What are my Yandex Mail IMAP settings?

IMAP is imap.yandex.com on port 993 (SSL); SMTP is smtp.yandex.com on port 465. Auto-detected from your address.

Do I really need an app password?

Yes. Yandex only lets mail clients in with app passwords or OAuth tokens. Generate one at id.yandex.com/security/app-passwords (type Mail) and keep your main password for the browser.

Does calendar sync work with Yandex?

Yes, with a second app password. Yandex CalDAV (caldav.yandex.ru) demands a Calendar-type app password, distinct from the Mail-type one IMAP accepts. Put it in the CalDAV password field under Advanced configuration when you connect. Email works fully either way.

Connect your Yandex Mail email to Claude & ChatGPT

Yandex Mail powers yandex.ru, ya.ru and a huge fleet of custom domains on Yandex 360, all behind an IMAP door that ships closed. Open it, create an app password, and anymailmcp.com connects it to Claude, ChatGPT or Vibe.

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

Enable IMAP in Yandex Mail settings

In Yandex Mail open Settings, then "Email clients", and enable both "From the imap.yandex.com server via IMAP" and "App passwords and OAuth tokens".

Create an app password

At id.yandex.com/security/app-passwords create a password of type Mail. Yandex shows it once; paste it here instead of your account password, which mail clients cannot use. Yandex’s guide uses the part before the @ as the login; on Yandex 360 domains it is the full address. If one is refused, try the other in Username under Advanced configuration.

Yandex Mail works best with a revocable app password.

Generate an app password

Yandex 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 Yandex’s servers — they’re here for the curious.

Server settings

IMAP: imap.yandex.com:993
SMTP: smtp.yandex.com:465
Encryption: SSL/TLS

Calendar: depends on your plan

Yandex Calendar speaks CalDAV at caldav.yandex.ru, but it needs its own app password of type Calendar, separate from the Mail-type one IMAP uses. Create one at id.yandex.com and enter it as CalDAV password under Advanced configuration on /connect (with https://caldav.yandex.ru as the CalDAV URL), or as the calendar password in your profile’s Calendar login.