![]() Now you know! Additional 1-on-1 Support: From Dennis I don't get paid money for referring people to NameCheap instead, I receive nothing more than satisfaction when I suggest users move off of highly inflated, price-gouging web hosting plans offered by places like GoDaddy. I don't belong to Namecheap's website affiliate (referral) program and NameCheap is my website registrar - because as the name suggests, their prices are dirt cheap (plus they have a great web interface). Best of all this doesn't cost extra with NameCheap!ĭisclaimer: I don't host my website using NameCheap I rent a dedicated web server elsewhere. In this case you can use any machine, anywhere (at a hotel, for example) and login to your website to access your emails. This is incredibly convenient if you're traveling and don't have access to your smartphone or laptop to check emails. I was also able to set up webmail email on his account so that he could access his emails directly through his web page. Once I moved Allan over to NameCheap, the problem was resolved. (including "whoisguard"), GoDaddy wanted to charge $17 a MONTH - yikes - are you Hosting plan I could find, all things considered in fact, for the same features plus a ton more features at no extra charge. "stellar" hosting and includes both IMAP and POP3 protocols for the mail servers NameCheap which only charges $24.88 a YEAR for their Talk about nickel-and-diming customers, not to mentionĪfter some more research, I suggested he move his hosting to This is completely unacceptable considering that Allan already paid an eye-watering $600 for 5 years of hosting, which equates to $10 a month. In the days of smartphones, tablets, and owning more than one PC in the home - IMAP is used almost universally on every email server I have ever dealt withĪT NO EXTRA CHARGE - so to have to pay more money for this "service" is almost unheard of. What in the heck was going on? Want IMAP? GoDaddy Charges Extra!Īfter more digging, I discovered that in order to use IMAP with GoDaddy, Allan need to pay extra to upgrade However, when I set this on Allan's email client, the email login would fail with a cryptic error message. GoDaddy IMAP incoming mail server: (port 143 or 993).The only IMAP settings I could find were from third party websites, which indicated that the IMAP settings are as follows: Interestingly, when I searched Google for "godaddy mail server settings", every single web page I came across from had instruction for setting up a POP3 account, but not for IMAP. When I checked Allan's computers, his mail server settings were set for POP3. ![]() ![]() ![]() With POP3, the opposite is true - emails are downloaded to the device when you With IMAP, all your emails are stored centrally on an email server Any changes to your emails - whether you delete a message, or respond to a message - are reflected across all devices instantly. The huge advantage of using IMAP over POP3 is that you can sync your email across devices. POP3 ("Post Office Protocol"), which has been used since the early days of the Internet. IMAP stands for "Internet Message Access Protocol" and was developed to replace How to Fix: GoDaddy Email Not Syncing (IMAP Not Working)įirst and foremost, if you want to sync email across more than one device, the emailĬlient must be set up so that the email server settings use the My remote desktop support service in order to have a closer look at this email server configuration, and he agreed.īelow I'll explain what I found. I asked Allan if he would like me to connect with him using If you need help withĭon't forget to leave your phone number. Slow, they charge WAY too much for their "extras", and their Version, though my advice is that you move off of GoDaddy ASAP. You can read my answer below for the full Update 20200116: I'm getting a lot of emailsįrom folks asking for help with this. I have no idea what is going on - can you please help? " It's a huge mess and it's all out of sync! When I checked my computer, some emails haveīeen downloaded throughout the day, while other emails are found on my Myself, but my emails automatically download onto one of the three devices at I own a smartphone, a PC, and a laptop for my work and am attempting to sync my email across the devices so that I can viewĪll my messages, regardless of which device I use. I own a website that is hosted through I signed up for a 5 year contract ($600) which covers my hosting and registrar fees.
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