Find all the necessary parameters to configure your OVH email account on an email client or an email application.
OVH IMAP and SMTP settings
List of parameters necessary to configure your OVH email account:
IMAP Settings | |
IMAP server | ssl0.ovh.net |
IMAP port | 993 |
IMAP Security | SSL |
IMAP user name | |
IMAP password | Email password |
SMTP settings | |
SMTP server | ssl0.ovh.net |
SMTP port | 465 |
SMTP security | SSL |
SMTP user name | |
SMTP password | Email password |
Automatic setup for OVH
Don’t want to spend time configuring your OVH account?
Unipile is an email application that groups your messages and automatically configures your OVH email settings.

How do I configure my OVH email account on my email software?
An email client is an application that you will download on your computer or cell phone to view and reply to email messages received.
Below is the method for adding OVH IMAP settings to Outlook, Thunderbird and Unipile.
OVH IMAP settings on OUTLOOK
1. Click on File and then Add an account
2. Enter your email address in the address field
3. Outlook asks you to enter your password. If the settings are not found automatically, the IMAP Account Settings panel will appear
4. Enter in Incoming Mail, Server : ssl0.ovh.net ; Port: 993
5. Choose SSL/TLS Encryption Method
6. Enter in Outgoing mail, Server : ssl0.ovh.net ; Port: 465
7. Choose SSL/TLS Encryption Method and click Next
8. Enter your password and click on Login

OVH IMAP settings on THUNDERBIRD
1. Click on Tools then Account Settings
2. When clicking on Account Management (at the bottom of the list), choose Add an email account
3. Thunderbird asks you to enter your Display Name, your OVH email address and your password. Click on Continue
4. If the settings are not found automatically, the Server Settings panel will be displayed.
Enter in Incoming Server, Host Name : ssl0.ovh.net ; Port: 993 Connection security: SSL/TLS; Authentication method: Normal password; User name: Your OVH email address
5. Enter in Outgoing server, Host name : ssl0.ovh.net ; Port: 465Connection security: SSL/TLS; Authentication method: Normal password; User name: Your OVH email address
7. Choose SSL/TLS Encryption Method and click Next
8. Click on Done

OVH IMAP settings on UNIPILE
1. Click on Add an account and choose Emails (IMAP)
2. Enter your OVH email address and click Next
3. Enter the password associated with the email address
4. OVH IMAP settings are automatically detectedIf you arrive on the Email Account Configuration panel, we invite you to check that you have entered your email and password correctly. You also have the possibility on this panel to modify the automatic connection parameters.

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Alternative to email setup
You are unable to set up your account and wish to use OVH webmail. You have at your disposal the Webmail provided by the host:
About OVH
OVH was founded by Octave KLABA in 1999. The company was renamed OVHcloud in 2019. Its main activity is hosting servers, providing Internet access and telecommunications operator. The main services offered are hosting solutions in the cloud (private and public) and domain name management.
OVHcloud entered the market in 2021, it offers its services to about 1.6 million customers worldwide (half in France).

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