Setup guide

Set Up Email on Android (Gmail App, IMAP)

Any Android mail app — Gmail, Samsung Email, Fairmail, K-9 — connects to Faivelo over IMAP. The steps below use the wording from the Gmail app, which ships on nearly every Android phone; other apps ask for the same values in a slightly different order.

ServerPortSecurity
Incoming (IMAP)mx.faivelo.com993SSL/TLS
Outgoing (SMTP)mx.faivelo.com587STARTTLS

Your username is always your full email address. The password is the mailbox password chosen when it was created.

Step by step

  1. Open your email app (Gmail, Samsung Email, etc.)
  2. Tap Add account or go to Settings > Add account
  3. Select Other or IMAP
  4. Enter you@yourdomain.com and your password
  5. Select Manual setup if prompted, then choose IMAP
  6. For incoming mail server, enter mx.faivelo.com (port 993)
  7. For outgoing mail server, enter mx.faivelo.com (port 587)
  8. Tap Next and complete setup

Good to know

  • In the Gmail app the option is Settings → Add account → Other. Do not pick "Google" — your Faivelo address is not a Google account, even if the app offers to sign it in that way.
  • Android sometimes labels the security option "SSL/TLS (accept all certificates)" — pick plain "SSL/TLS"; Faivelo uses a valid certificate and nothing needs to be "accepted".
  • If the app cannot verify the outgoing server, re-check the port is 587 and the username is the full email address.

Common questions

What are the server settings for Android?

Incoming (IMAP): mx.faivelo.com, port 993, SSL/TLS. Outgoing (SMTP): mx.faivelo.com, port 587, STARTTLS. Sign in with your full email address on both.

Will I get new-mail notifications?

Yes — Android mail apps poll IMAP or hold an IDLE connection for near-instant delivery. For push notifications you can also add Faivelo webmail to your home screen.

Gmail app or webmail — which is better on Android?

Both work fully. The Gmail app is convenient if you already live in it; webmail added to the home screen gives you the complete Faivelo experience including calendar and files.

Does this work on tablets and Chromebooks?

Yes — the same IMAP settings work in any mail app on Android tablets, and Chromebooks can use either an Android mail app or webmail.

Setting up a different app?

Webmail Apple Mail on Mac Apple Mail on iPhone & iPad Outlook Thunderbird

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