{"id":1396,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583644-does-hostinger-support-pop3-imap-and-smtp\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:03:01","slug":"1583644-does-hostinger-support-pop3-imap-and-smtp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583644-does-hostinger-support-pop3-imap-and-smtp\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Hostinger Support POP3, IMAP, and SMTP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>POP3 <\/b>(Post Office Protocol version 3), <b>IMAP<\/b> (Internet Message Access Protocol), and <b>SMTP<\/b> (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) are three fundamental protocols used in <b>email<\/b> communication.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">POP3 and IMAP are used by email clients to <strong>access emails<\/strong> stored on remote servers. Their main difference is that <strong>POP3 downloads emails to your device while keeping them on the server<\/strong>, while <strong>IMAP allows users to view, organize, and manage emails directly on the server with full synchronization across all devices<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">We have updated the POP3 protocol behavior.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>How POP3 works now:<\/strong><\/p><ol class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">You connect via POP3 and download emails to your email client<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Your POP3 client shows emails as normal<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Emails remain accessible in webmail at mail.hostinger.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">If you want to remove emails from the server permanently, you have two options:\n<ol class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Delete them manually through webmail (mail.hostinger.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Switch to IMAP protocol, which syncs deletions across all devices<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>On the other hand, SMTP is responsible for <b>sending<\/b> <b>emails<\/b>. Together, these protocols are the foundation of sending, receiving, and accessing emails across networks and devices.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">All Hostinger&rsquo;s servers support POP3, IMAP, and SMTP protocols and are <b>enabled by default <\/b>&ndash; make sure to check the guides below on how to use them according to your <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5832752-how-to-check-the-email-service-included-in-your-hosting-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email service type<\/a><\/b>:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1575756-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-hostinger-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hostinger Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5966022-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-titan-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Titan Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4312781-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-cpanel-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel Email<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the POP3, SMTP and IMAP email protocols at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supported-technologies-and-functions"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583644-does-hostinger-support-pop3-imap-and-smtp\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583644-admite-hostinger-pop3-imap-y-smtp\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583644-hostinger-prend-il-en-charge-pop3-imap-et-smtp\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583644-does-hostinger-support-pop3-imap-and-smtp\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7406,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396\/revisions\/7406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}