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How to setup email for POP3 accounts?


Using POP3 protocol emails can be download to your local computer from mail server. It is benefical if you want to have a copy of email on your pc or you want to see those emails when you are offline. Multi Email Notifier also acts as POP3 notifier. You can add a POP3 email account and it will notify you when new mail arrives.

Setting up email account for POP3 require information about incoming mail server and port. While adding an email account in Multi Email Notifier, if the email provider is POP3 then the screen shown below is presented. Here we have to enter the detail about server and port.

Email setup for pop3


This information is usually provided by your email service provider. For your convenience we have put up a list of most popular POP3 mail servers. You can copy the information and enter it in the software screen accordingly.

Email ProviderIncoming Mail ServerPortSSL Required
1&1pop.1and1.com110No
Adelphiamail.adelphia.net110No
Ameritech (at&t Yahoo!)pop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Clearwiremail.clearwire.net 110No
Comcastmail.comcast.net110No
Covadpop3.covad.net110No
Cox Centralpop.central.cox.net110No
Cox Eastpop.east.cox.net110No
Cox Westpop.west.cox.net110No
Cox Businesspop.coxmail.com110No
Earthlinkpop.earthlink.net110No
Excitepop3.excite.com110No
Flash (SBC Yahoo!)pop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Gmail (Also for google apps domain email) pop.gmail.com995Yes
Go Daddy.commail.secureserver.net995Yes
Grandemail.grandecom.net110No
Hughes Direcwaymail.hughes.net110No
Mac.commail.mac.com110No
Mediacommail.mchsi.com995Yes
Mindspring (Earthlink)pop.mindspring.com110No
mModepop.mymmode.com110No
MSN, Hotmail, Live (Paid Subscription)pop3.live.com995Yes
NetAddress or Usa.netpop.netaddress.com110No
Network Solutionsmail.yourdomain.com110No
NetZero (United Online)pop.netzero.com110No
Netscapepop3.isp.netscape.com110No
NVBell (SBC Yahoo!)pop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
PacBell (SBC Yahoo!)pop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
PeoplePCmail.peoplepc.com or pop.peoplepc.com110No
Pipeline (Earthlink)pop.pipeline.com110No
Prodigy (SBC Yahoo!)pop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Qwest Albuquerque, New Mexicopop.albq.qwest.net110No
Road Runnerpop-server.yourdomain.com110No
sbcglobal.netpop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
snet.netpop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Surewestpop.surewest.net110No
swbell.netpop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Verizonincoming.verizon.net110No
Verizon (custom server)pop.verizonemail.net110No
Verizon (Yahoo! Mail)incoming.yahoo.verizon.net110No
wans.netpop.att.yahoo.com995Yes
Windstreampop.windstream.net 110No
Yahoo! (Paid Subscription)pop.mail.yahoo.com995Yes
Yahoo Small Businesspop.bizmail.yahoo.com110No

Many of the above POP3 email service companies also provide you a web interface so that you can work with your POP3 like web based email accounts. We have created mini-guide to show how to setup these accounts so that you can use them through web browsers.



If your POP3 email provider is not listed above or you do not have access to required information then please contact us at support@multiemailnotifier.com or through contact form. We will try to get the required information for you.
Please let us know if you want to add your POP3 provider details.