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Why use charter.net for your Spectrum email account?
When looking for the current Spectrum mail settings, you're most probably stumbling upon one information: Use charter.net for your Spectrum email account. But is this information legit? And should you actually use that server address for your Spectrum emails?
Spectrum is a brand that is owned by Charter Communications, an American telecommunications company. Under the brand name "Spectrum", Charter provides digital services to its customers, including email. Even though the company provides email accounts under both brand names, Charter and Spectrum, all email accounts rely on the same server infrastructure. That's why you have to use the chaterter.net mail server address for your Spectrum email accounts.
ℹ️ Looking for the current Charter email settings? Have a look at this list.
Set Up Your Email Account With These Spectrum Email Settings
If you wish to add your Spectrum email account to any email software (e.g. an email client or an email migration tool), simply select the desired protocols (in general: IMAP & SMTP) from the settings listed below.
Spectrum IMAP Settings for Incoming Emails
When adding your Spectrum email account to your email client (or basically any email software), you're asked to provide the Spectrum IMAP settings. To do so, simply enter the following settings:
| IMAP Server | mobile.charter.net |
| IMAP Port | 993 |
| IMAP Security | SSL / TLS |
| Requires Authentication | ✅ |
| Username | Your Spectrum email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum email password |
Spectrum SMTP Settings for Sending Emails
To be able to send emails using your email client, add the following Spectrum SMTP settings in the section for "sending emails" (sometimes also called "outgoing emails" or "SMTP server"):
| SMTP Server | mobile.charter.net |
| SMTP Port | 587 |
| SMTP Security | SSL / TLS |
| Requires Authentication | ✅ |
| Username | Your Spectrum email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum email password |
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Instead of IMAP, you can also use POP3 to receive emails in your email client. To find out if POP3 or IMAP is the better choice for your use case, have a look at our comparison down below.
| POP Server | pop.charter.net |
| POP Port | 110 |
| POP Security | SSL / TLS |
| Requires Authentication | ✅ |
| Username | Your Spectrum email address |
| Password | Your Spectrum email password |
POP3 or IMAP: What should I use for my Spectrum email?
In general, it's best to use IMAP instead of POP3. Here's why:
With IMAP, your emails are still stored on the Spectrum mail servers, which allows you to open the same email on multiple devices. When reading an email on one device, the changes made to this email (e.g. marking it as read) are synced across all devices. Furthermore, if you loose your device, your emails are still stored on the Spectrum servers, so you don't need to worry about a local email backup.
But are there any reason to opt for POP3? There are two main scenarios that could make POP3 a favourable choice:
Since emails are downloaded to your device when using POP3, you can easily access your emails, even if you're offline. Furthermore, when running out of storage space in your Spectrum account, using POP3 can free up storage space, as emails are downloaded to your device and deleted from your Spectrum account.
⚠️ If you – for whatever reason – opt for POP3, make sure to have a backup of your local device up and running! Otherwise, your emails would be lost if the device containing your emails is lost or broken.
Migrate Emails From / To Spectrum:
Do you need to migrate emails from your Spectrum account to another provider? Or do you wish to add your old emails to your new Spectrum account? If so, simply follow these steps:
➡️ Download our email migration tool or alternatively start your migration here in the Browser.
➡️ Open MailJerry and click on New Migration.
➡️ In the fields Existing Address, select your 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 Spectrum email settings above).
➡️ Now start your migration by clicking on Start Migration.
Wait until your email migration from or to Spectrum finished.
🎉 That's it! You can now access your old emails in your new email account!
