…box, add the following to a file named .muttrc in your home directory: set imap_user = “username” set imap_pass = “password” set smtp_url = “smtp://username@mail.runbox.com:587/” set smtp_pass = “password” set ssl_starttls = yes set from = “username@runbox.com” set realname = “Your Name” set folder = “imaps://mail.runbox.com:993″ set spoolfile = “+INBOX” set postponed=”+Drafts” set header_cache=~/.mutt/cache/headers set message_cachedir=~/.mutt/ca…
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…use POP or IMAP We recommend that most customers access their email using IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) as it has a number of advantages over POP (Post Office Protocol) and no real disadvantages for most people. By using IMAP all your email will be stored on our servers and wherever you access it from your all of your emails will be available to you. This includes flagged messages, replied/forwarded status and your entire folder structu…
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…map.gmail.com Outlook, Hotmail and Live.com: imap-mail.outlook.com iCloud: imap.mail.me.com GMX: imap.gmx.com (updated 02-Sep-2015) If you mail server host name is on your own domain If you have your own domain and the IMAP server host name you have been given by your email provider is something like mail.domainyouown.com then you might need to find out what the “real” host name of the email server is. Email providers often provide the facility wh…
…you may need to adjust the IMAP Folders setting in Outlook. To change the IMAP Folders setting click on Folder > IMAP Folders. You will then see the screen below. Some email programs like Outlook allow you to choose which folders of your account you want to see in your email program. This is called “Subscribing” to those folders. If you just want to see all your folders, deselect the option at the bottom of the dialogue box that says “When displa…
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…our own account, plus the server details for Runbox. Incoming Mail Server (IMAP): mail.runbox.com Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.runbox.com Username: your primary Runbox email address (aliases cannot be used as log in usernames) You can find information about the latest server details on our Email Client Settings page. Note: You might find you need to scroll quite a lot or make the following window larger to see all of the fields as shown below…
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…dow will open with tabs, click on the Servers tab Check the Incoming Mail (IMAP) server setting Click on the IMAP tab and check the Root folder path setting iPhone and iPad Open the settings for your Runbox account by going to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Runbox > Account (your email address) Check the Incoming Mail Server setting Tap Advanced at the bottom of the screen Check the IMAP Path Prefix Getting Help If you need help with any o…
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…ssword error when trying to use our outgoing SMTP server. Secure/Encrypted IMAP, POP and SMTP Incoming Mail Server Settings Service Server Port Encryption Authentication IMAP mail.runbox.com 993 TLS/SSL Password POP mail.runbox.com 995 TLS/SSL Password Outgoing Mail Server Settings Service Server Port Encryption Authentication SMTP mail.runbox.com 465 TLS/SSL Password 587 STARTTLS Password Note: Port 465 may offer better connection security than p…
…he screen below. This screen is longer so we’ve split our images in to the IMAP (incoming mail) and SMTP (outgoing mail) parts. Enter the Server Details Note: When you first create your Runbox account SMTP (outgoing mail) will be unavailable to you until you either a) validate your alternative email address (we send a validation link there when you create the account) or b) pay for a subscription. If you don’t do either of these things you will ge…
…sword error when trying to use our outgoing SMTP server. You will see that IMAP is selected as the default account type. This will allow for full synchronization of all folders between your account on the server and your iPhone, and is the recommended setting. If you wish to use the simpler POP method to only download messages in your Inbox, please refer to the POP help section. Note: Your phone’s screen may say that the Outgoing server details ar…
…rosoft Outlook: We are currently not recommending Outlook for use with any IMAP/POP/SMTP email accounts (Runbox or otherwise). Microsoft have changed the latest version of Outlook so that it actually accesses your email via their own cloud service and the Outlook app itself doesn’t log in to the servers directly. This means your email as well as authentication details are being stored by Microsoft and we see this as a privacy issue. If you wish to…
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