Using your Bravenet e-mail account

Once you have finished Creating a new e-mail account, you can check it in a variety of ways:

Webmail

You can access your e-mail through our webmail system at https://webmail.bravehost.com. When prompted, just enter your e-mail address and the password associated with that address. If you forget your e-mail password, you can reset it in the e-mail tab of your Bravenet account.

3rd Party E-mail Clients

You can also use most third-party e-mail clients to send and receive mail. We've provided step-by-step instructions for a few common clients. For other e-mail clients, use the general information directly below, and refer to your e-mail client's documentation for information on how to enter this data.

General Settings

The exact steps to set up your email client differ based on the client. In general you will need the following information. This assumes that you've created a Bravenet email address in the email tab of your account already.

Incoming Mail Servers

IMAP

Secure Configuration (Recommended):

IMAP Server: mail.bravehost.com
IMAP Port: 993
Connection Security: SSL/TLS
Username: the email address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.

Alternative Configuration:

IMAP Server: mail.bravehost.com, or you can use mail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the domain of your Bravenet email address.
IMAP Port: 143
Connection Security: None (unencrypted), or STARTTLS (secure).
Username: the email address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.
Authentication Type: Password

POP3

POP3 is an older method of checking mail. It should only be used if your e-mail client doesn't support IMAP, since POP3 doesn't support checking mail from multiple locations, and by default it doesn't store messages on the server.

Secure Configuration (Recommended):

POP3 Server: mail.bravehost.com
POP3 Port: 995
Connection Security: SSL/TLS
Username: the email address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.

Alternative Configuration:

POP3 Server: mail.bravehost.com, or you can use mail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the domain of your Bravenet email address.
POP3 Port: 110
Connection Security: None (unencrypted), or STARTTLS (secure).
Username: the email address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.

Outgoing Mail Servers

Outgoing mail uses SMTP. The information you need for that:

Secure Configuration (Recommended):

SMTP server: mail.bravehost.com
SMTP port: 465
Connection Security: STARTTLS
Username: the e-mail address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.

Alternative Configuration:

SMTP server: mail.bravehost.com, or you can use mail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the domain of your Bravenet email address.
SMTP port: 587 (you may be able to use port 25 but this is disabled for many users)
Connection Security: None (unencrypted)
Username: the e-mail address you are checking
Password: the password for this address. You can change this in the email tab of your Bravenet account.