Email Settings: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:58, 14 March 2017

Generic email settings for sending and receiving email with AAISP

Outgoing email settings (Sending email) Read more...
Server	smtp.aa.net.uk	This is the server used for sending email from you to anyone else.
Port	25, 587	Given a choice, use 587
Security	TLS or STARTTS
Authentication	Optional	If you are sending from outside an AAISP connection, then you will need to use your mailbox username and password to authenticate. In this case you will need to enable TLS or STARTTLS
Incoming email settings (Receiving email) Read more...
Type	IMAP or POP3	We recommend IMAP but you can also use POP3. IMAP is ideal when using many computers/phones to access email. Read more here.
Port	POP3: 110, 995 IMAP: 143, 993
Server	example.com.mail.aa.net.uk	This is the server used for retrieving email. Use your domain name (part after the @) followed by .mail.aa.net.uk.
Username	mailbox@example.com	This is the username to use when getting email and is just your email address. This can also be used as an outgoing mail username if you need one. (Case sensitive)
Password	********	The password you set on the mailbox. (Case sensitive)
Security	TLS or STARTTS
Webmail	http://mail.example.com	i.e., replace example.com with your own domain.

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 !Type
 |IMAP or POP3
-|We recommend IMAP but you can also use POP3. IMAP is ideal when using many computers/phones to access email. [[POP3_or_IMAP_(What's_the_Difference)|Read more here]].
+|We recommend IMAP but you can also use POP3. IMAP is ideal when using many computers/phones to access email. [[POP3 or IMAP (What's the Difference)|Read more here]].
 |-
 !Port
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 !Webmail
 |http://mail.example.com
-|ie, replace example.com with your own domain.
+|i.e., replace example.com with your own domain.
 |}