EarthLink Email Settings and Support Guide

A handy reference guide to EarthLink email and customer support. EarthLink, founded in 1994, is one of the oldest internet service providers. EarthLink acquired MindSpring in 2000, discontinuing services except for email under the MindSpring brand name. MindSpring email users still have access to their email today with the links below.

Other email addresses you can access here are peoplepc.com and netcom.com.


check your @earthlink.net or @mindspring.com email

Log into your EarthLink email:
WEBMAIL LOG IN

You can access your EarthLink and MindSpring email in a web browser with the link above. To instead configure your email app, use the instructions below.

Email settings for EarthLink and MindSpring:

All EarthLink, MindSpring, and netcom.com email users can use the mail server settings below.

Username Your email address (including the @ portion)
SMTP server Server: smtpauth.earthlink.net
Port: 587
Requires authentication: YES
Security type: none
IMAP server Server: imap.earthlink.net
Port: 143
Security type (if prompted): SSL or TLS

PeoplePC.com email users should use the mail server settings below:

Username Your email address (including the @ portion)
SMTP server Server: smtpauth.peoplepc.com
Port: 587
Requires authentication: YES
Security type: none
IMAP server Server: imap.peoplepc.com
Port: 143
Security type (if prompted): SSL or TLS

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Is EarthLink currently down?

If you’ve rebooted your router and modem and you still can’t access your EarthLink services, you can use the websites below to see if other EarthLink customers are reporting problems:

earthlink customer support and phone numbers

If you’ve checked your internet connection and you’re still experiencing email server errors, you can contact EarthLink customer support.