings for Rackspace:
- Server: secure.emailsrvr.com
- Port: 993
- Requires SSL: Yes
- Username: [Your full email address]
- Password: [The same password you use to sign in to Rackspace webmail]
Rackspace POP Settings
Rackspace POP is another protocol that allows you to retrieve incoming emails from your Rackspace email account. POP is an email protocol that is good if you want to retrieve incoming emails on a single device. It does not support two-way syncing like IMAP. For this reason, Brightwhiz recommends that you use IMAP whenever possible.
These are the POP settings for Rackspace:
- Server: secure.emailsrvr.com
- Port: 995
- Requires SSL: Yes
- Username: [Your full email address]
- Password: [The same password you use to sign in to Rackspace webmail]
Rackspace SMTP Settings
Rackspace SMTP is the protocol that handles sending emails. You would need to configure your email client with this protocol to enable sending outgoing emails through the client.
These are the SMTP settings at Rackspace:
- Server: secure.emailsrvr.com
- Port: 465
- Requires SSL: Yes
- Username: [Your full email address]
- Password: [The same password you use to sign in to Rackspace webmail]
Conclusion
You now have the current Rackspace email settings that you can use to retrieve incoming email via IMAP or POP and send outgoing email via SMTP by configuring any Desktop email client, or mobile device that supports the said protocols.
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