Revision as of 11:44, 31 March 2023

Claws Mail is a light-weight, open-source mail client for Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD.

To set up your account, you only need to change the settings mentioned below. Everything else can be left as default.

Add a new account

Open Claws mail and click Configuration > Add new account.

Enter a name for your account and enter the following settings:

Protocol: IMAP

Server for receiving: imap.imaginet.co.za

SMTP server (send): smtp.imaginet.co.za

User ID: Your full email address

Password: Your email password

Select Automatic for authentication method.

SMTP Authentications (SMTP AUTH): Enabled

Authentication method: Automatic

User ID: Your full email address

Password: your email pasxsword

IMAP: Use SSL/TLS

SMTP: Use SSL/TLS

Automatically accept valid SSL/TLS certificates: enabled

SMTP Port: 587

IMAP Port: 993

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 [https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php Claws Mail] is a light-weight, open-source mail client for Linux, Windows, and FreeBSD.
+To set up your account, you only need to change the settings mentioned below. Everything else can be left as default.
 =Add a new account=
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+='''Send''' settings=
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 [[file: Claws3.png|thumb]]
+'''SMTP Authentications (SMTP AUTH)''': Enabled
+'''Authentication method''': Automatic
+'''User ID''': Your full email address
+'''Password''': your email pasxsword
 </div>
-='''Other Thing''' settings=
+='''SSL/TLS''' settings=
+<div style="overflow: hidden">
+[[file: ClawsTLS.png|thumb]]
+''' IMAP''': Use SSL/TLS
+'''SMTP''': Use SSL/TLS
+'''Automatically accept valid SSL/TLS certificates''': enabled
+</div>
+='''Advanced''' settings=
 <div style="overflow: hidden">
 [[file: Claws4.png|thumb]]
+''' SMTP Port''': 587
+'''IMAP Port''': 993
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