And this blocked the email client from downloading the email from the server. While checking, our Support Engineers found that the port 995 was not opened in the firewall settings.
#FRONTIER EMAIL SETTINGS POP3 SSL DOWNLOAD#
Hence, we enabled POP3 on the server and fixed the error.Īnother customer had a similar problem and he was unable to download the email to his local system with an Email client. To verify if the port is listening fine, we use the following command. Then our Support Engineers found that the mail host he tried to connect to didn’t have POP3 service running. He was getting an error, Can't connect to POP3 server, check POP3 server settings. Recently, one of our customers had an error while downloading emails with an email client. Now, let’s see the major reasons for the POP3 connection error and how our Support Engineers fix this. Hence we open the 995 port to enable SSL/TLS encryption for POP3 protocol. Hence to complete the setup, we open the respective service port in the firewall too. Dovecot comes with self-signed SSL certificates. Here, we can enable the POP3 protocol and related settings.īy default, the ports 110 and 995 are set up on cPanel servers. Then, we select the Mailserver Configuration.Initially, we login to the WHM control panel and go to Service Configuration.To enable POP3 we follow the below steps: Here, let’s see how our Support Engineers configure the incoming mail server in WHM. Here is where we use port 995, which provides a TLS encrypted connection.īut POP3 protocol is only useful for those, who access their emails from just one location that is, their local machine. Fortunately, this helps to reduce the space that an email account uses on the webserver.Īt the same time, it is equally important to use a secure connection for this. POP3 is a standard mail protocol used to retrieve the emails from a remote server to a local email client.Īfter receiving the email from the mail server, POP3 delete it permanently. It saves server storage space by deleting the emails from the mail server after storing it locally. And, it can cause users to struggle with insufficient disk space errors. In general, when there are too many emails it shoots up mailbox size. Importance of using port 995 in POP3 mail server Today, let’s get into the details and see how our Support Engineers fix this error. The main reasons for this error are bad firewall settings or missing or incorrect POP3 configuration on the server.Īt Bobcares, we often get requests to fix the POP3 errors as part of our Server Management Services. Is your server’s POP3 port 995 not working? We’ll help you.