Configuring an IMAP email account in Pegasus Mail

This tutorial assumes you've already launched Pegasus Mail.

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

Then click Internet Options.

The easiest way to setup your email account is to start the Setup Wizard... click here.

Then click Next.

Enter your email address you wish to configure here, then click Next again.

This screen is asking for your POP3 server address, but we're setting up an IMAP account... so just leave this box blank and click Next.

Enter your full email address as the username, and your email account's password.

Then click Next.

Enter your outgoing server address here, then click Next.

Ensure the Network or Broadband option is selected, then click Next.

Click Finish.

Now click the Sending (SMTP) tab here.

Ensure the SMTP address we just setup is selected, then click the Edit button.

Click the Security tab.

Click here to setup SMTP authentication using your username and password.

Then click this Select button.

Choose your POP3 definition (even though we're configuring this email account for IMAP), then click Select.

Then click OK.

Click OK again.

We now have to setup our IMAP profile. Click the Tools tab.

Then click IMAP Profiles.

Click New.

Enter a name for the IMAP connection.

The enter your IMAP server address here.

Enter your full email address as the username, and your email account's password.

Then click the Settings tab.

Check the following options to set the IMAP inbox as the default.

When finished, click OK.

Then click Done.

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 in Pegasus Mail.