What are my cPanel IMAP settings?

Typically mail.yourdomain.com on port 993 (SSL) for IMAP and 465 for SMTP. We probe common hostnames automatically and let you set them manually if needed.

Do I need an app password on cPanel?

No. cPanel mailboxes use the password you set when creating the account.

Does cPanel calendar work?

On cPanel 102+ with the calendar service (cpdavd) enabled, yes. Older versions have no CalDAV; connect still works for email.

Connect your cPanel hosts email to Claude & ChatGPT

If your email runs on a cPanel host, it is standard IMAP. Thousands of web hosts resell cPanel, and none of those mailboxes have OAuth, so anymailmcp.com connects them by their real hostname.

Set it up in your AI

Pick your assistant, paste one URL, done

Open Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai.
Click Add custom connector and paste the URL below.
Click Connect, then sign in with your email (we send you a magic link). You add your mailbox from your profile afterwards.

https://anymailmcp.com/mcp

Connects in about a minute
Free to start, no card
Sign-in happens right in your AI

Before you connect

What you need

Your email address and password

The mailbox you created in cPanel. Username is your full email address.

Your mail hostname (usually auto-detected)

Most cPanel hosts answer at mail.yourdomain.com on 993. If autodiscovery misses it, you can enter the host manually on the connect page.

cPanel questions

The specifics for your provider.

Under the hood

Server settings we auto-fill

You never type these. We detect them from your address and verify them live against cPanel’s servers — they’re here for the curious.

Server settings

IMAP: mail.yourdomain.com:993
SMTP: mail.yourdomain.com:465
Encryption: SSL/TLS

Calendar: depends on your plan

cPanel added CalDAV/CardDAV (via cpdavd) in version 102 and later. If your host runs a recent cPanel, we discover the calendar on connect; older cPanel builds have no calendar, and email still connects.