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Common: IMAP/POP3 email profile settings

Common: IMAP/POP3 email profile setting
Description
Email type
This setting specifies the type of mail server.
Possible values:
  • IMAP
  • POP3
The default value is "IMAP."
Display name
This setting specifies the display name of the account. If the profile is for multiple users, you can use the %UserDisplayName% variable.
Email address
This setting specifies the user's email address. If the profile is for multiple users, you can use the %UserEmailAddress% variable.
Incoming mail settings
Host name or IP address
This setting specifies the host name or IP address of the mail server for incoming mail.
Port
This setting specifies the port that is used to connect to the mail server for incoming mail.
Username
This setting specifies the user's username. If the profile is for multiple users, you can use the %UserName% variable.
Use SSL for incoming mail
This setting specifies whether an
iOS
,
Android
, or
Windows
device must use SSL to connect to the mail server to get received mail.
Outgoing mail settings
Host name or IP address
This setting specifies the host name or IP address of the mail server for outgoing mail.
Port
This setting specifies the port that is used to connect to the mail server for outgoing mail.
Use SSL for outgoing mail
This setting specifies whether an
iOS
,
Android
, or
Windows
device must use SSL to connect to the mail server to send mail.
Authentication required for outgoing mail
This setting specifies whether a device must authenticate with the server to send mail.
Use the same credentials as incoming settings
This setting specifies whether an
iOS
,
Android
, or
Windows
device uses the same credentials to receive email messages that it uses to send email messages to authenticate with the mail server.
If a device does not use the same credentials to receive email messages that it uses to send email messages to authenticate with the mail server, then you can specify the username and password that a device uses.
This setting is valid only if "Authentication required for outgoing mail" setting is selected.