Grouped here is some information about the various "standard" settings recommended to set up your e-mail clients, regardless of the client or the operating system you use.
You can find iPhone-specific instructions here.
The
POP account enables you to "download" messages from a server to a computer. This is the simplest and most common setting for an e-mail client.
The
IMAP account enables you to access messages directly on the server, just as if you were going to
mail.gandi.net. We recommend the use of
POP for the very simple reason that, if you do not maintain your
IMAP account, the server will eventually fill up and you risk loosing e-mails.
TLS/
SSL: TLS is a more recent secure protocol than
SSL. Nevertheless, it appears as though (at least some) e-mail clients have trouble managing TLS, so we recommend
SSL.
Yourdomain.tld: when you see this expression, replace it by your own domain name (as in example.com). For your information,
TLD means and represents your domain's extension (.com, .net, .org, .fr, .eu, .co.uk, …).
The GandiMail "Forwarding" option cannot be configured on an e-mail client, as opposed to your mailboxes, for the very simple reason that they forward e-mails to a real mailbox (the e-mail you have with your Internet service provider, or a hotmail or yahoo account, for example).
Server name : mail.gandi.net
Port : leave the default setting (110 for
POP, 143 for
IMAP, 995 for
POP SSL, or 993 for
IMAP SSL).
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Username : your full e-mail address (including @yourdomain.tld)
Password : provide the password you had defined when creating your e-mail account
Warning:
If you encounter an error, don't forget that you are absolutely entitled to using your Internet Service Provider's
SMTP. In that case, remember to disable
SMTP authentication, as your Internet service provider can identify you through your connection's IP address automatically.
If none of these settings work, or if it works but you suddenly encounter an error, please contact our dedicated customer support via http://www.gandi.net/faq/form_contact_support/.
In this case, we ask, as always, that you try to be as precise as possible in your message. Give us as much info as possible in your first e-mail:
e-mail client used (if applicable), or whether the question is about Webmail
settings of the e-mail client you use
operating system used
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circumstances / context of the problem
error message encountered? if so, what does it say?
This will help us provide you with a precise answer, but will also improve the response time in itself. In any case, avoid sending several questions regarding the same problem, as our response time will be that much longer.
Last modified: 29 Sep 2011 at 17:01 by Michael M. (Gandi)