Author Archives: Hasan Ali

The standard server ports used for POP3 and IMAP protocols are 110 and 143 respectively. For a secure connection over SSL/TLS the ports are 995 for POP3 and 993 for IMAP. In case your connection attempts are refused by the POP3 or IMAP server, the most probable cause … Continued

In order to resolve this issue first try to subscribe to them. Most email clients have an option similar to “Manage folder subscriptions” where you can subscribe to folders. After the subscription try restarting your mail client and your folders … Continued

XonHost allows up to 30 simultaneous connections from a single IP. This is the only limitation for IMAP connections and its aim is to prevent security / overload problems. If the number of the allowed connections is exceeded XonHost’s IDS … Continued

After creating your email account, you can find the required information to set it up in cPanel -> Email Accounts-> More -> Configure Email Client. The exact steps to follow when setting up an email account in some of the more popular email clients are available in XonHost’s Email … Continued

The retry timeout setting defines how often the MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) will try to deliver messages that cannot be delivered at the first attempt. XonHost’s servers use Exim for Mail Transfer Agent. If a mail cannot be delivered at the first … Continued

Many mail servers, including XonHost’s, are set up with pop-before-smtp. This is a Perl script that allows email relay control based on successful POP / IMAP logins. In other words, you need to establish a valid POP or IMAP connection to … Continued

The default number of maximum allowed IMAP connections in Mozilla Thunderbird is set to 5. Depending on the specific IMAP configuration on the server hosting your account, this may result in the following error message: 1 Unable to connect to … Continued

IMAP allows you to create folders on the mail server. Spam folders are also kept on the server. If your IMAP folders are not showing up, follow these steps to subscribe to them with your Mozilla Thunderbird mail client: Step … Continued

Google’s Gmail SMTP server is a free SMTP service which anyone who has a Gmail account can use to send emails. You can use it with personal emails, or even with your website if you are sending emails for things such as contact forms, … Continued

You will need the following settings to complete the email configuration on your iPhone: Name: the name of your email user (e.g. John Smith) Address: your email address (e.g. [email protected]) Password: the password for your email address. If you don’t know it … Continued