Incoming and Outgoing Mail Server Settings for Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, GMail, MSN, AOL and more

Google Gmail service offers a SMTP server
(outgoing mail server) for Gmail accounts.
To use the Google Gmail SMTP server,
use the following information: Google Gmail Outgoing Mail Server
(SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
The Gmail SMTP server requires
authentication (use the same settings as
for the incoming mail server)
The Google Gmail SMTP Server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) on port
465. Why & when do I need these
settings? Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, GMail and other
providers are basically email services
designed to provide you with email
mailbox accesss directly from the web.
However, going online and logging on to
their sites is not always the most convenient way for reading and sending
emails.
On the other hand, you have the
alternative to send and receive emails
through such a mailbox by using a local
email client software, such as Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird,
etc. In order to properly use it, you need
to configure your email software with
the incoming and outgoing mail servers
of your email provider (Hotmail, Gmail,
Yahoo! Mail or else). Mail Server Settings Hotmail Settings As other web based email services,
Hotmail is using the HTTP protocol for
connecting you to your mailbox. If you
want to send and receive Hotmail emails
using an email client software, then your
software must support Hotmail HTTP access for your email account. Some
email clients, such as Outlook Express or
Microsoft Outlook, offer builtin support
for Hotmail accounts, so you only have to
select HTTP when you are asked to
select your email account type and select Hotmail as the HTTP Mail Service
Provider. Mail Server Settings for Hotmail
using the Microsoft Outlook Connector If you are using Microsoft Outlook & the
Outlook Connector, you can define your
Hotmail account just like any regular
POP3 email account:
Hotmail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop3.live.com (logon using Secure Password Authentification - SPA, mail
server port: 995)
Hotmail Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) -
smtp.live.com (TLS enabled, port 587) Yahoo! Mail Settings Yahoo Mail offers standard POP3 access
for receiving emails incoming through
your Yahoo mailbox, by using your
favorite email client software. To setup
your email client for working with your
Yahoo account, you need to select the POP3 protocol and use the following mail
server settings:
Yahoo Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port
465)
Yahoo Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - smtp.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port
995) POP Yahoo! Mail Plus email server
settings Yahoo Plus Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled,
port 995)
Yahoo Plus Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
- plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled,
port 465, use authentication) Google GMail Settings The Google GMail service offers email
client access for retrieving and sending
emails through your Gmail account.
However, for security reasons, GMail uses
POP3 over an SSL connection, so make
sure your email client supports encrypted SSL connections.
Google Gmail Incoming Mail Server
(POP3) - pop.gmail.com (SSL enabled,
port 995)
Outgoing Mail Server - use the SMTP mail
server address provided by your local ISP or smtp.gmail.com (TLS enabled, port
587) MSN Mail Settings The MSN email service allows you to use
the MSN POP3 and SMTP servers to
access your MSN mailbox.
MSN Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop3.email.msn.com (port 110, using
Secure Password Authentication - SPA) MSN Outgoing Mail Server -
smtp.email.msn.com (select "My
outgoing server requires authentication") Lycos Mail Settings The Lycos Mail Plus service allows you to
use POP3 and SMTP servers for accessing
your Lycos mailbox.
Lycos Mail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop.mail.lycos.com (port 110)
Outgoing Mail Server - smtp.mail.lycos.com or use your local ISP
SMTP mail server AOL Mail Settings The AOL email service is a web based
system, designed for managing your AOL
mailbox via HTTP IMAP access. Unlike
Hotmail, you can use any email client to
access your AOL mailbox, as long as it
supports the IMAP protocol. AOL Incoming Mail Server (IMAP) -
imap.aol.com (port 143)
AOL Outgoing Mail Server - smtp.aol.com
or use your local ISP SMTP mail server Mail.com Mail Settings The Mail.com email service allows you to
use POP3 and SMTP servers for accessing
your Mail.com mailbox.
Mail.com Mail Incoming Mail Server
(POP3) - pop1.mail.com (port 110)
Outgoing Mail Server - use your local ISP SMTP mail server Netscape Internet Service Mail Settings The Netscape e-mail system is web-
based, which means you can access their
e-mail from any Internet connection.
Netscape Internet Service also supports
AOL® Communicator, Microsoft®
Outlook, Microsoft® Outlook Express, and other POP3 e-mail software. The
outgoing mail server needs SSL support,
so make sure your email client software
supports SSL connections over the SMTP
protocol.
Netscape Internet Service Incoming Mail Server (POP3) - pop.3.isp.netscape.com
(port 110)
Netscape Internet Service Outgoing Mail
Server - smtp.isp.netscape.com (port 25,
using a secure SSL connection) Tiscali Mail Settings The Tiscali email service allows you to use
POP3 and SMTP servers for accessing
your Tiscali mailbox.
Tiscali Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop.tiscali.com (port 110)
Outgoing Mail Server - use your local ISP SMTP mail server Freeserve Mail Settings The Freeserve email service allows you to
use POP3 and SMTP servers for accessing
your Freeserve mailbox.
Freeserve Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop.freeserve.com (port 110)
Outgoing Mail Server - use your local ISP SMTP mail server Supanet Mail Settings The Supanet email service allows you to
use POP3 and SMTP servers for accessing
your Supanet mailbox.
Supanet Incoming Mail Server (POP3) -
pop.supanet.com (port 110)
Outgoing Mail Server - use your local ISP SMTP mail server
If your email client does not support
Hotmail as a Mail Service Provider or if it
simply doesn't work with your mail server
settings, you can use a 3rd party solution
like Hotmail Popper, IzyMail, POP Peeper or Email2Pop. When using such tools, you should define your Hotmail account
as a POP3 account and you will need to
define your incoming mail server will as
'localhost' (or 127.0.0.1).