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Our mail service uses industry standard protocols (IMAP, SMTP) and will work seamlessly with any mail program you choose to use. We recommend Thunderbird for most people.  For iOS, Airmail and Spark are good options, but the default mail and calendaring apps work as well. For Android, Edison, Bluemail, and K9 are all good options, with K9 being the best for end to end encryption. The default mail apps on Android should work fine as well.


Mail Service Setup Instructions


## iOS

To set up your mail service on iOS:

1. Click the button below to download your profile.
2. Go to Profile Management to view and install the downloaded profile.
3. Install the profile, which will configure mail, calendar, and contacts.
4. You will need to enter your password three times during the setup process.


## macOS

To set up your mail service on macOS:

1. Click the button below to download your profile.
2. Double-click the downloaded profile to open it.
3. Go to Profiles to view and install the profile.
4. Install the profile, which will configure mail, calendar, and contacts.
5. You will need to enter your password three times during the setup process.


## Android

To set up your mail service on Android:

1. Download and install the K9 Mail app from the Google Play Store
2. Open K9 Mail and add a new account using your paxmail.cc address.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.

## Windows

To set up your mail service on Windows:

1. Download and install Thunderbird from the official website
2. Open Thunderbird and add a new account using your paxmail.cc address.
3. Thunderbird should autodetect the mail server settings, so no manual configuration is needed.


Server URLs and Ports

Most mail app should autodiscover the mail settings needed for your paxmail.cc address, but if they do not and you need to enter the details manually, they are:

  • For sending email
    • Protocol: SMTP
    • Server: mail.paxmail.cc
    • Port:     587 (if that doesn't work, use 465)
    • Security: STARTTLS / SSL/TLS
  • For receiving email
    • Protocol: IMAP
    • Server: mail.paxmail.cc
    • Port:      993
    • Security: SSL/TLS

Your username will be your whole email address.

Custom Domains

If you have your own domain, you will need to set your DNS records to point to PaxMail for sending. When you log in to the administrative portal, you will see a section named "Domain Records" which will list all of the records you need to set up. We recommend you
  1.  Create all the Paxmail accounts you'll want under the "User for mydomain" tab
  2.  Switch the DNS, allow for 24 hours to propagate
  3.  Import any old emails into the new accounts using Thunderbird or our sync jobs

We at one time offered Nextcloud to our users, but have since discontinued that feature.