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Email Client Setup Guides

This article contains a quick guide for email client setup

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Written by Garrett Saundry
Updated over a week ago

Email Client Settings

An email client is a program used to read and send Emails, whether it be on a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. All email clients require setup information in order to work. The setup information required is typically the same from one email client to another, however, the manner in which that information is entered does often differ.

If you are already familiar with setting up a new email account in your client, you may wish to simply refer to the general settings listed below. For specific and more detailed instructions, please see our Full Email Guide

IMAP

Activesync

POP3

Username

Full Email Address

Full Email Address

Full Email Address

Password

Your Password

Your Password

Your Password

Incoming Mail Server

securemail.webnames.ca

securemail.webnames.ca

securemail.webnames.ca

Incoming Server Port

993

443

995

Incoming SSL/TLS

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Outgoing SMTP Mail Server

securemail.webnames.ca

securemail.webnames.ca

securemail.webnames.ca

Outgoing Server Port

587 (Optionally, port 465)

587 (Optionally, port 465)

587 (Optionally, port 465)

Outgoing SSL/TLS

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Differences between IMAP, Activesync, and POP3

Webnames.ca currently offers three types of SSL encrypted email client connectivity: POP3, IMAP, and Activesync. The differences, pros, and cons of each are outlined below.

IMAP

IMAP connectivity results in your email client downloading email from our mail server to your computer, however, a copy of the email is retained on our mail server until such time that you delete the email from your computer.

  • Advantages: Email can be accessed from multiple email clients and/or webmail simultaneously.

  • Disadvantages: As emails are not removed from our mail servers until they are manually deleted in your mail client, mailbox storage limits could become an issue over time.

Activesync

Much like IMAP, Activesync allows for the full synchronization of mail between multiple email apps and devices. Activesync also goes further to allow for calendars, contacts, and tasks to be synchronized as well.

  • Advantages: Email, Calendar, and Contact can be accessed from multiple email clients and/or webmail simultaneously.

  • Disadvantages: As emails are not removed from our mail servers until they are manually deleted in your mail client, mailbox storage limits could become an issue over time.

POP3

POP3 connectivity results in your email client downloading email from our mail server to your computer. Once downloaded to your computer, the email no longer exists on our mail server.

  • Advantages: Mailbox storage limits (on our mail server) are typically never an issue.

  • Disadvantages: Email cannot be accessed via webmail, nor another device, once downloaded to your computer.

Also see our Full Email Guide

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