At least some of you people might have thought to avoid visiting the mail servers (their websites like yahoo mail, live, gmail etc.) each time and logging in to see your emails. I was a person who was thinking so. I have told ‘then’ that outlook is a good way to avoid this. So I started (started my struggles in fact :D ) to set up my emails through outlook. It never worked. Then I learned that the proper settings are required for this. So I tried to collect the POP3, SMTP email server details for the mail server which I was using. But at that time gmail and live were not supporting outlook. All my efforts gone waste. But now its not the same situation here. Now a days people prefer reading their emails offline and sending and receiving emails when they get connected to internet ‘processing through the background’. I mean – while doing some other things.
So before setting up an email connection on your private mail service or with outlook express you need these details.
Hotmail Server Settings
Hotmail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) – pop3.live.com (logon using Secure Password Authentication – SPA, mail server port: 995)
Hotmail Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) – smtp.live.com (SSL enabled, port 25)
GMail Server Settings
Google Gmail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) – pop.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 995)
Outgoing Mail Server – use the SMTP mail server address provided by your local ISP or smtp.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 465)
Yahoo! Mail Plus email server settings
Incoming Mail Server (POP3) – plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 995)
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) – plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 465, use authentication)
Netscape Mail Settings
Netscape Internet Service Incoming Mail Server (POP3) – pop.3.isp.netscape.com (port 110)
Netscape Internet Service Outgoing Mail Server – smtp.isp.netscape.com (port 25, using a secure SSL connection)
MSN Mail Settings
MSN Incoming Mail Server (POP3) – pop3.email.msn.com (port 110, using Secure Password Authentication – SPA)
MSN Outgoing Mail Server – smtp.email.msn.com (select “My outgoing server requires authentication”)
AOL Mail Settings
AOL Incoming Mail Server (IMAP) – imap.aol.com (port 143)
AOL Outgoing Mail Server – smtp.aol.com or use your local ISP SMTP mail server
Besides using your mail providers SMTP server, a number of services are available that will allow you to use their SMTP server no matter where in the world you are, we recommend the smtpserver.in Worldwide SMTP Server (also great for travelers). This SMTP server will allow you to send e-mails without worrying about where in the world you are.
If you can't find the server you are looking for in the list below but can find it from another source please send an e-mail to support@smtpserver.in with the subject New Smtp Server and include the provider and the server address. I'll then add it to the list, it's good to
Can't find the SMTP server you're looking for? We highly recommend a service called SMTPServer.in. They can supply you with authentication details for their SMTP server which will allow you to send e-mails from anywhere in the world, from any device that supports SMTP (Laptops, PDA's, iPhones etc). You keep your existing e-mail addresses and just use their server to do the sending, it's as simple as that.
Why The Need For A List Of SMTP Servers?
In an ideal world a list of SMTP servers like the one above would not be needed. ISP’s would take their responsibilities towards providing an e-mail platform seriously and we could all happily e-mail without trouble. SMTP does stand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol after all. It’s not an ideal world and it is ISP’s that bring around 99% of the need for this list.
To start of with a large number of ISPs bury the details of their SMTP servers deep within their websites. This either needs a degree in advanced Google or perhaps just blind luck to find. I have no idea why they are so secretive, I assume it has something to do with them believing that it will stop spammers abusing their SMTP servers, something totally not needed as long as they are using authentication.
The next problems are connected. Some ISPs do not allow you to send mail over Port 25 (the port for SMTP) unless it is through one of their servers. They only allow SMTP relay through what they can directly control. This is all fine and dandy except for when they don’t make those details easily accessible (see the point above) or when you decide to travel on business or for a vacation. Because when they do this many ISPs also only allow you to send through their SMTP when you connect to the internet using their connection. This means that when you travel you have no way of sending e-mail using their server, the SMTP server that you’ve been forced to use from home. So you’re away on business but when you send an e-mail you get a dreaded “can not send” error message. Your ISP has forced the need for you to have access to another SMTP relay server. The list above helps by providing the SMTP details of many of the free and paid mail services that abound on the internet.
So as you can see the reason for the SMTP Server list is simple, it’s to help you find the SMTP server for your ISP/Mail provider and perhaps more importantly to give you options when you are travelling.
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