Hi Brad, Here are 2 different sets of settings that only vary slightly: https://www.lifewire.com/what-are-icloud-mail-imap-settings-1170502
Settings 1: When you set up an email client to use your iCloud Mail account, you'll need the iCloud Mail IMAP settings to download your email. Separate from IMAP settings are the SMTP server settings, which the email program uses to send mail. Without the SMTP email settings, the email client doesn't know how to send mail on your behalf through your iCloud Mail account. Note: The email server settings below are the same no matter where you use your iCloud Mail account, whether on a desktop email program, mobile email app on your phone or tablet, or elsewhere. Lifewire figure An illustration of the iMail IMAP and SMTP Settings. Lifewire figure end Note: You don't need these settings if you set up an account using iCloud Preferences on a Mac with OS X Lion 10.7.4 or later, iCloud for Windows on a PC for Outlook 2010 through 2016, or iCloud settings on an Apple mobile device with iOS 7 or later. IMAP Settings for Incoming Mail Server View your email app documentation to find out where to enter these settings. The location varies among providers. Note: The iCloud Mail program uses IMAP servers to download email. iCloud does not support POP mail. Use these settings to manually set up an email program's incoming mail server for use with your iCloud Mail account so that Mail can download your mail messages: list of 5 items Server name: imap.mail.me.com SSL required: Yes Port: 993 Username: Type the name part only of your iCloud email address, don't include the @icloud.com. johnsmith is an example. Password: Type an app-specific iCloud Mail password. list end Note: The email server settings are the same for any email provider you connect to your iCloud Mail account. iCloud Mail SMTP Settings for Outgoing Mail Server These outgoing mail server settings are needed to send email from your iCloud Mail account through the email program: list of 6 items Server name: smtp.mail.me.com SSL required: Yes Port: 587 SMTP authentication required: Yes Username: Type your full iCloud email address, including your name and @icloud.com. An example is [email protected] Password: Use the password you set up for the incoming mail server. list end Tips and Troubleshooting While the steps above work in most cases, here are a few tips for when they don't. list of 3 items If you see an error message when using SSL, use TLS instead. Try port 465 if you can't send iCloud emails on port 587. When typing your iCloud Mail email address, most email clients require the whole address and not only the username. For example, consider [email protected] or [email protected]. Both are acceptable. Using only example is not acceptable . However, if that doesn't work, drop the last part and use the username ( example , in this instance). list end Since 2017, you need to enable two-step authentication for your iCloud account and create an application-specific password to use with IMAP. If you don't know your iCloud Mail password, you can reset it. Settings 2: Setup Your Icloud.com Account with Your Email Program Using IMAP To access your Icloud.com email account from a desktop email program, you'll need the IMAP and SMTP settings below: table with 2 columns and 5 rows Icloud.com IMAP Server imap.mail.me.com IMAP port 993 IMAP security SSL / TLS IMAP username Your full email address IMAP password Your Icloud.com password table end table with 2 columns and 5 rows Icloud.com SMTP Server smtp.mail.me.com SMTP port 587 SMTP security STARTTLS SMTP username Your full email address SMTP password Your Icloud.com password table end Stay safe and take care. Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Snyder To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2021 6:58 PM Subject: Re: iCloud Account and Setting It Up With IMAP Well, if you figure out the IMAP settings, please share on the list. - Brad - On Mar 4, 2021, at 20:15, Mike B <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Brad, Okay, after dancing around the Apple website I was able to get an app specific password created but, from reading about the iCloud for Windows app they said nothing about it being necessary, so thank you very much for the heads up! Stay safe and take care. Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Snyder To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2021 5:24 PM Subject: Re: iCloud Account and Setting It Up With IMAP You need to download and install iCloud for Windows on your PC. Once you do this, and complete the setup, iCloud email will just show up in your Outlook email client. You should also be aware that the iCloud for Windows interface has some accessibility issues, but you can enable the JAWS TouchCursor to help with this. - Brad - On Mar 4, 2021, at 17:57, Mike B <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, I'm running an SE 2020 iPhone with iOS14.4. I finally got an iCloud email account established but, I would like to be able to access it using an IMAP account from my Windows PC's and my email client. >From my various searches I found I need to do the following: Since 2017, you need to enable two-step authentication for your iCloud account and create an application-specific password to use with IMAP. I do have 2-step authentication enabled on my iPhone but, do I need to do this with my iCloud email account as well? Also, how do I go about creating an application-specific password for an IMAP account and my email client? All help is greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Stay safe and take care. 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