This tutorial will help you to configure The Bat! email client for your Namecheap Private Email account.

NOTE: Before setting up email account this way, please make sure you already have required DNS records and mailbox created.

In order to set up your email account in The Bat! email client, follow the instructions below:

1. Run The Bat! application, go to Account menu and click New:



2. Enter the following settings into the corresponding fields:

Your full name: the name of your account in The Bat!
E-mail address: your full email address
Organization (if any): organization name
Password: your email account password

NOTE: if this is your first email account setup in The Bat! you will be forwarded to this window at once.



Once done click OK or Advanced.

3. Make sure you have inserted the following settings into the corresponding fields:

Outgoing (SMTP) server address: mail.privateemail.com (it should not be changed)
Connection type (one of the following settings):

• Secure to dedicated port (TLS): port 465
• Secure to regular port (STARTTLS): port 587 

• Secure to dedicated port (TLS): 993 for IMAP, 995 for POP3
• Regular (non-secure): 143 for IMAP