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DreamHost: Simply add your DreamHost Email to any Email Client!
DreamHost, a web hosting provider based in Los Angeles, is a popular choice for large and small website owners. As an employee owned company, DreamHost has a huge passion for privacy and security and embraces Open Source. What makes DreamHost a compelling provider for many customers is its 100% uptime guarantee as well as the in-house 24/7 support.
Besides its various web hosting solutions, DreamHost offers email hosting, providing a reliable email address with your custom domain at a low price. After signing up with DreamHost, you probably wish to add your new email address to your email client. To do so, simply use the settings provided below and you're up and running in a few minutes!
DreamHost Email Settings: Add DreamHost to Your Email Client
Adding your DreamHost email address to any email software is very easy: Simply add the IMAP or POP settings in the section for incoming server and the current DreamHost SMTP settings in the section for outgoing email.
DreamHost Email Settings: IMAP
Use the following DreamHost IMAP settings to add your DreamHost email address to your email software using IMAP (recommended):
| IMAP Server | imap.dreamhost.com |
| IMAP Port | 993 |
| IMAP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your DreamHost email address |
| Password | Your DreamHost password |
DreamHost Email Settings: SMTP
For the ability to send emails using your DreamHost address, add the following DreamHost SMTP settings to your email client in the section for outgoing emails:
| SMTP Server | smtp.dreamhost.com |
| IMAP Port | 465 |
| IMAP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your DreamHost email address |
| Password | Your DreamHost password |
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Download now!DreamHost Settings: POP3
If you prefer using POP over IMAP to configure your DreamHost email account in your email client, utilize the following settings for POP3:
| POP3 Server | pop.dreamhost.com |
| IMAP Port | 995(SSL) |
| IMAP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your DreamHost email address |
| Password | Your DreamHost password |
When do I need to use POP3 instead of IMAP?
If you set up your DreamHost email account using POP3, your emails will be downloaded from the server and stored on your device. This means that you can access your emails even when you're offline. Furthermore, you also save disk space and do not run out of storage capacity on your DreamHost email account.
However, if you use multiple devices to access your DreamHost email account, you'll only be able to access your emails on the device where you initially downloaded them. So if you wish to read your emails on multiple devices, IMAP is the better option.
Seamless Email Migration To/from DreamHost:
Need to migrate your emails to DreamHost or from DreamHost to another provider? That's luckily a very easy process. All you need is a reliable migration tool like MailJerry and your DreamHost email account credentials. So let's get started!
➡️ Download our email migrator or start your migration directly in the browser.➡️ Launch MailJerry and select "New Migration".
➡️ Select the account type and fill in the email credentials for your existing email account in the "Existing Address" fields.
➡️ In the "New Address" section, input the IMAP settings for your new email account (e.g., the DreamHost email settings provided above).
➡️ Begin your migration by clicking on "Start Migration."
Wait for the email migration from / to DreamHost to complete.
🎉 Congratulations! You can now access your previous emails in your new email account!
