Accessing Your Mails¶
Webmail¶
You can access your emails using the webmail interface at webmail.uberspace.de. Use your full email address and the corresponding password to login. This works with your @uber.space address as well as with any addresses using your own domains.
Tip
For your @uber.space address the password is the same as for SSH access, which you can set in your dashboard.
If you never set your password for SSH access it won’t be possible to authenticate with the @uber.space address. You have to explicitly set the password for SSH access once after you have created your uberspace account.
Client settings¶
Warning
You must use encryption with all of the protocols; we do not support insecure access.
IMAP¶
Server |
your Hostname ( |
Port |
|
SSL/TLS Encryption |
Enabled, but not STARTTLS |
Username |
Your email address, including the domain |
Password |
Your password for the email address |
Tip
If your mail client does not support TLS encryption, use port 143 instead with STARTTLS.
POP¶
We recommend using IMAP over POP to access your email. By default, POP will pull emails from your inbox.
Server |
your Hostname ( |
Port |
|
SSL/TLS Encryption |
Enabled, but not STARTTLS |
Username |
Your email address, including the domain |
Password |
Your password for the email address |
Tip
If your mail client does not support TLS encryption, use port 110 instead with STARTTLS.
SMTP¶
Server |
your Hostname ( |
|
Port |
|
|
SSL/TLS Encryption |
STARTTLS |
TLS |
Username |
Your email address, including the domain |
|
Password |
Your password for the email address |
|
Warning
Don’t use ports 25 for sending emails! Unfortunately many clients try to use these ports, this won’t work on Uberspace.
Debugging¶
The most common problems when using a mail client with an Uberspace account:
Some home routers, especially some Speedport models offered by Deutsche Telekom, block SMTP connections to servers that are not on an internal allow list. You need to either disable that feature or add your Uberspace host to the allow list. Please check your router’s manual for instructions.
Similarly, some anti-virus applications block SMTP connections or modify the port.
Some mail clients won’t allow mail passwords that are longer than 16 characters.
Apple Mail¶
If Apple Mail complains that the Account or the SMTP server is offline, it is usually caused by the Automatically manage connection settings option. If this option is active, Apple Mail sometimes replaces the correct settings with incorrect ones, blocking access to the account. You can safely turn off the setting.