Configuration Details for Some Popular Mail Servers Configuration Setup (SMTP & IMAP) Details

Configuration Details of Some Popular Public Mail Servers

When we are discussing about emails,we may listen most probably very popular public mail servers like Gmail,Yahoo,Outlook,Hotmail and Rediffmail etc.Most of us will choose any one mail server according to their intrest.All these email servers will provide the free email services.

Every time login to your accounts in the web by providing your username and password will be a repetitive and frastrating . To prevent this you can configure your mail server in your mail client.A Mail client is an application that is used to Read, Write and Send email. In simple terms it is the User Interface to the Mail System.The most important, section of the email client is the element that deals with the actual communication of email messages to and from an email server.

There are a lot of mail clients are available. Every client has with their enriched features and services.Even though some top and most widely using mail clients are as follows.Gmail ,Thundrbird, Appleiphone , opere , outlookmail , Aolmail and Windows live mail etc.

The mail clints will be availbale for both web and mobile platforms.According to your need you can configure your mail server.For mobile email clients you can get it from android play store or your OS Store based on your operating system.

While you configuring your mail server , you need to have the configuration details.Here i am will explain you the what is meant by configuration details.

Configuration Details:

when ever we are discussing about email configuration details , the primary primary concept is we should aware about SMTP & IMAP.

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol):

SMTP is protocol for mail sending.It is responsible for sending the mail to the destination.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the standard protocol for sending emails across the Internet.By default, the SMTP protocol works on following ports.

PORT	Description
Port 25 & 587	This is the default SMTP non-encrypted port
Port 465	This is the port used, if you want to send messages using SMTP securely

For configuration we require the SMTP Port and SMTP Host details.

IMAP( Internet Message Access Protocol):

Imap is responsible for Receiving your mails.It will perform the read operation, and when new email arrives it will shows the new email in the inbox.

Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP) is the standard protocol for Receiving / Read emails across the Internet.By default, the IMAP protocol works on following ports.

PORT	Description
Port 143	This is the default IMAP non-encrypted port
Port 993	This is the port you need to use if you want to connect using IMAP securely

For configuration we require the IMAp Port and SMTP Host details.

As discussed above,to configure any mail server we require the SMTP Port , Host & Imap Port ,Host details.Here i am listing the configuration details of some popular mail servers like gamil,yahoo,outlook etc.please find below details.

List of Configuration Details of Some Popular Public Mail Servers

1. Gmail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.gmail.com	587 (Default) , 465 (Secured)
IMAP	imap.gmail.com	993 (Secured) , 143 (Default)
2. Yahoo Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.mail.yahoo.com	587 (or) 25
IMAP	imap.mail.yahoo.com	993
3. Outlook Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp-mail.outlook.com	587
IMAP	imap-mail.outlook.com	993
4. Hot Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp-mail.outlook.com	587
IMAP	imap-mail.outlook.com	993
5. GMX Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.gmx.com	587
IMAP	imap.gmx.com	993
6. Mail.Com Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.mail.com	587 (or) 25
IMAP	imap.mail.com	993
7. Yandex Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.yandex.com	587 (or) 25
IMAP	imap.yandex.com	993
8. Zoho Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.zoho.com	587
IMAP	imap.zoho.com	993
9. Rediff Mail Configuration
Configuration	HOST	PORT
SMTP	smtp.rediffmail.com	25 (or) 587
POP3	pop.rediffmail.com	110

Make Sure IMAP Access is Enable State:

* Note: Some times , Bydefault mail servers IMAP Access will be in Disable state. In this case performing IMAP Configuration will not be possible

--> Then we need to Enable IMAP Access. (Which will be available in Mail Settings)

--> In case of Gmail we need to go to settings & Turn ON “ Allow less secured Apps ”