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====== E-mail Server Details ======

Configuration details IMAP, SMTP and POP.

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===== MultiBox Mail =====

Most clients can automatically pull and configure email server settings when adding new e-mail account.\\
Otherwise use settings provided bellow to manually configure e-mail client for reading and sending messages.

^IMAP^📩 (recommended)|
|Server host name|multibox.nohost.me|
|Encryption|SSL|
|Port|993|
|Username|(account username)|
|Password|(account password)|

IMAP protocol is used for reading e-mail messages.\\
Recommended if you are using multiple devices/clients for reading mail (desktop, mobile,…).\\
Mail is syncronized between client and server, but original messages are keept on server as backup.\\
This makes it possible to read all messages from any device/client you use.\\
Deleted messages are first moved to "Trash" folder, and are completley deleted after you empty Trash folder.

^POP3^📩|
|Server host name|multibox.nohost.me|
|Encryption|SSL|
|Port|993|
|Username|(account username)|
|Password|(account password)|

POP3 protocol is used for reading mail.\\
Messages are downloaded from server and are only accesible in the client which was used at that time.\\
No messages are kept on the server after downloading.

^SMTP^📨|
|Server host name|multibox.nohost.me|
|Encryption|StartTLS / None|
|Port|587|
|Username|(account e-mail)|
|Password|(account password)|

SMTP protocol is used for sending mail.\\
Sent mail is saved on the server when using Webmail client, otherwise it depends on the client settings.

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===== gMail =====

^IMAP^📩|
|Server host name|imap.gmail.com|
|Encryption|SSL|
|Port|993|
|Username|(account e-mail)|
|Password|(app password) *|

^SMTP^📨|
|Server host name|smtp.gmail.com|
|Encryption|TLS|
|Port|587|
|Username|(account e-mail)|
|Password|(app password) *|

* **App Password** > **[[https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords|Generate]]** \\
After obtaining "app password" you have to enter it as it is, including spaces.