Other mail clients
You can configure any client that supports the IMAP and SMTP protocols to work with Yandex Mail. We recommend using OAuth authorization if it's available in your client.
Note
We can't guarantee correct interaction with your email client over a POP3 connection. The developers no longer work on updates for the POP3 protocol.
Configure IMAP-based client
When using the IMAP protocol, the email client syncs with the server and saves the structure of folders in your mailbox. Messages that you send from your email client will be saved both on your computer and on the server, and you can access them from various devices.
Step 1. Configure your mailbox
- Go to Email clients in the Yandex Mail settings.
- Make sure you've enabled the options Use a mail client to retrieve your Yandex mail → From the imap.yandex.com server via IMAP and App passwords and OAuth tokens.
- Save your changes.
Note
If you want the emails to be kept for some time after they are deleted in the mail client, select Don't automatically delete emails marked as deleted in IMAP. Please note that they will be permanently deleted from the mailbox immediately after restarting the mail client.
Step 2. Create an app password
- in your Yandex ID account, go to App passwords and click Create an app password.
- Select the application type Mail.
- Come up with a password name. For example, you may enter the name of the app you're creating the password for. The password will be displayed in the list under this name.
- Tap Next. The app password will be displayed in a pop-up window.
Limitation
You can only see the created password once. If you entered it incorrectly and closed the window, delete the current password and create a new one.
Step 3. Configure the client
Incoming mail
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Mail server address:
imap.yandex.com(orimap.ya.ruif you're not in Russia). -
Connection security:
SSL. -
Port:
993.
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Outgoing mail
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Mail server address:
smtp.yandex.com. -
Connection security:
SSL. -
Port:
465. If the email client initiates a connection without encryption, port587is used.
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To access the mail server, enter your username and the app password. Use the password that you created for the mail app in the previous step.If you're setting up collecting messages from an email account like "username@yandex.com", the part before the @ sign in the address is the username.
Alert
We do not recommend using your provider's mail server for sending mail in your name on Yandex.
IMAP support will be enabled automatically the first time you log in to the mail program.
Step 4. Sync contacts
To use the Yandex Mail address book when you send emails from your email client, sync contacts using the CardDAV protocol.
Configure send-only SMTP
Configuring single SMTP protocol is usually required on devices that only send emails but don't receive them.
Step 1. Configure your mailbox
- Go to Email clients in the Yandex Mail settings.
- Make sure you've enabled the options Use a mail client to retrieve your Yandex mail → From the imap.yandex.com server via IMAP and App passwords and OAuth tokens.
- Save your changes.
Step 2. Create an app password
- in your Yandex ID account, go to App passwords and click Create an app password.
- Select the application type Mail.
- Come up with a password name. For example, you may enter the name of the app you're creating the password for. The password will be displayed in the list under this name.
- Tap Next. The app password will be displayed in a pop-up window.
Alert
You can only see the created password once. If you entered it incorrectly and closed the window, delete the current password and create a new one.
Step 3. Configure the client
- Mail server address:
smtp.yandex.com. - Connection security:
SSL. - Port:
465. If the email client initiates a connection without encryption, port587is used.
To access the mail server, enter your username and the app password. Use the password that you created for the mail app in the previous step.