IncrediMail Series (8)

Configuring an IMAP email account with SSL in IncrediMail

This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched IncrediMail.

To configure an IMAP email account with SSL, first click the Tools tab.

Then click Email Accounts.

Click the Add button.

Check here to configure settings yourself, then click Next.

Choose Other as the email account type you wish to setup.

Enter the email address you want to configure, and its password.

Then click Next.

Next we have to configure our server settings.

Ensure IMAP is selected as the server type.

Then enter the incoming and outgoing server addresses here.

Then click Next.

Click OK.

With the new account selected here, click the Properties button.

Then click the Servers tab.

Check here to require server authentication.

Then click More Settings.

Ensure it’s set to use the same settings as your incoming server, then click OK.

Click the Advanced tab.

Click here to require a secure SSL connection for the outgoing server.

Be sure to enter 465 for the secure port number.

Then check here to enable SSL for the incoming server.

Note that by doing so the port number changed to 993, the default email port for SSL.

Click OK.

Then click Close.

That’s it! The email account has been added.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure an IMAP email account with SSL in IncrediMail.

How to delete an email account in IncrediMail

This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched IncrediMail.

To delete or remove an email account from IncrediMail, first click the Tools tab.

Then click Email Accounts.

With the account selected here, click the Remove button.

Then click Yes to confirm.

That’s all there is to it!

Remember that removing an email account here does not delete the account from your hosting account… it simply means you can no longer use the account with IncrediMail.

You can always re-configure your email account in IncrediMail again, as long as it still exists in your hosting account.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to remove an email account from IncrediMail.

How to setup your email signature in IncrediMail

This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched IncrediMail.

To setup a signature, start by composing an email… click the Write icon here.

Then click the Signature icon.

With IncrediMail not only can you type in a signature, but you can draw one as well!

Let’s draw our name in this box with the pencil tool.

You can add to your signature by typing in the following box.

When finished, click the Save button.

Give your signature a name…

Then click OK.

That’s it! The signature has been setup and is now easily added to any email we want to send.

To add your signature, simply click the Signature icon here.

Then select your signature from the drop down menu.

The signature is added to your email message!

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup an email signature in IncrediMail.

Configuring a POP email account with SSL in IncrediMail

This tutorial assumes you’ve already launched IncrediMail.

To configure a POP email account with SSL, first click the Tools tab.

Then click Email Accounts.

Click the Add button.

Check here to configure settings yourself, then click Next.

Choose Other as the email account type you wish to setup.

Enter the email address you want to configure, and its password.

Then click Next.

Next we have to configure our server settings.

Ensure POP3 is selected as the server type.

Then enter the incoming and outgoing server addresses here.

Then click Next.

Click OK.

With the new account selected here, click the Properties button.

Then click the Servers tab.

Check here to require server authentication.

Then click More Settings.

Ensure it’s set to use the same settings as your incoming server, then click OK.

Click the Advanced tab.

Click here to require a secure SSL connection for the outgoing server.

Be sure to enter 465 for the secure port number.

Then check here to enable SSL for the incoming server.

Note that by doing so the port number changed to 995, the default email port for SSL.

Click OK.

Then click Close.

That’s it! The email account has been added.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure a POP email account with SSL in IncrediMail.