Last verified: Nov 2024
What is Namecheap Private Email?
Namecheap is a household name for domain registration. But what many users don't know: Namecheap also offers robuste and affordable email solutions for personal and private use.
Namecheap Private Email is namecheap's email hosting suite that comprises a complete business suite, its features ranging from email management to team collaboration. Namecheaps webmail email software relies on an Open-Xchange (O-X) server and includes calendar management, task tracking and file storage.
How to Set Up Your Namecheap Email Address:
Though namecheap's email client provides all essential email management features, some users may wish to rely on another email solution (such as Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail). So in case you're on of the many namecheap customers that wish to add their namecheap email address to another email client, simply scroll down below to find the current namecheap email settings!
Namecheap Email Settings: IMAP for Incoming Emails
In order to receive emails (or migrate your email from / to namecheap using MailJerry), add the following namecheap IMAP settings to your software:
| IMAP Server | mail.privateemail.com |
| IMAP Port | 993 (SSL) or 143 (TLS/STARTTLS) |
| IMAP Security | SSL or TLS/STARTTLS |
| Username | Your namecheap email address |
| Password | Your password for this email address |
Namecheap Email Settings: SMTP for Outgoing Emails
To send emails from your email client, add these namecheap SMTP settings in the section for "outgoing emails".
| SMTP Server | mail.privateemail.com |
| SMTP Port | 465 (SSL) or 587 (TLS/STARTTLS) |
| SMTP Security | Server authentication ON, SPA (secure password authentication) OFF |
| Username | Your namecheap email address |
| Password | Your password for this email address |
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Download now!Namecheap Email Settings: POP3 Instead of IMAP
If you wish to use POP3 instead of IMAP to add your namecheap email account to your email client, use the following setting for POP3:
| POP Server | mail.privateemail.com |
| POP Port | 995 |
| POP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your namecheap email address |
| Password | Your password for this email address |
POP3 or IMAP: What should I use for my Namecheap email?
When adding your namecheap email account to your email software, you can choose between the POP3 and IMAP protocol in order to receive emails. But what are the differences?
IMAP is the more advanced and popular email protocol: Any changes made to your emails are synchronized across all devices you use to access your email. With POP3, this is only possible with advanced configuration.
POP3 is the preferred protocol when you need to save storage capacity on your mailbox (e.g. because you're running out of storage). But be careful: When using POP3, your emails will be downloaded to your device and deleted from the server (if not configured otherwise). This means: Loosing the device you downloaded your message to also means loosing this message forever!
General rule of thumb: If unsure, it's best to use IMAP. Should you consider using POP3 instead, have a look at this article that explains the differences, pros and cons of POP3 in detail.
Migrate Emails From / To Namecheap:
Got a new Namecheap email address and wish to add your old emails to your new account?
Or did you cancel your namecheap account and wish to move your email data to your new provider?
Migrating your emails from or to namecheap is a very simply task. All you need is a migration tool like MailJerry and your namecheap IMAP settings. 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 namecheap email settings stated above).
➡️ Now start your migration by clicking on Start Migration.
Wait until your email migration from / or to Namecheap finished.
🎉 That's it! You can now access your old emails in your new email account!
