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This article demonstrates how to set up the Mailspring email client on Microsoft Windows to access a hosting.com e-mail account. To configure Mailspring to work with your hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps:
  1. Start Mailspring.
  2. On the Create a Mailspring ID page, click Just need the basics? Skip for now:
    📘 Note The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.
  3. Click Skip Mailspring ID:
  4. Under Connect an email account, click IMAP / SMTP:
  5. Under Add your IMAP account, in the Name text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account:
  6. In the Email text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
  7. In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.
  8. Click Continue:
  9. Under Set up Account, in the Incoming Mail (IMAP) section, in the Server text box, typemail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name:
  10. Confirm the Port list box is set to 993 and the Security list box is set to SSL/TLS.
  11. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
  12. In the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) section, in the Server text box, typemail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name:
  13. Confirm the Port list box is set to 465 and the Security list box is set to SSL/TLS.
  14. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
  15. Click Connect Account:
  16. Select the panel layout and keyboard shortcut settings you want, and then click Looks Good:
  17. Click Finish Setup.
  18. Mailspring downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:

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More information

For more information about Mailspring, please visit https://www.getmailspring.com.