The most recent version is POP 3, and is supported by virtually all email clients and servers. POP stands for Post Office Protocol, and was designed as a simple way to access a remote email server. We recommend updating your account to use Exchange settings (it might be listed as Office 365 or Microsoft 365, depending on your email client). Basic authentication is an outdated industry standard that'll be deprecated. Starting October 2022, Microsoft 365 accounts set up as POP and IMAP won’t be able to connect to their mailboxes in email clients using Basic authentication.

If you're upgrading from POP to IMAP, you won't lose your previous email data.Warning: Using POP or IMAP server settings is strongly discouraged.

We recommend researching instructions on correctly mapping your folders for your specific client.įor more information on mis-mapped folders in IMAP email, see: IMAP Folder Mapping More info You may need to map folders to have them sync properly. Note: Our servers may use different names for folders than the client you're setting up.

You might be asked for more info or email client preferences and to save your settings.

Enter your username (email address) and password (email password).

When you get to the IMAP settings, enter your Incoming port and Outgoing port:

Open your chosen email client and create a new account.

Under Email Server Settings, you'll see the Incoming server (IMAP) and the Outgoing server (SMTP) settings.

These are generic instructions to help you add your email address to a desktop email client.

If you have IMAP-enabled email, you can set it up in any client and device.

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) lets you access email stored on a server from multiple devices. Use IMAP settings to add my Workspace Email to a client

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