How to set up Mailspring on Windows

This article demonstrates how to set up the Mailspring email client on Microsoft Windows to access an A2 Hosting e-mail account.

To configure Mailspring to work with your A2 Hosting e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Start Mailspring.
2. On the Create a Mailspring ID page, click Just need the basics? Skip for now:

   

   The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

3. Click Skip Mailspring ID:
   

   

4. Under Connect an email account, click IMAP / SMTP:
   

   

5. Under Add your IMAP account, in the Name text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account:
   

   

6. In the Email text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
7. In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

8. Click Continue:
   

   

9. Under Set up Account, in the Incoming Mail (IMAP) section, in the Server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name:
   

   

10. Confirm the Port list box is set to 993 and the Security list box is set to SSL/TLS.
11. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

12. In the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) section, in the Server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name:
    

    

13. Confirm the Port list box is set to 465 and the Security list box is set to SSL/TLS.
14. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

15. Click Connect Account:
    

    

16. Select the panel layout and keyboard shortcut settings you want, and then click Looks Good:
    

    

17. Click Finish Setup.

18. Mailspring downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears:
    

    

More Information

For more information about Mailspring, please visit https://www.getmailspring.com.