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You can set up your email account in any email program (mail client) you'd like to. If you don't want to use a mail client, or if you don't have access to your regular device, you can access any Imaginet-hosted email account via our [https://webmail.imaginet.co.za Webmail/Roundcube interface]. For more info about using webmail, see [[Webmail]].
 
You can set up your email account in any email program (mail client) you'd like to. If you don't want to use a mail client, or if you don't have access to your regular device, you can access any Imaginet-hosted email account via our [https://webmail.imaginet.co.za Webmail/Roundcube interface]. For more info about using webmail, see [[Webmail]].
  
=Backing up your emails=
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=Managing your Email Accounts=
Email backups are very important. Creating and sticking to a good backup plan can benefit you in the following ways:
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[[Creating a new email address]]
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[[Changing your email password]]
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[[Setting up forwarding and aliases]]
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[[Setting up an Auto-Reply]]
  
* '''Reduced hosting expenses.''' By not storing all your old email on a mail server, you'll use far less disk space, thus reducing your hosting costs.
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[[Monitor your hosting storage]]
* '''Compliance.''' The ECT and POPI Acts require that you secure your clients' information in a secure encrypted manner.
 
* '''Disaster recovery.''' With a proper [https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-files/msp-protecting-data-extended.pdf 3-2-1 backup strategy] your emails will be safe from loss due to loadshedding, ransomware, accidents, PC failure, and unforeseen tragedies like fires or natural disasters.
 
  
With a combination of Imaginet's [https://imaginet.co.za/product/hosting/starter-hosting.html Hosting] and [https://imaginet.co.za/product/products/cloud.html Cloud Backup] services, you can take care of all of these concerns at once.
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=Mail client configuration=
  
[[Everything you need to know about email backups|Click here to read everything you need to know about email backups]].
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The guides below detail how to set up your email account in your mail client (email program) on your device.  
  
=Recommended Settings=
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==Recommended Settings==
 
[[The difference between POP3 and IMAP]]
 
[[The difference between POP3 and IMAP]]
  
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[[List of outgoing servers]]
 
[[List of outgoing servers]]
  
=Mail client configuration=
 
 
==Desktop mail clients==
 
==Desktop mail clients==
 
[[MS Outlook]]
 
[[MS Outlook]]
 
[[Apple Mail]]
 
  
 
[[MS Outlook Express]]
 
[[MS Outlook Express]]
 
[[Windows Mail]]
 
  
 
[[Windows Live mail]]
 
[[Windows Live mail]]
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==Mobile mail clients==
 
==Mobile mail clients==
 
 
[[Gmail app]]
 
[[Gmail app]]
  
 
[[K-9 Mail]]
 
[[K-9 Mail]]
 
=Managing your Email Accounts=
 
 
[[Creating a new email address]]
 
 
[[Changing your email password]]
 
 
[[Setting up forwarding and aliases]]
 
 
[[Setting up an Auto-Reply]]
 
 
[[Monitor your hosting storage]]
 
  
 
=Spam=
 
=Spam=
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[[How to report spam to Imaginet]]
 
[[How to report spam to Imaginet]]
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=Backing up your emails=
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[[Everything you need to know about email backups|Click here to read everything you need to know about email backups]].
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Email backups are very important. Creating and sticking to a good backup plan can benefit you in the following ways:
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* '''Reduced hosting expenses.''' By not storing all your old email on a mail server, you'll use far less disk space, thus reducing your hosting costs.
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* '''Compliance.''' The ECT and POPI Acts require that you secure your clients' information in a secure encrypted manner.
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* '''Disaster recovery.''' With a proper [https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/sites/default/files/legacy-files/msp-protecting-data-extended.pdf 3-2-1 backup strategy] your emails will be safe from loss due to loadshedding, ransomware, accidents, PC failure, and unforeseen tragedies like fires or natural disasters.
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With a combination of Imaginet's [https://imaginet.co.za/product/hosting/starter-hosting.html Hosting] and [https://imaginet.co.za/product/products/cloud.html Cloud Backup] services, you can take care of all of these concerns at once.
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[[Everything you need to know about email backups|Read our complete email backup guide here]].

Latest revision as of 15:46, 12 March 2025

You can set up your email account in any email program (mail client) you'd like to. If you don't want to use a mail client, or if you don't have access to your regular device, you can access any Imaginet-hosted email account via our Webmail/Roundcube interface. For more info about using webmail, see Webmail.

Managing your Email Accounts

Creating a new email address

Changing your email password

Setting up forwarding and aliases

Setting up an Auto-Reply

Monitor your hosting storage

Mail client configuration

The guides below detail how to set up your email account in your mail client (email program) on your device.

Recommended Settings

The difference between POP3 and IMAP

Recommended Settings for Outlook

List of outgoing servers

Desktop mail clients

MS Outlook

MS Outlook Express

Windows Live mail

Mozilla Thunderbird

Eudora

Claws-mail

Mobile mail clients

Gmail app

K-9 Mail

Spam

What is spam

How Imaginet blocks spam

How you can prevent spam

How you can blacklist email addresses

What does Imaginet consider spam abuse

How to report spam to Imaginet

Backing up your emails

Click here to read everything you need to know about email backups.

Email backups are very important. Creating and sticking to a good backup plan can benefit you in the following ways:

  • Reduced hosting expenses. By not storing all your old email on a mail server, you'll use far less disk space, thus reducing your hosting costs.
  • Compliance. The ECT and POPI Acts require that you secure your clients' information in a secure encrypted manner.
  • Disaster recovery. With a proper 3-2-1 backup strategy your emails will be safe from loss due to loadshedding, ransomware, accidents, PC failure, and unforeseen tragedies like fires or natural disasters.

With a combination of Imaginet's Hosting and Cloud Backup services, you can take care of all of these concerns at once.

Read our complete email backup guide here.