POP
A POP client is convenient if you want to download and store your email locally. A POP client is a program for a PC, PDA, or handheld device, which lets you read your mail from an account using POP (Post Office Protocol). Runbox Mail Manager also supports
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol).
While you must be connected to a server to receive (download) or send email via POP, you need not be connected to read or write your messages. The email you download resides locally on your own computer or internal network.
Setting up a POP client
Most email programs are easy to set up, with "wizards" or dialog boxes to guide you. To set up your POP client to receive email from Runbox Mail Manager, the information you need is:
- Your name.
- Your Runbox username and password.
- Your email address: username@runbox.com
- Incoming (POP) email server: pop.runbox.com, port 110 (for SSL, use secure.runbox.com, port 995).
- Outgoing (SMTP) email server: smtp.runbox.com, port 25, 26 or 587 (Note: Requires authentication).
NOTE: Users with Runbox addresses (e.g. username@runbox.com) should only use the
username portion of their address for the login. Users with hosted domain addresses (e.g. username@yourdomain.com) should use the format
username%yourdomain.com as the login username.
Remember to select "Leave mail on server" in your email program if you want to be able to access your runbox email on the web or via other clients as well.
If you experience connection problems, please see the
Connection Problems page.
POP From Folder
To download from a specific folder only, create a new account in your mail client with the regular runbox POP settings - only set the username (or account name) in your email client to:
username%runbox.com%folder - For example:
johndoe%runbox.com%Sent
For hosted accounts, the syntax is
username%domain.com%folder.
Setup examples
To get step-by-step instructions on how to set up your email program, click the appropriate link below:
