Email Setup

Email Configuration Setup

You are able to retrieve your email with a mail-client/program of your choice via POP3 / IMAP.
Email configuration set-up instructions differ between programs. However, all share the basic configuration settings:

Outgoing mail (SMTP) Server:	Your ISP’s outgoing mail server or mail.yourdomain.com
Incoming mail (POP3) Server:	mail.yourdomain.com
Email Address:	Your email address
Username:	Your email address
Password:	Your email password

(Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name. E.g. our website domain is www.advertisingsolutions.co.za, so that means it should be mail.advertisingsolutions.co.za)

South African SMTP (Outgoing Mail) Servers

When making use of a South African ISP (Internet Service Provider) they supply you with an SMTP server through which your sent email is routed. You need to configure your email client and set the outgoing server to the detail below that corresponds with your ISP. You should also specify that your outgoing server doesn’t require authentication, and most of the time, no encryption is used, usually, the standard SMTP port of 25 is used.

List of South African SMTP Servers:

Telkom ADSL: smtp.dsl.telkomsa.net
Telkom Analogue Dial Up: smtp.saix.net
8TA: smtp.saix.net
MWEB: smtp.mweb.co.za
Vodacom: smtp.vodacom.co.za / smtp.vodamail.co.za
MTN: mail.mtn.co.za
Cell C: mail.cmobile.co.za
Iburst: smtp.iburst.co.za
Internet Solutions (IS) ADSL: smtp.isdsl.net
Internet Solutions 3G: smtp.isgms.net or smtp.dial-up.net

Neotel: smtp.neomail.co.za
ABSA: smtp.absamail.co.za or mail.absa.co.za
@lantic: smtp.lantic.net
NetActive: smtp.netactive.co.za
Polka: smtp.polka.co.za
Web Africa: smtp.wa.co.za
Axxess DSL: smtp.axxess.co.za

Select Email Client/Application Below for Step-by-Step Guides

Instructions for commonly used mail programs are provided below. If your mail program is not listed here, please email [email protected] or consult your program’s documentation.