How to Setup a Mail Access Connection using IMAP

 

Prepare your IMAP Mailbox for Remote Access

It is recommended to configure your IMAP e-mail account to keep a copy of your emails on the server.

Enter your IMAP Username and Password

Enter the credentials that you use to access your mailbox using IMAP. The requested information should be tested on your mail account using an IMAP client such as Outlook Express.
  1. User Name: This is the username you use to login to your IMAP mailbox.
  2. Password: This is your login password.

You may have to provide your Mail Server Name. This is the address or host name of your IMAP mail server. It usually has the form of imap.mailserver.com or mail.emailserver.com. Your service provider or system administrator can give you this information.

Note: Your personal data is treated with the strictest confidentiality. See Our Commitment to Protect your Privacy for details regarding the privacy and security of your data.
 

Store & Manage your IMAP Contacts on the Web Portal

IMAP servers do not host contacts. You must therefore store and manage your voice directory contacts on the Web portal where you can import your existing IMAP contacts. Select to store and manage your contacts on the Web portal as follows:
  • Click on Contactsto display the Contact Management page.
  • Select how you want duplicate contacts to be treated: Reject Duplicatesor Overwrite existing ones.
  • Select My Contacts are on my CSV file
  • Click Browseto select the file that contains the contacts you want to import then click OK. Make sure you select the CSVfile type.
  • Click Import. A dialog box appears showing your contacts update results.  Click OK.

At anytime, you can go to the Contactspage to add, import and modify your contacts. Go to Managing your Contacts on the Web for more details.
 

Related Topics