How to setup Sparrow using IMAP

Summary

This article describes how to setup Sparrow mail app for Mac to connect to your DomainsFoundry email address using IMAP.

Sparrow Mail App Logo

What You’ll Learn

You’ll learn to do the following:

  • Open Sparrow for Mac
  • Create an IMAP email address
  • Enter your email settings
  • Send and Receive email using Sparrow

Before you start checklist

Have the following ready before you start:

  • Your domain name.
  • Your email address.
  • Your email password.
  • DomainsFoundry SMTP bolt-on.
  • Sparrow mail app installed on your Mac.

Setup IMAP email in Sparrow

  1. Open Sparrow.
  2. At the Welcome to Sparrow screen, enter your name, your DomainsFoundry email address, e.g. info@example.com, and password. Click Create
    Enter Your Name, Email Address and Password
  3. Enter:
    • IMAP Server: mail.example.com. Replace example.com with your DomainsFoundry domain name.
    • Login: Your DomainsFoundry email address. For example, info@example.com.
    • Password: Your password for your email address.
    • Port: 143
    • Secure connection: Un-checked

    Replace example.com with your DomainsFoundry domain name.

    Click Next.

    Enter your IMAP email account settings
  4. Enter:
    • SMTP Server: mail.example.com. Replace example.com with your DomainsFoundry domain name.
    • Port: 25
    • Secure connection: Un-Checked
    • Use Authentication: Checked
    • Login: Your DomainsFoundry email address. For example, info@example.com.
    • Password: Your password for your email address.

    Replace example.com with your DomainsFoundry domain name.

    Click Next

    Enter your SMTP email account settings
  5. Click Done to finish setting up your DomainsFoundry email address in Sparrow.
    Click Done to finish Sparrow mail setup

Congratulations. You’ve now configured Sparrow for Mac to send and receive email using IMAP.