How to connect a mailbox on your domain to The Bat!, step by step.
Contents
This guide uses The Bat! as the example email client.
Step 1 — Start The Bat! and create a new mailbox
Enter your name, the email address you are setting up and its password, and choose the IMAP or POP protocol.
Step 2 — Set up the incoming mail protocol
Choose IMAP or POP, depending on your preference and needs.
Enter the incoming mail server as mail.your-domain.com (where your-domain.com is your own domain name).
Port 993 (for IMAP)
Port 995 (for POP)
User name — the full email address you are setting up.
Enter the password you chose in cPanel when you created the mailbox.
Step 3 — Set up the outgoing mail server
Enter the outgoing mail server as mail.your-domain.com (where your-domain.com is your own domain name).
Connection — “Secure on special port (TLS)”
Port 465
Make sure you tick “My SMTP server requires authentication”.
Step 4 — Final details about how the mailbox appears in The Bat!
Checking the mailbox settings in The Bat!
Open the mailbox properties. On the “Transport” tab, the servers and ports should match the ones given above.
You can also find the current settings for your email client in cPanel, under Email Accounts → Other Webmail Features → “Configure Mail Client”.
Your mailbox in The Bat! is now set up.
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