Email sent to your HostGator account is received by the same server that hosts your website. You can use any email client to log into the server and receive, manage and send mail.
Many email clients support autodiscover for automatically detecting server settings. If your email client is able to detect your email configuration from the email providerIn some occasions, users may want to connect to an external mail service such as Gmail or Yahoo when sending mail from their website. In this article, we will be outlining the settings required for sending mail with various 3rd party mail services when using an email client such as Thunderbird or Outlook.
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If your email client is unable to detect your email configuration from the email provider, it may attempt to recommend settings based on common server settings which are unlikely to be correct. The failure screen may look similar to this:
If this happens, you may either use this article to enter the email settings manually, or you may wish to attempt to troubleshoot your autodiscover service using the following article:
The instructions listed below are for the general setup of various email clients and cannot be guaranteed to work with every email client. However, the following configuration settings are appropriate for all third party email clients, including Outlook, Thunderbird, iOS Mail and more.
Display name: A user-friendly name associated with this email address in the email client - thus 'John QA' could be entered and will display instead or or along with the email address.
Email address: The full email address, using the format name@example.com.
Connection type: POP3 or IMAP.
Incoming mail server: Use mail.example.com
Outgoing mail server: Use mail.example.com
The outgoing mail server does require authentication - check any boxes that might say 'Use name and password.'
Incoming mail port: 110 for POP3, 143 for IMAP.Outgoing mail port: 25 (If 25 does not work, try 26, as many ISPs block port 25. If neither 25 nor 26 work, try 587.)
Username/Account name: This must be the full email address (
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name@example.com).Example:johnquincyadams+sixthpresident.org
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Third Party Email Client Features
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While we are able to provide assistance with configuration and basic troubleshooting for third party email programs, the amount of assistance that can be provided by HostGator Support beyond this is very limited. We are not responsible for the functionality of third party email clients or their features, such as contacts, calendars, etc.
For advanced options or settings, it is recommended that you seek out the developing party for your email client of choice.
Client Specific Setup Instructions
Thunderbird
The articles listed below are for common email clients that are used with HostGator email accounts and are considered general instructions. If you seek to setup advanced settings, please confer with the developer of your particular email client or your site developer for assistance.
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We have video guides on most email clients in our Video Tutorial Section, including: