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Spectrum vs. Charter Communications: What's the difference?
Are you using a Spectrum email address? Or do you regularly receive an invoice from Charter Communications? What seems to be confusing in the first place is actually easily explained:
- Charter Communications Inc. is an American telecommunications and mass media company.
- Spectrum is a brand of Charter Communications. Under this brand name, Charter offers digital services such as internet access or email accounts.
- Charter.net is a popular email service that is frequently used for personal email accounts.
Therefore, if you wish to add your Charter / Spectrum email account to your email client or migrate your emails to or from a new provider, you can simply use the Charter email settings provided below!
Easily Access Your Charter Email from Any Device
Do you wish to access your charter.net email address from an email client such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail? Or do you need to add your account to a third-party software, e.g. an email management tool or an email migration tool?
What can turn out to be a challenging task is, in fact, quite easy, given you're using the correct Charter email settings. To make this task easier for you, we've compiled the latest email settings for your charter.net account! Simply scroll down to find the current settings for IMAP, SMTP and POP!
Charter Email Settings: IMAP for Incoming Emails
Use these Charter email settings for IMAP (recommended) in order to set up your email account. Simply add the information provided below in the section for "incoming email".
| IMAP Server | mobile.charter.net |
| IMAP Port | 993 |
| IMAP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your full Spectrum-provided email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum-provided email password |
Charter Email Settings: SMTP for Outgoing Emails
After adding your incoming server data, you'll need to add the SMTP settings below to be able to send emails using your charter.net email address:
| SMTP Server | mobile.charter.net |
| SMTP Port | 587 |
| SMTP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your full Spectrum-provided email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum-provided email password |
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Download now!Charter Email Settings: POP as Alternative to IMAP
If you wish to use POP3 instead of IMAP, refer to these charter email settings for POP:
| POP Server | pop.charter.net |
| POP Port | 110 |
| POP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your full Spectrum-provided email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum-provided email password |
What is better? POP or IMAP?
When adding your email account to any email client or software, you usually have to decide between two protocols: POP and IMAP. But what does this mean?
By selecting POP3 for your account, emails are fetched from the server and saved on your device. You gain the ability to access your messages offline, making it ideal for situations where internet connectivity is limited or unreliable. What's more, POP3 allows to save disk space on both your device and your charter email account, since downloaded emails are deleted from the Charter mailserver.
However, if you frequently switch between multiple devices to access your email account, IMAP becomes the better solution. IMAP ensures that your emails remain synchronized across all devices, allowing you to conveniently access and seamlessly management your email communication.
Migrate Emails From / To Charter.net:
Did you just sign up with charter.net and wish to transfer your old emails to your new account?
Or do you switch to another email provider and wish to transfer your Charter emails to your new account?
Migrating your emails from or to charter.net is a very simply task. All you need is a migration tool like MailJerry and the Charter email settings for IMAP. So let's start!
➡️ Download our free email migrator or alternatively start your migration here in the Browser.
➡️ Open MailJerry and click on New Migration.
➡️ In the fields Existing Address, slect the account type and enter the email credentials for the email account that contains your email data.
➡️ In the section New Address, enter the IMAP settings for your new email account (e.g. the charter.net email settings stated above).
➡️ Now start your migration by clicking on Start Migration.
Wait until your email migration from / or to Charter finished.
🎉 That's it! You can now access your old emails in your new email account!
