HT202304: iCloud: Mail server settings for email clients

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tmankin
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Q: iCloud email will not work with 3rd part email client

Can anyone help me configure iCloud with thunderbird, or outlook , or airmail, etc?

 

 

I am unable to set up any 3rd Party email client with iCloud email. I have looked at the instructions at Apple with no success. I just spent an hour on the phone with support and they tell me this in not their problem. Yet Outlook, thunderbird all say it is their problem so flustering.

Posted on Jan 18, 2015 2:11 PM

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Q: iCloud email will not work with 3rd part email client

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Jan 18, 2015 3:00 PM in response to tmankin
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    Jan 18, 2015 3:00 PM in response to tmankin

    These are the settings. Note particularly the requirement for SSL.

    IMAP information for the incoming mail server

    • Server name: imap.mail.me.com
    • SSL Required: Yes
      If you receive errors when using SSL, try using TLS instead.
    • Port: 993
    • Username: The name part of your iCloud email address (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com)
    • Password: Your iCloud password

    SMTP information for the outgoing mail server

    • Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
    • SSL Required: Yes
      If you receive errors when using SSL, try using TLS or STARTTLS instead.
    • Port: 587
    • SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
    • Username: Your full iCloud email address (for example, emilyparker@icloud.com, not emilyparker)
    • Password: Your iCloud password