{"id":19,"date":"2020-02-12T10:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-setup-pop-or-imap-email\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:26:48","slug":"how-to-setup-pop-or-imap-email","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-setup-pop-or-imap-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up POP or IMAP email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This guide will explain the settings you need to set up POP or IMAP for your email address. For customers using LCN\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Web hosting<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/web-hosting\/wordpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress hosting<\/a>\u202for\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/email-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Email hosting<\/a>\u00a0with an Authenticated SMTP.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container row col-md-24 support-article panel panel-default panel-body\" style=\"background-color: #f6e9db; border-color: #ead9c7; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 1% 2%; background-image: url('\/images\/my_account\/highlight.png'); background-position: left top; background-repeat: repeat-x;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong style=\"color: #e77600 !important; font-size: 18px;\">Please Note:<\/strong>\u202fThe following settings are generic, settings such as ports may differ depending on your setup. If you\u2019re looking for a setup guide specific to your email client, you can find these\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/categories\/setting-up-and-managing-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you\u00a0start\u00a0you\u2019ll need to have setup an email address in your\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/login.lcn.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LCN account<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn how to do this\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-create-an-email-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s&nbsp;get started\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IMAP Settings\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Incoming<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Username:\u202f<strong>yourname@yourdomain.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Password:\u202f<strong>your mailbox password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Mail Server:\u202f<strong>mail.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Port:\u202f<strong>993<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>SSL:\u202f<strong>On<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Authentication:\u202f<strong>Password<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outgoing (SMTP)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Username:\u202f<strong>yourname@yourdomain.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Password:\u202f<strong>your\u00a0mailbox\u00a0password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Mail Server:\u202f<strong>mail.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Port:\u202f<strong>465<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>SSL:\u202f<strong>On<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Authentication:\u202f<strong>Password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container row col-md-24 support-article panel panel-default panel-body\" style=\"background-color: #f6e9db; border-color: #ead9c7; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 1% 2%; background-image: url('\/images\/my_account\/highlight.png'); background-position: left top; background-repeat: repeat-x;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong style=\"color: #e77600 !important; font-size: 18px;\">Please Note:\u00a0<\/strong>You must activate SMTP before you can use SMTP to send from your device or application.\u00a0 You can find out how to do this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-activate-authenticated-smtp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POP Settings\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Incoming<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Username:\u202f<strong>yourname@yourdomain.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Password:\u202f<strong>your mailbox password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Mail Server:\u202f<strong>mail.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Port:\u202f<strong>995<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>SSL:\u202f<strong>On<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Authentication:\u202f<strong>Password<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outgoing (SMTP)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Username:\u202f<strong>yourname@yourdomain.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Password:\u202f<strong>your\u00a0mailbox\u00a0password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Mail Server:\u202f<strong>mail.lcn.com<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Port:\u202f<strong>465<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>SSL:\u202f<strong>On<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><li>Authentication:\u202f<strong>Password<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container row col-md-24 support-article panel panel-default panel-body\" style=\"background-color: #f6e9db; border-color: #ead9c7; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 4px; padding: 1% 2%; background-image: url('\/images\/my_account\/highlight.png'); background-position: left top; background-repeat: repeat-x;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"><strong style=\"color: #e77600 !important; font-size: 18px;\">Please Note:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>You must activate SMTP before you can use SMTP to send from your device or application.\u00a0 You can find out how to do this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-activate-authenticated-smtp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need help at any stage along the way, feel free to\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get in touch<\/a>\u202fwith our friendly UK-based support team!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To troubleshoot problems in sending emails please see our guide\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/support\/articles\/how-to-fix-issues-with-sending-email-smtp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s&nbsp;it! You now have the settings you need to set up your LCN email as POP or IMAP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide will explain the settings you need to set up POP or IMAP for your email address. For customers using LCN\u202fWeb hosting,\u202fWordPress hosting\u202for\u202fEmail hosting\u00a0with an Authenticated SMTP.\u00a0 Please Note:\u202fThe following settings are generic, settings such as ports may differ depending on your setup. If you\u2019re looking for a setup guide specific to your email [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9],"ht-kb-tag":[10],"class_list":["post-19","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-setting-up-and-managing-email","ht_kb_tag-email-hosting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to set up POP or IMAP email - LCN.com Support Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to set up your LCN.com email account using POP or IMAP. 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