Mail clients

Neir works with Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook and any other IMAP client. Most of them find these settings on their own, so there is usually nothing to type.

Sign in with an app password, not your Account Key

Your Account Key signs you into the website. Mail clients use a separate app password, so a device never holds the key to your whole account, and you can revoke one device without touching the others.

Generate one in webmail under Settings, IMAP / POP3 access, App passwords. It is shown once, so copy it then. It keeps working until you delete it: it is not a code that expires after one use.

Your username is always your full address, like you@neirmail.com. Not just the part before the @.

iPhone and iPad

iOS Mail cannot look these settings up by itself, so Neir gives you a setup profile that fills in everything, including its own app password.

  1. Open webmail on the iPhone or iPad you want to set up.
  2. Go to Settings, IMAP / POP3 access, and tap Set up iPhone or iPad.
  3. Open the downloaded file, then go to the device's Settings, General, VPN & Device Management, and install the profile.
  4. Delete the downloaded file afterwards. It contains a working password.

Mail is then fully configured. If you would rather do it by hand, use the server settings at the bottom of this page.

Thunderbird, on desktop and Android

  1. Account Settings, Account Actions, Add Mail Account.
  2. Enter your name, your full Neir address, and an app password.
  3. Thunderbird finds the servers, ports and encryption on its own. Accept what it offers.

If it asks for the password twice, once for incoming and once for outgoing, paste the same app password both times.

Outlook

Choose to add an account, enter your full Neir address, and pick IMAP if Outlook asks. It reads the same settings automatically. Enter an app password when prompted.

Sending from a mail client

Every plan can receive mail in a client, and every plan can send to other Neir addresses, at @neirmail.com and @neir.io.

Sending to addresses outside Neir is a Neir Pro feature. On a Free plan your client will connect and sync normally, and only an outgoing message to the wider internet is refused, with a message explaining why. That is not a password problem, and there is no need to re-enter anything.

Server settings

You should not need these. They are here for clients that ask.

SettingIncoming (IMAP)Outgoing (SMTP)
Servermail.neirmail.commail.neirmail.com
Port993465
EncryptionSSL/TLSSSL/TLS
Usernameyour full addressyour full address
Passwordan app passwordthe same app password

Port 587 with STARTTLS also works for outgoing mail if your client prefers it. POP3 is available on 995 with SSL/TLS, though IMAP is the better choice on more than one device.

If a client will not connect

  • Check the username is the full address, including the domain.
  • Generate a fresh app password and paste it without surrounding spaces.
  • Make sure encryption is on. Neir does not accept unencrypted connections on any port.
  • Still stuck? Open a support ticket.