How to configure a Zimbra email address on an email client
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12.02.2025 
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Objective
With the Zimbra solution, OVHcloud offers an open-source collaborative messaging platform, with all the features you need for professional use. On this page, you can find the information you need to configure your Zimbra email accounts on your preferred email client.
Find out how to configure your email software to manage emails from your Zimbra account.
Requirements
- An email account on our Zimbra OVHcloud email solution
- An email client installed on the device of your choice
Instructions
Configuring your email account
Your Zimbra email account configuration uses the same settings as the MX Plan email solution, which is included with OVHcloud Web Hosting plans as well. For this reason, the documentation pages linked below refer to "MX Plan".
Click the tab for the type of device you are using:
POP, IMAP and SMTP settings
When you choose your account type, we recommend using IMAP to receive emails. However, you can decide to use POP.
- POP configuration
| Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Username | Enter the full email address. |
| Password | Enter the password for the email account |
| Server EUROPE (incoming) | pop.mail.ovh.net ou ssl0.ovh.net |
| Server AMERICA / ASIA-PACIFIC (incoming) | pop.mail.ovh.ca |
| Port | 995 |
| Security type | SSL/TLS |
- IMAP configuration
| Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Username | Enter the full email address. |
| Password | Enter the password for the email account |
| Server EUROPE (incoming) | imap.mail.ovh.net ou ssl0.ovh.net |
| Server AMERICA / ASIA-PACIFIC (incoming) | imap.mail.ovh.ca |
| Port | 993 |
| Security type | SSL/TLS |
For sending emails, if you need to enter the SMTP settings manually in your account preferences, you will find the settings below:
- SMTP configuration
| Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Username | Enter the full email address. |
| Password | Enter the password for the email account |
| Server EUROPE (incoming) | smtp.mail.ovh.net ou ssl0.ovh.net |
| Server AMERICA / ASIA-PACIFIC (incoming) | smtp.mail.ovh.ca |
| Port | 465 |
| Security type | SSL/TLS |
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