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IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV settings.

What any mail, calendar or contacts app needs to connect, and where to find the server settings of your own mailbox.

Where to find your settings

The server names, ports and encryption depend on your mailbox's domain, so this page does not list them. Yours are shown:

  • on the page right after the mailbox is set up, and in the account email if you asked for a copy;
  • under My mailboxes in My account, for the buyer of the plan;
  • in webmail at webmail.abnormalhq.com, under Settings → Apps & sync, with a copy button. The copied text never includes your password.

Mail: IMAP and SMTP

  • Username: the full mailbox address, for incoming and outgoing alike.
  • Password: the mailbox password. With two-step verification on, an app password instead.
  • Incoming server: IMAP, with the host, port and encryption shown for your mailbox.
  • Outgoing server: SMTP, with the host, port and encryption shown for your mailbox, and authentication turned on.

We publish IMAP and SMTP settings only; choose IMAP when an app offers a choice of account type.

Calendars and contacts: CalDAV and CardDAV

Webmail's Settings → Apps & sync has a Calendar sync (CalDAV) card and an Address book sync (CardDAV) card. Each shows the server, the account's address and a discovery address, with steps for iPhone and iPad, Mac, Android (DAVx⁵) and Thunderbird. The username is the full mailbox address and the password is the mailbox password, or an app password with the scope Calendars & contacts.

Most apps find your calendars and address books from the server name alone; when one asks for a full address, paste the one shown on the card.

If an app won't connect

  • Check the username: it is the full address, not just the part before the @.
  • After a password change, every app needs the new password. With two-step verification on, apps need app passwords.
  • Compare the port and the encryption with what is shown for your mailbox; a mismatch between the two is the usual cause.
  • Check the service status page. If it still fails, write to support@abnormalhq.com with the address, the app and the error it shows, but not your password.