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Mail Clients

This guide shows you how to send and receive emails from MailSlurp inboxes using your own Mail client.

Requirements​

Create an inbox in MailSlurp and click on the IMAP/SMTP access tab to obtain your IMAP and SMTP credentials. Use these in the next steps to configure your Mail client.

Setup flow​

  1. Create an inbox in MailSlurp.
  2. Open inbox settings and copy IMAP/SMTP credentials.
  3. Configure your client with the connection settings from IMAP SMTP docs.
  4. Send a test email and confirm you can receive it in the same mailbox.
  • Confirm both send (SMTP) and receive (IMAP) paths work.
  • Verify folder/flag behavior in your client for unread/read workflows.
  • Test attachment download behavior for your target message formats.

Troubleshooting​

  • Authentication failures: verify the exact inbox credentials, not dashboard login credentials.
  • Connection issues: confirm host/port/TLS values from IMAP SMTP.
  • Missing messages: check inbox type and send/receive direction in MailSlurp logs or API views.