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# Setting up the Mailbird e-mail client

> Set up your hosting.com email on Mailbird with our step-by-step guide for seamless email management.

This article demonstrates how to set up the Mailbird e-mail client application to access a hosting.com e-mail account and send messages.

To configure Mailbird to work with your hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Start Mailbird:

   * If this is the first time you are setting up an account in Mailbird, the **Add account** dialog box appears automatically.

   * If you have previously set up another account in Mailbird, in the left sidebar click the settings icon, click **Settings**, and then click **Accounts**:\
     ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-settings-menu.png)

   Click **Add** to add an account. The **Add account** dialog box appears.

2. In the **Add account** dialog box, in the **Your name** text box, type the name that you want recipients to see on messages you send:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-add-account.png)

   > 📘 Note
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   > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

3. In the **Email** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-add-account-email.png)

4. Click **Continue**. Mailbird detects the mail settings for the account.

5. In the **Settings found** dialog box, click **Edit server settings**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-settings-found.png)

6. In the **Edit settings** dialog box, confirm the **Authentication** list box is set to **Username and password**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-edit-settings.png)

7. Under **Incoming server**, in the **Server type** list box, select the protocol that you want to use:

   * If you want to use IMAP, select **IMAP**.

   * If you want to use POP, select **POP3**.

8. In the **Server name** text box, type the hosting.com server name for your account.

   > 📘 Note
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   > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).

9. In the **Port** text box, type one of the following:

   * If you selected **IMAP** in step 7, type `993`.

   * If you selected **POP3** in step 7, type `995`.

10. In the **Encryption** list box, select **SSL/TLS**.

11. Confirm that the **Username** text box contains the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

12. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

13. Under **Outgoing server**, in the **SMTP server** text box, type the hosting.com server name for your account.

    > 📘 Note
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    > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).

14. In the **Port** text box, type `465`.

15. In the **Encryption** list box, select **SSL/TLS**.

16. Select the **Requires authentication** check box.

17. Confirm that the **Username** text box contains the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel. The **Password** text box should already contain the password. If it does not, type the account password.

18. If you selected **POP3** in step 7, some additional options appear under **POP3 settings**:

    * To maintain a copy of each message on the server, select the **Leave a copy of messages on the server** check box.

    * To automatically remove messages on the server after a specific length of time, select the **Remove after days** check box and type the number of days in the text box.

    * To remove messages from the server when you delete them, select the **Remove when I permanently delete them** check box.

19. Click **Continue**. Mailbird sets up the account.

20. Select your preferred layout, and then click **Continue**.

21. Select any apps you want to use, and then click **Continue**.

22. In the **You're all set!** dialog box, click **Start using Mailbird**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailbird-youre-all-set.png)

The inbox for the account appears.

## More information

For more information about Mailbird, please visit [http://www.getmailbird.com](http://www.getmailbird.com).

## Related articles

* [Introduction to e-mail protocols](/docs/introduction-to-e-mail-protocols)

* [Accessing e-mail accounts with client applications](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-with-client-applications)

* [Troubleshooting e-mail accounts](/docs/troubleshooting-e-mail-accounts)