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Automatic detection for email settings

Email settings are automatically detected, if your mail client is modern enough. It is done using DNS service location records, as well as well-known URIs.
Below are some examples:

Mozilla Thunderbird

Recent versions of mozilla thunderbird will automatically detect mail settings

Thunderbird automatic detection of:

  1. Email server settings
  2. Calendars and contact

Gnome Evolution

GNOME Evolution is the official personal information manager for GNOME. It has been an official part of GNOME since Evolution 2.0 was included with the GNOME 2.8 release in September 2004. It combines e-mail, address book, calendar, task list and note-taking features. Its user interface and functionality is similar to Microsoft Outlook.

Gnome Evolution automatic detection of:

  1. Select "New collection account".
  2. Calendars and contact are automatically detected.

Android - K9-Mail

K-9 Mail is free and open source email client for Android. It is designed as an alternative to the stock email clients included with the platform; it supports both POP3 and IMAP protocols and supports IMAP IDLE for real-time notifications.

  1. Enter your email address.
  2. Enter your password
  3. Select IMAP
  4. The incoming settings are automatically detected
  5. The outgoing settings are automatically detected

Android - FairEmail

FairEmail is a good email client for Android, focused on security and privacy. The set-up is fairly simple, and the settings are automatically detected.

  1. Wizard
  2. Settings detection
  3. Settings detection complete