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# Setting up Mailspring on Windows

> Set up Mailspring on Windows to access your hosting.com email with our step-by-step guide.

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**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-just-basics.png)

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

3. Click **Skip Mailspring ID**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-disable-cloud.png)

4. Under **Connect an email account**, click **IMAP / SMTP**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-connect-imap-smtp.png)

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:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-imap-name.png)

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**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-imap-continue.png)

9. Under **Set up Account**, in the **Incoming Mail (IMAP)** section, in the **Server** text box, type*mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-imap-server.png)

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, type*mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-smtp-server.png)

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**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-imap-connect-account.png)

16. Select the panel layout and keyboard shortcut settings you want, and then click **Looks Good**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-looks-good.png)

17. Click **Finish Setup**.

18. Mailspring downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-mailspring-win-inbox.png)

## More information

For more information about Mailspring, please visit [https://www.getmailspring.com](https://www.getmailspring.com).

## Related articles

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

* [E-mail client application setup](/docs/e-mail-client-application-setup)