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This guide explains how to connect the mobile app Apple Mail on iOS to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.
Preamble
- The 3 update methods offered by Apple Mail are:
- Push
- Fetch
- Manual
- The Push method will not be available when you set up an address outside of iCloud! To avoid this:
- It is recommended to configure your iOS device automatically using .mobileconfig configuration profiles compatible with Apple, or use the Infomaniak Mail (iOS) app to benefit from a Push type update method.
- β οΈ All the services offered by Infomaniak are compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (notably IMAP/SMTP for email, WebDAV for sharing, S3/Swift for storage, etc.). Therefore, if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher directly or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms and Conditions.
Manually add the email address to the application
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Mail Service (Mail Service alone, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
- Have added the email address in question to Mail Infomaniak to use the synchronization assistant and for the Apple profile to work on your devices.
To configure the mail application:
- Open the application.
- Click on Other account:
- βEnter the information such as the email address to attach as well as its password.
- Click on Next:
- The application indicates that some fields are optional but they are not at all:
- Check and complete the missing information.
- Click on Next:
- There you go, your email address is now configured in the application:
Recommended settings
- Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- IMAP Port = 993 (with SSL)
- Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- Port SMTP = 465 (with SSL)
- Username = the full and complete email address ( ? )
- Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to check ( ? )
- Authentication required for sending emails:
- It activates in the SMTP settings of your application.
- Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.
In case of trouble
There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside of the application. The most common error involves using an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:
- Check out the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
- Delete any Apple configuration profiles linked to your Infomaniak email before restarting the setup.
And if your Apple Mail no longer works for sending (e.g., SMTP server disconnected or missing) or since a password change, refer to this other guide.
This guide explains how to use the Gmail mobile app (application for iOS/Android smartphone or tablet) and the Gmail web app (online service gmail.com) to access an email address hosted by Infomaniak.
Preamble
- It is recommended to use the app Infomaniak Mail to benefit from Infomaniak's security advantages.
- β οΈ All the services offered by Infomaniak are compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (notably IMAP/SMTP for email, WebDAV for sharing, S3/Swift for storage, etc.).
- Therefore, if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms and Conditions.
Using the Gmail mobile app for Infomaniak
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Mail Service (Mail Service alone, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
To add your Infomaniak-managed email address to your Gmail mobile app using IMAP (official guide):
- Go to the Settings of Gmail.
- Tap on Add account.
- Choose Other.
- Enter the email address you wish to use.
- Choose the account type IMAP.
- Enter the password for the email address.
- Use the server name
mail.infomaniak.com
for:- Incoming IMAP server (reception):
- Outgoing SMTP server (sending):
- Incoming IMAP server (reception):
- Finish adding the address.
Import your Infomaniak emails into Gmail
Here is an alternative solution for which the following configuration needs to be done once on gmail.com from a computer. Thus, the emails that arrive at your Infomaniak email address will be retrieved gradually on Gmail via the POP3 protocol.
- Refer to this Google guide starting from βStep 2: Add another email accountβ.
- Use these connection details:
- POP server name =
mail.infomaniak.com
- port =
995
(check the SSL Connection box)
- POP server name =
Send "Infomaniak" emails from Gmail
It is also possible to configure the gmail.com web app to send emails from an email address hosted by Infomaniak from the Google interface:
- Refer to this Google guide.
- Uncheck the box Treat as an alias.
- Use these connection details:
- SMTP server name =
mail.infomaniak.com
- port =
465
(check the box Secure SSL connection (recommended))
- SMTP server name =
Modify your configuration
If necessary (following point 2 above):
This guide explains how to delete folders that appear grayed out on the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com) or in certain email software/clients like Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook.
Ghost folders
Some email clients like Microsoft Outlook allow you to create subfolders of non-existent folders. For example, it is possible to create the folder /abc/klm/xyz
even though the folder "klm
β" does not exist.
In Mail Infomaniak or in other email software/clients, ghost folders like the folder "klm
" in this example appear greyed out and cannot be deleted directly.
To delete these ghost folders, it is necessary to delete their subfolders first (in this example: xyz
).
Stubborn folders
If, when consulting your Infomaniak email address on Outlook, ghost folders appear and cannot be deleted because they reappear instantly, here is a procedure recommended by Microsoft to resolve this issue:
Reset the IMAP cache
To do this:
- Close Outlook.
- Access the folder where your Outlook data files are stored:
C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
. - Find the
.ost
file associated with your IMAP account (e.g. Infomaniak) and delete it (the file will be automatically recreated when Outlook is reopened). - Reopen Outlook and let it resynchronize your emails and folders.
Search for hidden folders in Outlook
To do this:
- In Outlook, go to the "Folder" tab and select "IMAP Folders".
- Click on "Request" and search for the ghost folder.
- If you find the folder, try to unsubscribe from it, then delete it.
Use the MFCMAPI tool
MFCMAPI is a tool that allows you to manage mailboxes at a low level and delete stubborn folders:
- Download MFCMAPI from the official site (choose the x86 or x64 version according to your system).
- Run MFCMAPI and go to
Session > Logon
. Select your Outlook profile. - In the MFCMAPI window, expand the mailbox associated with your IMAP account and locate the ghost folder.
- Right-click on the folder and select "Delete folder". Choose "Hard Deletion" for permanent deletion.
Check the properties of the folder in Outlook
To do this:
- Right-click on the ghost folder in Outlook, then select "Properties".
- Check if there are any unusual settings. Reset or modify the settings if necessary, then try deleting the folder again.
Recreate the Outlook profile
If the previous steps fail, recreating your Outlook profile can be an effective solution:
- Back up your important data before proceeding.
- Go to
Control Panel > Mail > Show Profiles > Add
. - Follow the instructions to set up a new email account.
- Set this new profile as the default profile and open Outlook.
- Check if the ghost folder persists after creating the new profile.
By following these steps, you should be able to resolve the issue of ghost folders in Outlook IMAP.
This guide explains how to connect the Outlook 2016 email application to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Service Mail (Service Mail alone, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (without confusing it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
Add the email address to the application
To configure the email application:
- Open the application.
- Click on the File menu:
- Click on Account Settings.
- Click on Add or remove accounts:
- Click on New:
- Enter the email address to connect.
- Click on Advanced options.
- Click on Manual configuration.
- Click on the blue Connect button:
- Click on IMAP:
- Enter the password for the email address to connect.
- Click on the blue Connect button:
- Uncheck the additional configuration box for mobile devices if necessary.
- Click on the blue Finish button:
- Click on Repair to correct some automatically added but incorrect information:
- Click on Advanced options.
- Click on Manual repair.
- Click on the blue Repair button:
- Check and complete the missing information or incorrect.
- Click on Outgoing server:
- Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down if necessary.
- Click on Next:
- Click on Finish:
- Click on Close:
- There you go, your email address is now correctly configured in the application:
Recommended settings
- Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- IMAP Port = 993 (with SSL)
- Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- SMTP Port = 465 (with SSL)
- Username = the full & complete email address ( ? )
- Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to access ( ? )
- Authentication required for sending emails:
- It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
- Check "use the same settings as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email client, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.
In case of trouble
There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error involves using an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:
- Learn about the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
- This other guide is more specifically about Outlook.
β¦ and if your Outlook no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.
β οΈ All the services offered by Infomaniak are compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (notably IMAP/SMTP for email, WebDAV for sharing, S3/Swift for storage, etc.). Therefore, if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher directly or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms and Conditions.
This guide explains how to connect the Microsoft Outlook mobile messaging application (available for iOS / Android) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.
β οΈ The Outlook Lite application is not compatible with the IMAP protocolβ¦ Only install the version offered above. For additional help, contact the support of the software used or a partner β also discover the role of the host.
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Mail Service (Mail Service alone, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
Add the email address to the application
To configure the email application:
- Open the application.
- Click on Add an account :
- Enter the email address to attach.
- Click on Continue:
- Click on IMAP:
- Check and complete the missing information.
- Click on the β icon at the top right:
- Click on the left to complete the setup:
- There you go, your email address is now configured in the application:
Recommended settings
- Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- IMAP Port = 993 (with SSL)
- Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- SMTP port = 465 (with SSL)
- Username = the full & complete email address ( ? )
- Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to access ( ? )
- Authentication is required for sending emails:
- It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
- Check "use the same settings as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email client, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.
Password
If you are unsure about your email password, the troubleshooting guides help you solve any potential issues:
- Familiarize yourself with the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
- This other guide is more specifically about Outlook.
β¦ and if your Outlook no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.
This guide explains how to transfer to Infomaniak email addresses currently hosted by Google (with a custom domain). Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on importing a simple Gmail address (β¦@gmail.com
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Google prerequisites
- Enable two-step authentication (2FA):
- It is imperative to enable two-step authentication in Gsuite - if necessary, the organization administrator will first have to allow users to activate it from admin.google.com.
- In the settings of your Google account (https://myaccount.google.com/), go to the Security tab and enable Two-Step Verification:
- Read the complete Google guide
- Create an application password:
- Once 2FA is activated, go back to Two-Step Verification and scroll to the bottom of the page to the application passwords:
- Follow the complete Google guide:
- Click on App passwords.
- Enter your Gmail account password if prompted.
- Click on Select app and then Mail.
- Click on Select device and choose Other (Custom name).
- Give your password a name (e.g., Infomaniak), this is just descriptive.
- Click on Generate.
- Copy or write down the password that appears on the screen (it does not contain any spaces).
- Once 2FA is activated, go back to Two-Step Verification and scroll to the bottom of the page to the application passwords:
Infomaniak prerequisites
- Have a Mail Service on your Infomaniak Manager.
- Have a quota of available addresses or adjust it in advance if necessary.
Transfer emails from Gmail to Infomaniak
a. Recreate the email address(es) on Infomaniak
If you have many (10+) email addresses to create, follow this procedure for bulk creation.
Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and create the email addresses:
- Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
- Click the blue button Create an email address in the top right corner.
- Enter the address (what comes before the at sign @) for example contact or michelle.
- Click the blue Continue button.
- Select I will consult the email address alone.
- Click the blue Continue button.
- Enter a password.
- Click the blue Continue button.
- Click the blue Finish button.
- Start again at point 3 above to recreate all the email addresses identically.
b. Import the mail content from Google to Infomaniak
If you have many (10+) email addresses to import, follow this procedure for bulk import.
Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and import your emails:
- Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
- Click on the chevron β in the right part of the blue Create an email address button.
- Click on Import emails (direct link).
- Click on Import my emails into a single email address.
- Enter the existing email address at Google.
- Enter the password for this email address.
- Click on Advanced settings.
- Enter
imap.gmail.com
in IMAP Server Address (or trymail.gmail.com
in case of error). - Enter
993
in IMAP Port. - Enable SSL and disable TLS.
- Click on the blue button Validate and continue.
- Enter the email address (which was recreated at Infomaniak at point a.10 above).
- Click on the blue button Import emails.
- The import starts and runs in the background. An email is sent once the import is complete.
- Start again at step 3 above to import the rest of the email addresses.
Labels and storage space
The storage space displayed at Infomaniak may not match that indicated in Gmail, notably due to the different management of labels/tags.
Indeed, these, present in Gmail, will be converted into folders on the Infomaniak servers (same principle as when using an email client/software IMAP like Thunderbird):
As a result, an email tagged in multiple Gmail folders can be counted multiple times during migration, which explains why an account showing, for example, 6 GB in Gmail can take up 18 GB once transferred to Infomaniak servers.
Adjust the application settings
As soon as you have ensured that the domain name associated with your email works with Infomaniak, adjust the settings of the email software/clients you use so that they connect correctly to the Infomaniak servers: follow the configuration assistant.
To finish
This guide explains how to connect the mail application Courrier (Windows 10 version) to an email address hosted at Infomaniak.
Prerequisites
- Create the address within my kSuite or on a Service Mail (Service Mail alone, or existing within a kSuite).
- Test the email password (do not confuse it with the one used to log in to the Infomaniak interface).
- Check on the Service Mail that the automatic diagnosis is correct.
Add the email address to the application
To set up the email application:
- Open the application:
- Click on Settings.
- Click on Manage accounts.
- Click on Advanced setup (at the bottom).
- Select Internet Mail.
- Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down if necessary.
- Leave all boxes checked.
- Click on Connect.
- Click on OK.
- There you go, your email address is now configured in the application.
Recommended settings
- Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- IMAP Port = 993 (with SSL)
- Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
- SMTP Port = 465 (with SSL)
- Username = the full & complete email address ( ? )
- Password = the one assigned to the email address you want to access ( ? )
- Authentication required for sending emails:
- It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
- Check "use the same settings as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email client, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and its password.
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols.
In case of trouble
β οΈ All the services offered by Infomaniak are compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (notably IMAP/SMTP for email, WebDAV for sharing, S3/Swift for storage, etc.). Therefore, if you encounter a problem with a third-party software, contact its publisher directly or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms and Conditions.
There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside of the application. The most common error involves using an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:
- Check out the solutions provided in this other guide regarding email in general.
- This other guide is more specifically about Outlook.
β¦ and if your Outlook is no longer working since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.
This guide explains how to add an email address to the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com) which allows you to manage one or several email addresses hosted by Infomaniak.
Any operation (adding or removing an email address) performed from the Web app Mail Infomaniak will be immediately replicated on the mobile app Infomaniak Mail (this does not affect email software/clients like Outlook) but you can also do it directly on the mobile app.
Prerequisites
- Have an email address and an Infomaniak user account.
or
- Being invited to use an email address and having followed the process below:
- Open the invitation link to use the email address.
- Choose the option Create my account (free).
- Enter your First name, Last name and Phone number.
- Choose a login email address (you can use the Infomaniak email address you are invited to use) and set a password.
- Click on Use my address to access your Infomaniak mailbox.
Attach an email address
To add and view an email address:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the dropdown arrow β βAdvanced actions.
- Click on Add an existing address:
- Enter the information related to the email address (exact and complete name, as well as its password) and specify if the address should be displayed first by default when you open Mail; click the button to Add the address to your user account:
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about the permanent deletion of an email address and its contents, and this other guide to unlink an email address.
This guide explains how to view and change the access identifier to your user account on the Manager, the management interface and dashboard of your Infomaniak products. This same identifier also allows you to log in to Mail Infomaniak and various iOS / Android apps like kDrive, Infomaniak Mail, etc.
See the currently connected identifier
The email address that was used for the current connection is displayed on your user menu + on the profile page:
- Click on the tablet with your initials / avatar at the top right of the Manager Infomaniak to rate the connection identifier in use:
- Click on Manage my profile right below in order to access the management of your profile on the Manager Infomaniak.
- Your current login ID is also displayed on the page reached:
Edit Identifier (Connect e-mail)
Prerequisites
- The access identifier is an email address that must exist and that you must be able to view.
- The new email address will have to be different from theRecovery email address.
- The new email address should not already be used as a login ID on another user account (if not to consider theinvite the Organization to give it all the rights and then to be able to withdraw the old account with the former identifier).
To change your user account ID:
- Click here(or on the tablet with your initials / avatar at the top right of the Manager Infomaniak) in order to " Manage my profile":
- From the box Connection settings, select Edit under your Sign-in email address:
- Enter a new login email address.
- Enter the login password of your Infomaniak account.
- Click on Save:
This guide explains how to create and then automatically add a signature to messages sent from the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
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Preamble
- The signature will also be visible when sending from the Infomaniak **Mail** app (iOS / Android).
- It will not be present with another sending method (a software like Outlook for example).
- It is also not added to the messages of the autoresponder; it is necessary to add one directly in the out-of-office message.
- One or more signatures can be added from Mail and from the Manager where all addresses of a Mail Service are managed. Choose which signature to use when sending.
Access signatures from the Infomaniak Web Mail app
Prerequisites
- Have permission to manage signatures: if you had been invited to the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com) to manage your address, it is possible that the Service Mail manager has revoked this right from their admin account.
To access signature management:
- Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service mail.infomaniak.com).
- Click on the Settings icon β at the top right of the interface.
- Check or select the relevant email address in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
- Click on Signatures:
Access signatures from Service Mail
To access Service Mail and manage signatures:
- Click here to access your product management on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
- Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
- Click on the email address in question in the table that appears
- Click on Voicemail and signatures in the left sidebar:
Create and edit the signature
Two options are available to you:
- Click on Add to create a new signature.
- Click on the pencil icon β next to an existing signature to edit it.
Then:
- Choose an existing template, if any.
- Give a name to the signature.
- Specify a name for your identity (it will be displayed next to your email address in the messages received by your contacts).
- Create the signature content in the designated field (see below for formatting options)
- Choose whether or not to share the signature with all users of the Mail address.
- Click on Advanced Settings to choose where to insert your signature: before the message (= header) or after the message (= signature)
- Refer to this other guide regarding the choice of sending/replying addresses.
- Click on the Create signature button.
Signature formatting
You can use an image, edit the HTML source code and format your text using a set of tools.
To avoid overly spaced line breaks, use the Shift key in conjunction with the Enter key on your keyboard, which will have the same effect as the HTML tag <br>
and cause a line break instead of a new paragraph.
Set a default signature
To select the default signature under certain conditions:
- Click here to access your signatures on the Infomaniak Mail web app.
- Check or select the relevant email address in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
- Choose the signature that will be inserted by default when drafting:
- of a new message
- of a reply / forward
By setting a default signature from here, it will automatically be displayed in the body of the email while composing. You will still have the possibility to change the signature.
There is a case where the default signature will not be the one automatically inserted by default when drafting a message: refer to point 9 of this other guide.
Select the signature while drafting
When you start writing a new message:
- The signature is inserted automatically.
- If multiple signatures exist, you can select another identity via the dropdown menu.
- You can also quickly access signature settings via the button in the toolbar:
Associated addresses (multiple possible)
When a signature is based on a template (whether it was created from a model proposed by Infomaniak or generated with the advanced editor):
- users do not have access to the signature content for editing,
- they can enter dynamic values such as the sender's name or personal data that may be requested such as the profession or phone number,
- They can also modify the advanced settings of the signature (such as its position within a reply/forward) but as of today, this parameter is shared among all users of the signature (1)
When a signature has been created directly without using a template:
- if the signature is created from a predefined template:
- we have the same behavior as in the previous point, namely a signature created from a template
- if the signature was created using the advanced editor:
- users have access to the signature content for editing, but be aware that this content is shared; if Morgane modifies the content, Vanessa will have the same content once she has reloaded her Mail Infomaniak interface,
- only the sender's name is specific to the user and there are no dynamic values in this case,
- The advanced settings follow the same principle as in other cases: they are common to all users
In all cases, assigning a default signature to an email account is done at the user level. For example, within the same email account, the default signature chosen by Morgane is independent of the one chosen by Vanessa.
Going further with templates
Refer to this other guide if you are looking for how to set up custom templates that can be applied as soon as a new email address is created on your Mail Service, for example, or in bulk to all addresses in your domain.