{"id":1374,"date":"2025-06-17T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/mail-server-hostnames\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:09","slug":"mail-server-hostnames","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/mail-server-hostnames\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Server Hostnames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mail server hostname is the server address your email program uses to connect to your mailbox.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommended Mail Server Hostname<\/h2>\n<p>For most mail clients, use:<\/p>\n<p><strong>mx.yourdomain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Replace <strong>yourdomain<\/strong> with your own domain name.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if your domain is <strong>example.test<\/strong>, your mail server hostname would be:<\/p>\n<p><strong>mx.example.test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use this for both incoming and outgoing mail.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommended Ports<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>IMAP: <strong>993<\/strong> with SSL\/TLS<\/li>\n<li>POP3: <strong>995<\/strong> with SSL\/TLS<\/li>\n<li>SMTP: <strong>465<\/strong> with SSL\/TLS<\/li>\n<li>Alternative SMTP: <strong>587<\/strong> with STARTTLS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SMTP authentication should be enabled.<\/p>\n<h2>Find the Exact Settings in cPanel<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to cPanel.<\/li>\n<li>Open <strong>Email Accounts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Find the email address you want to set up.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Connect Devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Scroll to the manual settings section.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>If the Hostname Does Not Work<\/h2>\n<p>Check that the domain&#8217;s DNS records are correct and that the mailbox exists in cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unsure, open a support ticket and tell us the email address you are trying to set up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mail server hostname is the server address your email program uses to connect to your mailbox. Recommended Mail Server Hostname For most mail&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[7],"class_list":["post-1374","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1374\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}