The Bat! – Gmail, Hotmail, and Hostgator Email Account Settings For POP3 and SMTP
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Written by Cynthia on January 14, 2010 – 11:13 pm
When I first got The Bat!, it took a lot of trial and error to figure out which POP3 and SMTP settings to use to setup my email accounts. It also didn’t help that there was conflicting information everywhere on what the actual settings are. These are my own POP3 and SMTP settings for Gmail, Hotmail, and Hostgator email accounts. They are working 100%, so there’s no reason why they shouldn’t work for you.
I’m currently using The Bat version 4.2.18 Christmas Edition 4.2.44.2
When adding a new email account, don’t check use “APOP.” Never seems to work for me.
Gmail
Send Mail (outgoing)
SMTP server: smtp.gmail.com | Authentication: Check Perform SMTP Authentication, Same user/password as for Mail Retrieval
Connection: Secure to regular port (STARTTLS) | Port: 587
Receive Mail (incoming)
Mail server: pop.gmail.com | Authentication: Regular
User: gmailusername
Password: yourpassword
Connection: Secure to dedicated port (TLS) | Port: 995
Hotmail
Send Mail (outgoing)
SMTP server: smtp.live.com | Authentication: Check Perform SMTP Authentication, Same user/password as for Mail Retrieval
Connection: Secure to regular port (STARTTLS) | Port: 25
Receive Mail (incoming)
Mail server: pop3.live.com | Authentication: Regular
User: hotmailusername@live.com (or hotmail.com)
Password: yourpassword
Connection: Secure to dedicated port (TLS) | Port: 995
Hostgator’s Email Accounts
* This should work for other hosts, if not, ask your web host). If the screenshot below doesn’t load, just click on it.
When adding a new Hostgator e-mail account, remember to check “My smtp server requires authentication for sending mail.”
The Bat's Hostgator Email Account Settings Screenshot
Send Mail (outgoing)
SMTP server: mail.yourdomain.com | Authentication: Check Perform SMTP Authentication, Same user/password as for Mail Retrieval
Connection: Regular | Port: 26
Receive Mail (incoming)
Mail server: mail.yourdomain.com | Authentication: Regular
User: xxxxx@yourdomain.com
Password: yourpassword
Connection: Regular | Port: 110
cynthia thanks for the psot but sad to say your hotmail configuration does no work for me. is this still the way you’re setting up hotmail with thebat
Hi John, thanks a lot for your comment. I looked over the settings and realized I made a tiny mistake.
The SMTP setting is “smtp.live.com” and NOT “smtp.gmail.live.com”. Accidentally slipped ‘gmail’ in there.
The rest of the hotmail settings are correct, and is what I’m using to retrieve mail from my hotmail accounts.
– Cynthia
Thanks Cynthia ….all work.
I can confirm that the hotmail settings dont work for me either. It is strange as the same settings work when I use Thunderbird email, Eudora and others.
Your hotmail settings worked for me Cynthia. Thank you!
Thanks for this post.
A few months ago I had been searching for a way to get Hotmail outgoing to work but I couldn’t find anything. I gave up on it until I needed to send an email from that account today. Searched again and got your post which solved everything in a matter of seconds.
Thanks
Hi,
Just to say thanks for the post. I have been trying for a long time to get going on the same….and voila…..ur Post.
Many Thanks again.
Adrian
Hi, Are you having any problems sending emails via hostgator using Bat! It looks like they are blocking emails sent via Bat!
@kushal – Hmm no problems on my end. How do you know they’re blocking emails? They don’t get sent at all?
Can someone please tell me, the real purpose of using the Bat! why is it good?