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How to Set Up Your cPanel Email in a Mail Client (Outlook, Thunderbird,Apple Mail, etc.)

In this guide we will show how to set up your email in a mail client

Updated over a week ago

0. Prerequisites

  1. Created cPanel user;

  2. A domain already added to the hosting account (so you can create addresses like [email protected]).

  3. Email created under the "Email Accounts" section in your cPanel.

1. Open "Set Up Mail Client" page

Open "Email Accounts" under the "Email" section.

Click "Connect Devices" next to your email account.

The Set Up Mail Client screen will then open.

2. Automatic configuration

You can use these instructions if your app is listed.

Find your email app in the Mail Client Automatic Configuration Scripts list. Click on your mail client application’s script (Click Auto Config, Auto Discovery, IMAP over SSL/TLS, etc.).

A new window will open showing the setup instructions for your mail app:

Follow these instructions to setup email.

For some mail clients, cPanel can download and run a setup script. In this case, you need to click Proceed" to download the setup script. Once downloaded, run it. The system may ask you to confirm the script installation. Choose "Continue" or "Yes" to proceed. You may then be asked for the email account password. Enter it and click "Install".

Once the setup is finished, your mail client will open and sign in to your email account automatically.

3. Manual configuration

Use this if auto setup fails or your app is not listed.

For manual setup, use the details shown on the same page in the Mail Client Manual Settings section. Please use only the Secure SSL/TLS Settings:

Usually they should like this:

Username: [email protected]
Password: Your email account password
Incoming Server Port: IMAP 993, POP3 995
Incoming Server: Your VPS hostname
Outgoing Server Port (SMTP): 465
Outgoing Server: Your VPS hostname

The server picks the mail server name automatically, based on whether your domain is covered by a working SSL certificate.

If your domain has a valid SSL certificate, the mail settings will use your domain name as the server address.

If your domain is not properly secured with SSL, the settings switch to the server’s own hostname instead. For example, if the server hostname is www.yourdomain.lt

and the SSL certificate matches that hostname, then www.yourdomain.lt will be shown as the incoming and outgoing server.

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