Time Warner Cable Internet service provider is the communication-based company, which offers high quality emailing services called as Roadrunner webmail (also known as Spectrum services). To facilitate the RoadRunner email service, one should activate the TWC services and access the email facility absolutely free. If you wish to set up RoadRunner email IMAP and SMTP settings then pursue the comprehensive steps provided in this guidebook.
Note: These settings can help you setup your RoadRunner email account on any of the popular email clients. The below-provided steps are applicable for Android Phone, Apple Mail, iPhone, Entourage, Mailbird lite, Opera, Thunderbird, and Outlook (2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016).
Steps to Configure Roadrunner SMTP mail server settings –
To implement the Roadrunner SMTP settings one should follow the below-given steps, which are as follows:
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) settings:
- Account type of the outgoing mail server – SMTP
- Username for the same— your email address will be your username (eg: [email protected])
- Password – your email account password
- Server hostname — mail.twc.com
- Server port — 587
- Authentication — put the required password in this prompted field
- SSL/TLS — Yes
Steps to Configure Roadrunner IMAP mail server settings –
Pursue the comprehensive steps to set up Roadrunner IMAP mail server settings:
Incoming Mail Server (IMAP) settings:
- Account type of the incoming mail server – IMAP
- Username for the same— Here your email address is your username (eg: [email protected])
- Password – your email account password
- Your Server hostname — mail.twc.com
- Server port— 993
- Required Authentication? — Yes, put the required email account username and password in this prompted field
- SSL/TLS — Type ‘yes’ in this field
Similarly, you can pursue the comprehensive steps to manually setup the RoadRunner email account on your Android Phone using IMAP and SMTP server.
Guide to Configure Roadrunner Email on Android Phone (Using IMAP and SMTP Server)
- Tap the Mail icon from your applications screen; enter the email address and password in the prompted field.
- In the next screen, choose Manual Setup and go for IMAP.
- After this, enter the setting as provided below for Incoming server and click on “Next”.
- IMAP Server: mail.twc.com
- Security type: None
- Port for IMAP: 993
- Secure – Port: 993 and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Insecure – Port: 143 and Security Type: None
- If you have chosen SMTP settings for the Outgoing server make sure to enter the below settings and tap on Next.
- SMTP Server: mail.twc.com
- Security type: None
- Port for SMTP: 587
- Outgoing (SMTP) Secure – Port: 465 and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Outgoing (SMTP roaming server) Secure – Port: 587 and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Outgoing (SMTP) – Port: 25 and Security Type: None
- Outgoing (SMTP roaming server) Insecure – Port: 587 and Security Type: None
- In the final step, select Done and you are ready to use your email account on your Android phone.
Guide to Configure Roadrunner Email on iPhone (Using IMAP and SMTP Server)
- Tap on the Settings icon present on your home screen.
- Now, select on Mail option and go for Accounts.
- In the next step, select Add Account and click Other from the menu.
- After this, select Add Mail Account and enter your name, email, and password in the provided space.
- Then click on Next and select IMAP.
- Now, scroll down to Incoming Mail Server and type all the relevant details, then pursue the same steps for Outgoing Mail Server as provided-below and click on Next.
- Make sure that the User Name is the full email address and User Name & Password are the same for both Incoming & Outgoing servers.
- Incoming Mail Server Host Name:twc.com
- Outgoing Mail Server Host Name:twc.com
- Once you completed the above-provided steps, you may receive a prompt asking you to verify the incoming and outgoing servers and then click Continue for each or you can tap “Details” and then click on “Trust”.
- In the next step, click on Save and choose the new account that you have just created.
- Now, choose the SMTP server and enter the below-provided details in the prompted field and click Done.
- Outgoing Mail Server Host Name: mail.twc.com
- User Name: Full RoadRunner email address
- Password: Your email account password
- Outgoing (SMTP) Secure – Port: 465 for and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Outgoing (SMTP roaming server) Secure – Port: 587 and Security Type: SSL/TLS
- Outgoing (SMTP) – Port: 25 and Security Type: None
- Outgoing (SMTP roaming server) Insecure – Port: 587 and Security Type: None
- Authentication: Password of your RoadRunner email address
- Server Port: 587
And this is how you can set up RoadRunner email IMAP and SMTP settings to access your account.