If you decide to use an email client, such as Microsoft Outlook Express, MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Eudora, here are the settings you need:

Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP server): mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): mail.yourdomain.com Or Host: mail.yourdomain.com
Username: the full e-mail address. Example: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it instead of you.
Password: Assigned in cPanel -> Email -> Manage/Add/Remove Accounts.
SMTP authentication must be enabled for the login to be successful.*

Please do not use secure authentication to your mail server.

Email ports
The POP3 port for inbound emails is 110
And the IMAP port for inbound emails is 143
The SMTP port for outbound emails is 26

How to configure your Microsoft Outlook Express email client to work with your web-based email account

Step 1: Open Outlook Express, and click on the Tools menu. Select Accounts.

Step 2: Click Add account and select Mail.

Step 3: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of all outgoing mail.

Step 4: Enter the email address which the others will use to send email messages to you.

Step 5: Incoming mail server (POP3 server): yourdomain.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): yourdomain.com

Please, set the SMTP port to 26.

Step 6: Username: please use the full e-mail account name. Example: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it instead of you.

Step 7: Click Finish.

Step 8: Now click once on the newly created account, and choose Properties. Go to the Servers tab and check My server requires authentication. Please do not use secure authentication as we do not support this method.

If you want the messages to be kept on the server, choose the Advanced tab and check Leave a copy of messages on server, click OK.

Step 9: You are done!

Please make sure that you check your incoming e-mail messages before trying to send any. Most servers use the POP-before-SMTP scheme, which disallows sending messages without checking your mail.

How to configure your Microsoft Outlook email client to work with your web-based email account

This Microsoft Outlook Configuration Tutorial is a step-by-step guide on how to configure your Microsoft Outlook email client in order to make it work with your web-based email account.

Step 1: Open Outlook, and click on the Tools menu. Please, select E-mail Accounts...

Step 2: Select the option Add a new e-mail account. Click 'Next'

Step 3: Select the type of account you would like to create (IMAP or POP3)

Step 4: Fill in the Internet E-mail Settings fields as follows:

Your Name - Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of all outgoing mail
E-mail Address - Enter the email address which the others will use to send email messages to you.
Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP server): yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP server): yourdomain.com
User Name: please use the full e-mail account name. Example: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it instead of you.

Step 5: Click on the More Settings... button

Choose the Outgoing Server tab and check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox.

Check the option Use same settings as my incoming server.

Step 6: Choose the Advanced tab

Here you can choose if you wish to Leave a copy of the messages on the server or not.

Please do not use secure authentication as we do not support this method.