How do I set up a Rackspace Email account?
Sign up for a Rackspace account
- Navigate to rackspace.com, click Buy Now, and then select Fanatical Support for AWS.
- Enter your email address, username, password, and the answer to the security question that you select, and then click Next Step.
Is Rackspace Email POP or IMAP?
IMAP
Server settings
| Protocol | SSL server name | SSL port number |
|---|---|---|
| POP3 (incoming) | secure.emailsrvr.com | 995 |
| IMAP (incoming) | secure.emailsrvr.com | 993 |
| SMTP (outgoing) | secure.emailsrvr.com | 465 |
What is the IMAP server for Rackspace?
secure.emailsrvr.com
Setup Your Emailsrvr.com Account with Your Email Program Using IMAP
| Emailsrvr.com (Rackspace Email Hosting) IMAP Server | secure.emailsrvr.com |
|---|---|
| IMAP port | 993 |
| IMAP security | SSL / TLS |
| IMAP username | Your full email address |
| IMAP password | Your Emailsrvr.com password |
What is the SMTP server for Rackspace?
Setup Your Emailsrvr.com Account with Your Email Program Using IMAP
| Emailsrvr.com (Rackspace Email Hosting) SMTP Server | secure.emailsrvr.com |
|---|---|
| SMTP port | 465 |
| SMTP security | SSL |
| SMTP username | Your full email address |
| SMTP password | Your Emailsrvr.com password |
What is Rackspace email hosting?
Rackspace Email is an affordable, business-class email hosting solution with anytime, anywhere access and a 100% uptime guarantee- all backed by and industry leading SLA and administrator access to our team of email hosting experts, 24x7x365.
How do I enable IMAP in Rackspace?
Outlook
- Enter your email address in Outlook.
- Choose the option for IMAP.
- Enter the password for your Rackspace email account.
- The success message in Outlook.
- Enter your Rackspace email address and password.
- Thunderbird automatically configures the protocols — click “Done.”
- Choose the option for “Other account.”
How do I set up Rackspace Email in Outlook?
Knowledge Base
- Open Outlook and select File.
- Click Add Account.
- Check Manual setup or additional server types and click Next.
- Select POP or IMAP and click Next.
- Enter Your Name and E-mail Address.
- Select POP3 as your account type.
- For Incoming mail server, enter secure.emailsrvr.com (exactly as shown here).
How do I set up Rackspace email in Outlook?
Should I switch from POP to IMAP?
IMAP is much better for managing email across multiple devices. Change your old POP accounts to IMAP now so you can have access to your email at all times.
What does SMTP do?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (STMP) SMTP is used to send and receive email. It is sometimes paired with IMAP or POP3 (for example, by a user-level application), which handles the retrieval of messages, while SMTP primarily sends messages to a server for forwarding.