You cannot 'Sign In' using your external account for POP/ IMAP/ Active Sync.
Refer here for detailed instructions to generate a password for your account. In case you are a Federated Sign In user (Using Sign in using Google Apps/ Gmail/ Facebook etc), then you might not have an exclusive password in Zoho for your email account. In case you have turned on Two-Factor Authentication for your account, you need to generate and use the Application-specific Password in the IMAP client you use. Troubleshoot IMAP Configuration Unable to Login from IMAP Clients
Outgoing Server Settings (Organization users with a domain-based email address, ): Username: Server Settings: (Personal users with an email address, username Server Name: Username: Server Settings (Organization users with a domain-based email address, ): Incoming Server Settings (Personal users with an email address, username Server Name: You can configure your Zoho Mail account on any standard IMAP client with the configuration details given below.
IMAP is recommended when you want to access the same account from multiple email clients. IMAP is more recent than POP and allows a two-way synchronization between the email clients and your Zoho Mail account. Zoho Mail can be configured on any standard IMAP email client using the IMAP and SMTP Server Settings.
IMAP and POP3 are protocols that allow you to download email messages from your Zoho Mail server and access them with desktop email clients like Outlook/ Mac Mail and/or mobile email clients iPhone/ Android email apps. You can also choose to download the native mobile applications in iOS and Android to use the advanced features in Zoho Mail on your mobile device.
Mobile Devices/ Tablets: Apple iPhone/iPad | Windows 7 Mobile | Android (Samsung, Google Nexus, etc) | Other mobile IMAP Clients The step-by-step instruction sets for some of the popular IMAP clients are available in the links below.ĭesktop Clients: Outlook | Thunderbird | Apple (Mac) Mail | Other IMAP Clients Log in to your webmail and Enable IMAP Access for your account before you configure IMAP in the email client. (You might require an Application-specific Password to set up the account for other devices if you have enabled Two-Factor Authentication). Zoho Mail can be accessed via IMAP on any standard IMAP client using the configuration details provided in this guide. Specific Instructions for Email Clients.