Email Server Settings

Email Server Settings

EarthLink Email Server Settings
Our most common email settings can be found below.  You can chose between IMAP and POP3 settings.  IMAP will keep your email in sync with EarthLink Web Mail and other email clients configured to use IMAP.  POP3 is an older mail setting that, generally, downloads all your email from the server each time you check your mail.

EarthLink IMAP Settings
IMAP Settings are the same regardless of your EarthLink domain.  The same settings are used for @earthlink.net, @mindspring.com, @ix.netcom.com or any other EarthLink domain.

  1. Incoming Server: imap.earthlink.net
  2. Incoming Port Number: 993
  3. Incoming Security Setting: SSL/TLS
  4. Authentication is Required: Use your full email address and password.
  5. Outgoing Server: smtpauth.earthlink.net
  6. Outgoing Port Number: 587
  7. Outgoing Security Setting: STARTTLS
  8. Authentication is Required: Use your full email address and password.

EarthLink POP3 Settings
Incoming POP3 settings are unique to each EarthLink domain.  The format is pop.(domain name).  The outgoing server is the same regardless of domain.   

  1. Pop Incoming Server: pop.earthlink.net (pop.mindspring.com, pop.peoplepc.com, etc)
  2. Incoming Port Number: 995
  3. Incoming Security Setting: SSL/TLS
  4. Authentication is Required: Use your full email address and password.
  5. Outgoing Server: smtpauth.earthlink.net (same for all EarthLink domains)
  6. Outgoing Port Number: 587
  7. Outgoing Security Setting: STARTTLS
  8. Authentication is Required: Use your full email address and password.

Optional POP3 Email Setting: Leave a copy of Messages on Server:
You can leave a copy of messages on the server by selecting your email client's "Leave a copy of messages on the server" option.  This is usually found at the bottom of the settings page or under an Advanced settings tab.  Most email clients offer a secondary option to allow you to set how many days you want email to remain on the server or to remove messages only when deleted from your email client's Trash or Deleted items folder.




For more information on setting up your email client (Outlook, Mac Mail, etc.) , click here.

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