Libero Mail Settings: IMAP, POP and SMTP Parameters

Q: What are the Libero Mail IMAP settings?

Use imapmail.libero.it on port 993 with SSL. Note the imapmail prefix rather than imap , which is where most Libero setups go wrong. Sign in with your full address including the domain, using your ordinary Libero password. The full table appears under IMAP settings .

Quick answer: the Libero IMAP server is imapmail.libero.it on port 993 with SSL. Note the imapmail prefix, not imap. POP is popmail.libero.it on 995, again with the longer prefix. Outgoing is smtp.libero.it on 465 with SSL and authentication on. Your username is the full address including the domain. The password is your ordinary Libero Mail password. There is no app password here.

Nothing here was copied from another settings page. The values come from live connections made by Univik email software. We have built email backup and converter tools since 2013, so unusual host naming of this kind is familiar ground here. See what changed →

What Changed Recently#

Libero has been unusually stable here. What is worth knowing is a warning it gives that almost no other provider does.

Latest update

Libero tells you not to switch an account between POP and IMAP. The reason is email loss. Its own help says not to change an existing account from POP to IMAP or the other way round. Italian guidance repeating that advice gives the consequence plainly, which is that doing so can cost you messages. That turns a nagging preference into something worth taking seriously. If you are on POP and want IMAP, remove the account from your client and add it again rather than editing the protocol on the existing one.

Earlier change

No app password exists here, which cuts both ways. Libero says to use your ordinary account password in mail clients. That is simpler than the generated codes most services now require. It also means the credential sitting in your client is the one that opens your whole account, so a change of password has to be repeated everywhere. Libero says so directly.

Earlier change

There are four domains, not three. Libero own help lists @libero.it, @iol.it, @blu.it and @inwind.it. The fourth gets left off a surprising number of guides. All four take the settings on this page unchanged.

Current status: IMAP, POP and SMTP all work with your ordinary Libero password, on the encrypted ports below, across all four domains.

Before You Begin#

Two things to get right. Neither is a setting you switch on. Both are about typing the correct thing in the first place.

1. Use the longer host names

Libero uses imapmail.libero.it and popmail.libero.it. The obvious short forms do not work, though the instinct to type them is strong.

Where: Host names below →

2. Type the whole address as the username

Libero asks for the full address including the domain, whichever of its four domains you are on. Your ordinary Libero password is the password.

Where: Covered below →

About Libero Mail Mail#

Libero Mail is one of Italy's longest established free email services, part of the Libero portal. It has been in Italian households since the early internet.

Connecting a client here is refreshingly ordinary in one respect and quietly awkward in another. The ordinary part is the credential: your normal Libero password, no generated codes, no toggles to find. The awkward part is the host names. Libero uses imapmail and popmail where almost everyone else uses imap and pop. A setup that fails here is usually failing on exactly that.

Service Name	Libero Mail Mail
Owned By	Italiaonline
Launched	Long established as part of the Libero portal
Email Domains	`@libero.it`, `@iol.it`, `@blu.it` and `@inwind.it`
Webmail URL	mail.libero.it
Protocols Supported	IMAP, POP and SMTP. Libero recommends IMAP
App Password Needed	No. Libero says to use your ordinary account password
Free Storage	Not published in a form we could verify, so no figure appears here

Four domains, one set of servers: @libero.it, @iol.it, @blu.it and @inwind.it all connect through the hosts on this page. Libero lists all four in its own help. The domain changes what you type as the username and nothing else.

Libero advises against switching an existing account between POP and IMAP. This is unusual enough to be worth stating twice. Libero says in its own help not to change an account from POP to IMAP or the reverse. It keeps a dedicated FAQ on the point. Italian guidance restating that advice adds the part that matters most: switching can lose you emails. So if you are on POP and want the sync IMAP gives, remove the account from your client and add it again rather than editing the protocol in place. Most providers would not care either way. This one is warning you about your mail.

The consequence is the part other guides leave out.

Libero Mail Webmail Login#

Signing in from a browser first is worth a minute, because it separates a wrong password from a wrong host name:

Webmail

mail.libero.it

Account Security

Password Recovery

aiuto.libero.it

Watch out for fake support pages. Several pages ranking for these settings open with a phone number and an offer of paid help. Neither Libero nor Univik needs you to ring anybody to type in a server address. Every value here costs nothing.

The Host Names Are Not What You Would Guess#

There is nothing to enable on Libero. Client access works out of the box. What trips people up is typing the server names they expect rather than the ones Libero actually uses.

Incoming over IMAP is imapmail.libero.it, not imap.libero.it. The extra mail is the whole difference.
Incoming over POP is popmail.libero.it, following the same pattern.
Outgoing is smtp.libero.it, which for once is the name you would expect.
Username is your whole address including the domain, whether that is @libero.it, @iol.it, @blu.it or @inwind.it.
Password is your ordinary Libero password. No generated code, no separate credential to find.

Two rows differ. Both of them are incoming.

Four names on the door, one platform behind them.

Why this one detail causes so much trouble. Every other provider on this site uses the short prefix, so imap. and pop. are what your fingers produce without thinking. Autocomplete helps the mistake along. The error that comes back says the server could not be found, which reads like a network problem rather than a typing one, so people check their connection, their firewall and their password before they check the one thing that is actually wrong. If a Libero setup will not connect, read the host name character by character before changing anything else.

Do not over-apply the pattern to the outgoing host. Once you know Libero adds mail to its incoming host names, the tempting next step is to assume it does the same going out and type smtpmail.libero.it. That host does not exist. At least one person has posted publicly about an Outlook setup failing for exactly that reason. Outgoing stays smtp.libero.it, plain and short. The rule only applies to incoming.

If you change your Libero password, change it everywhere. Libero raises this in its own help. It matters more here than on services with app passwords. Because your client holds the account password itself, a password change leaves every configured device stranded at once, on your phone, your laptop and anything syncing in the background. There is no per device credential to revoke or replace individually.

One credential, three places, one moment of failure.

Libero Mail IMAP Settings#

IMAP is the incoming protocol Libero itself recommends. Mail stays on the server, which is what keeps every device showing one inbox.

IMAP Server	`imapmail.libero.it`
Port	`993`
Encryption	SSL/TLS (required)
Username	The full address with its domain, so `@libero.it`, `@iol.it`, `@blu.it` or `@inwind.it`
Password	Your ordinary Libero Mail password
Authentication	Required

Libero Mail POP3 Settings#

POP brings mail onto a single machine. Choose deliberately here, since Libero advises against switching later. Comparison below.

POP3 Server	`popmail.libero.it`
Port	`995`
Encryption	SSL/TLS (required)
Username	Your full email address
Password	The same Libero Mail password

Careful with POP3 delete settings. Some clients remove mail from the server after download. Check "leave a copy on the server" if you still want mail in webmail.

Libero Mail SMTP Settings#

On the outgoing port: Libero own help gives smtp.libero.it on port 465 with SSL. It describes authentication as mandatory rather than optional. That is the provider stating it directly. A few third party guides also list 587 with STARTTLS, which we could not confirm from Libero, so it does not appear in the table. We are not saying 587 fails, only that we did not verify it.

SMTP carries outgoing mail. Libero requires authentication on outgoing, using the same address and password as incoming. A client that has left that unticked will receive happily while refusing to send.

SMTP Server	`smtp.libero.it`
Port	`465` with SSL, the value Libero publishes
Outgoing authentication	Required, same credentials as incoming
Encryption	SSL or STARTTLS (required)
Username	Your full email address
Password	Same as incoming
Authentication	Required. Outlook shows this as the outgoing server authentication tickbox.

Check Libero Mail IMAP Settings Online#

You don't need to download anything to check Libero Mail IMAP settings online. This page is the lookup: every value is verified, current and copyable straight from your browser. Not sure your address uses Libero Mail servers? Type it below and find out instantly.

Does my email address use these settings?

Runs in your browser only. Your address is never sent anywhere or stored.

Want to verify the account itself before configuring an app? Sign in at Libero Mail webmail, which confirms your address and password work, then confirm an app password exists. If both pass, any email app connects with the tables above.

Look Up IMAP Settings for Any Email Domain#

This page covers Libero Mail. For every other address, work email on a company domain included, we run a free online lookup database: imapsettings.com.

imapsettings.com

Complete email settings database, by Univik

Check IMAP settings online →

Enter any email address and get the incoming and outgoing server settings for that domain in 1 step:

Incoming server: hostname, port, SSL/TLS and username format

Outgoing server: SMTP hostname, port and encryption

The address is read in your browser only to identify the domain. It travels nowhere.

Your Password Across Every Device#

Libero keeps this simple. One password, everywhere. That has consequences worth understanding:

Where you sign in	Libero password	Anything else
Libero Mail in a browser	✓ Works	Nothing else exists
The official Libero Mail app	✓ Works	Nothing else exists
Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird	✓ The same one	No app password here
Backup and migration tools	✓ The same one	No app password here

What to Do When You Change Your Password

Write down every device that has this account. Phones, tablets, a work laptop, anything syncing quietly in the background.
Change the password in Libero Mail from the website.
Update every client on that list. Libero says this explicitly in its help, because a client left on the old password keeps retrying and failing.
Do not forget backup or migration tools holding stored credentials, which fail silently rather than prompting you.
Check each device actually syncs before you consider the job finished.

Libero Mail PEC is a different product: Libero also runs a certified email service under the PEC scheme, which is legally recognised in Italy and has its own configuration page. If your address is a PEC address, the parameters here are not the ones you want. Ordinary Libero mailboxes are what this page covers.

Set Up Libero Mail in Email Clients#

All four domains take the same hosts and the same password. Only the menus change. Watch the host name spelling in every one of these. Pick your app:

Outlook Apple Mail iPhone and iPad Android Thunderbird

The highlighted row is the one to read twice.

Outlook (Windows and Mac)

Open Outlook, take File, then Add Account. Newer Outlook holds this under Settings, then Accounts.
Enter your Libero Mail address, open Advanced options and check "Let me set up my account manually".
Choose IMAP and enter imapmail.libero.it on port 993 with SSL, then smtp.libero.it on port 465 with SSL.
Enter your ordinary Libero password, then tick outgoing server authentication under More Settings.
End by mailing your own address. One message exercises both directions.

Apple Mail (macOS)

In Apple Mail, go to Settings, then Accounts, then Add Account.
Choose Other Mail Account. Apple carries no Libero entry among its providers.
Enter your name, full address and Libero password, then continue.
When host names are requested, take them carefully from the tables above.
Confirm Mail is selected in the service list, then finish.

iPhone and iPad

In iOS Settings, go to Apps, then Mail, then Mail Accounts, then Add Account.
Tap Other, then Add Mail Account. iOS has no Libero option built in.
Enter your details using your Libero password, then tap Next.
Hold IMAP as the choice, entering both hosts when iOS prompts for them.
Press Save and wait while iOS checks the account.

Android

Open your Android mail app and choose Add account.
Take Other, then IMAP, as Libero does not feature in the provider list.
Give it the full address and your Libero password. If automatic setup falls short, move to Manual setup.
Enter the servers: imapmail.libero.it 993 SSL incoming, smtp.libero.it 465 SSL outgoing. Check the spelling of the incoming host.
Work through to the end, then pull down on the inbox to sync.

Thunderbird

In Thunderbird, go to Account Settings, then Account Actions, then Add Mail Account.
Enter your name, full address and Libero password, then select Continue.
Check what Thunderbird detected, correcting the incoming host if it guessed the short form.
Where detection fails, pick Configure manually and enter the values yourself.
Press Done. Folders arrive with the first sync.

Libero Mail Webmail Settings#

Those values connect your apps. What follows shapes the mailbox itself. It lives in Libero Mail settings in a browser.

Signature

Set from the webmail settings. It applies to messages sent in the browser. Outlook and other clients hold their own, so two versions can drift apart unnoticed.

Vacation Auto Reply

Give the away message a start and an end date so it stops on its own. It runs on Libero servers, so replies continue with all your devices switched off.

Filters and Folders

Rules built in the browser run server side, filing mail before any device collects it. A rule inside Outlook fires only while Outlook is open, which is why two devices can disagree about where something went.

Spam and Blocked Senders

Block senders or whole domains from the same settings area. Check the spam folder in the browser first when mail goes missing, since a client side rule cannot fetch back what the server already filed.

Libero POP vs IMAP#

Feature	IMAP	POP3
Where mail lives	On the Libero Mail server	Downloaded to 1 device
Multiple devices	✅ Everything stays in sync	❌ Each device sees different mail
Sent and deleted mail	✅ Synced everywhere	⚠️ Stays only on that device
Offline reading	⚠️ Cached mail only	✅ Full local copy
Server storage used	Yes, counts against your quota	Can be freed after download
Best for	Phone + computer, everyday use	Single PC, local archives

Our verdict: IMAP, which is what Libero recommends too. The wrinkle is that Libero asks you not to switch an existing account between the two, so choose deliberately at setup rather than assuming you can change your mind later. For a lasting offline copy, a backup tool is the better instrument either way.

Libero Parameters Worth Knowing#

Libero publishes parameters more readily than quotas. These are the points that actually shape a client setup:

Incoming host names	imapmail.libero.it and popmail.libero.it, with the longer prefixes
Switching protocol	Libero advises against it on an existing account. Guidance repeating that advice cites possible email loss
Credential	Your ordinary Libero password. No app password exists
Domains covered	libero.it, iol.it, blu.it and inwind.it, all on the same servers
Outgoing authentication	Required
Mailbox storage	Not published in a form we could verify, so no figure appears here

Troubleshooting Libero Mail Connections#

One cause dominates here. It is worth eliminating before anything else.

Error you see	What it means	Fix
Server not found, cannot connect to server	The short host name was typed	Incoming is `imapmail.libero.it` or `popmail.libero.it`. The forms without `mail` do not exist. See the host names.
Receiving works, sending fails	Outgoing authentication is off	Libero requires it. Tick outgoing server authentication and set it to use the same credentials as incoming.
Every device stopped at once	The account password was changed	With no app passwords, your clients hold the account password itself. Update all of them, including any backup tool with stored credentials.
Cannot connect to server	Wrong port or encryption	Check IMAP 993 SSL and SMTP 465 SSL. Security software and VPN clients interfere with these ports often enough to rule out.
Password keeps being asked	Usually a host name or username problem, not the password	Confirm the host names and that the username is the full address with its domain. Libero uses your ordinary password, so the credential itself is rarely at fault.
Messages stuck in Outbox	SMTP authentication is off	Turn on outgoing authentication, using the credentials incoming already has.

Host name first. It usually ends there.

Reader Reported Fixes

Typing the host name you expected rather than the one on the page. This is by far the commonest Libero problem. It survives careful checking because people re-read what they meant to type rather than what is in the box. If a setup will not connect, copy the host name out of the field and compare it character by character. The missing mail is easy to look straight past.

Switching an existing account from POP to IMAP. The natural response to POP3 frustration is to open the account settings and change the protocol. Libero specifically advises against doing that on an existing account and keeps a FAQ explaining why. Remove the account and add it again as IMAP instead, which takes a minute and avoids whatever Libero is warning about.

Four Domains and Keeping a Copy#

Holding an iol.it, blu.it or inwind.it address? Everything on this page applies unchanged. Libero runs all four domains on one platform, so only your username differs.

Do not set the same account up twice on one machine. Alongside the switching advice, Italian guidance for Libero warns against configuring the same mailbox in a client as both IMAP and POP at the same time. Pick one. Running both against a single account invites exactly the kind of confusion the switching warning is about, with two protocols disagreeing over what has been downloaded and what is still on the server.

A backup tool needs the same values. That includes the longer host names, which is worth remembering because a tool that fails to connect gives you even less to go on than a mail client does.

Moving to another provider? The email migration tool transfers between accounts directly over IMAP, keeping folders intact. Archiving to files first is worth the few extra minutes, particularly on a mailbox that has been collecting since the early internet.

Taking your mail to a new account? The Univik Email Migration Tool copies every folder from the old account to the new one. Enter the IMAP settings from this page for the Libero Mail side and your new provider's settings for the other.

Rather not do it yourself? Our Email Migration Services team shapes the transfer, runs it through, then verifies every folder arrived.

Use These Settings in Univik Email Backup#

The same IMAP settings above let you download your complete Libero Mail mailbox to your computer. Univik Email Backup writes the mailbox out as PST, MBOX, EML or PDF. Those files remain yours whatever happens upstream.

Get Univik Email Backup onto a Windows machine.
Choose Libero as the source. If the brand is absent, the generic IMAP option works the same way.
Sign in with your full email address and your ordinary Libero password. Use imapmail.libero.it if the tool asks for a host.
If the tool asks for server details, use imapmail.libero.it with port 993 and SSL from the IMAP table above.
Set a format and a destination, then run it. A long standing mailbox takes its time.

Why back up before switching providers: POP3 only grabs the inbox and vacation replies to a closed account bounce. Taken over IMAP, the copy holds folders, attachments and original dates in formats any mail app reopens. Switching provider rather than archiving? The email migration tool carries mail directly across.

Email Settings Glossary#

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol. Reads mail that stays on the server, holding inbox, folders and read marks together across devices. Libero recommends it.

POP3

Post Office Protocol version 3. Downloads mail to 1 device and can remove it from the server. Older method, still useful for local archives.

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Sends your outgoing mail. Every account needs it next to IMAP or POP3, which only receive.

SSL / TLS / STARTTLS

Encryption for the connection. SSL/TLS encrypts from the start (ports 993, 995, 465). STARTTLS upgrades a plain connection (port 587).

App Password

A generated code some services use in place of your real password inside an app. Libero does not offer one, so your account password is what every client holds.

OAuth

Signing in through a browser window rather than typing a password into the app. Several large providers have moved this way. Libero has stayed with a plain password.

How We Verify These Settings#

Univik has built email backup, migration and converter software since 2013. Our tools sign in to Libero Mail over IMAP and SMTP every day for thousands of users, so a changed server, port or login rule shows up in our connection logs before most guides notice it.

Every value on this page is confirmed with 3 checks: a live IMAP and SMTP connection from Univik Email Backup, a comparison against Libero own help pages, which is where these host names and the protocol switching warning come from. Where we cannot confirm a value from Libero, we say so rather than repeating what other guides assume. Any announcement triggers a recheck. We revisit quarterly regardless.

Screen showing something different? Let us know. We check again, correct it, then log the change under what changed recently.

Help & Support

Frequently Asked Questions

Use imapmail.libero.it on port 993 with SSL. Note the imapmail prefix rather than imap, which is where most Libero setups go wrong. Sign in with your full address including the domain, using your ordinary Libero password. The full table appears under IMAP settings.

It should work, because Libero uses your ordinary password in mail clients rather than a generated one. If it is being refused, look at the username and host name first. The username has to be your whole address including the domain. The incoming host has to carry the longer imapmail or popmail prefix.

IMAP for almost everyone. It keeps your phone, computer and webmail in sync. POP3 fits only a single computer setup where you want a local download. Full comparison here.

Yes. That holds across all four Libero domains too. An iol.it, blu.it or inwind.it address takes exactly the same hosts as a libero.it one. Only menu names differ by device, which the client setup guides handle.

There is no app password on Libero to lose. If you have forgotten your account password, reset it from the Libero website, then update every device that has this mailbox configured, because they all hold that same password.

The connection is encrypted on the ports listed here. Worth being aware that without app passwords, each client stores the password to your whole Libero account, so an old phone or a shared computer holding it deserves a thought.

A mail client collects messages over IMAP as it syncs, while a dedicated backup tool runs faster and writes standard files that open anywhere. See how to back up your Libero mailbox. Holding an export in the wrong format? An email converter turns it into PST, PDF or whatever comes next.

On Libero the usual answer is a password change that has not been applied everywhere, since every client holds the account password. A client updated on your laptop but not your phone will keep failing on the phone alone. See what changed recently.

An email migration tool copies mail directly between the 2 accounts over IMAP. You need the Libero IMAP settings and your ordinary password for this side, plus the same details for the destination. Watch the host name spelling. Every folder, label and date stays intact.

Uneasy about the risk? Facing a stack of mailboxes? Our managed email migration service absorbs the whole job.

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Summary: Libero Mail Settings at a Glance

IMAP: imapmail.libero.it, port 993, SSL/TLS
POP3: popmail.libero.it, port 995, SSL/TLS
SMTP: smtp.libero.it, port 465, SSL
Username is always your full email address

Incoming is imapmail, not imap
POP is popmail, same pattern
Your ordinary Libero password
All 4 domains share these hosts