EarthLink makes a phone app and nothing for a computer
EarthLink Mail App: an EarthLink Webmail App and Email App for Your Computer, With Every Account in One Inbox
No EarthLink program exists for Windows or the Mac, and the phone app rates 1.8 stars. Inboxes opens your earthlink.net, mindspring or peoplepc mailbox over IMAP on any computer, beside Gmail and your own domain.
imap.earthlink.net · Your normal password · Nothing to install
In short
EarthLink publishes one mail app, myEarthLink Mail, and it runs on phones. On the US App Store it sits at 1.8 out of 5 from roughly 670 ratings. For a computer EarthLink distributes nothing at all, so the official desktop route is EarthLink WebMail in a browser tab, showing one EarthLink mailbox. The good news is the part everyone expects to be hard. Unlike AT&T, Yahoo, AOL or Gmail, EarthLink asks for no app specific password and no OAuth handshake: its own help pages say to sign in with your full email address and your email password. So any client that speaks IMAP can open the mailbox using imap.earthlink.net on port 993 with SSL and smtpauth.earthlink.net on port 587 with STARTTLS, and the same values cover mindspring.com and peoplepc.com addresses. The only thing missing is the app itself, which is exactly the gap a browser based client fills, with EarthLink sitting in the same list as Gmail, iCloud and your work mail.
What EarthLink publishes, and what it leaves to you
Which EarthLink mail apps actually exist
Most results for this search are a Play Store listing, a setup guide written by a rival mail client, or a download page for something EarthLink never made. This is where an earthlink.net mailbox actually stands.
There is one EarthLink app and it lives on a phone. myEarthLink Mail is published by EarthLink LLC for iPhone and Android, and its own description is modest about the job: access email, manage your contacts, and get support. On the US App Store it carries 1.8 stars from about 670 ratings, which is unusually low for a first party app from the company that owns the mailbox. It was last updated in August 2026, so it is maintained, just not loved.
Nothing at all exists for a computer. EarthLink ships no Windows program, no Mac program, nothing for Linux or ChromeOS. The iPhone app is listed as running on Macs with an M1 chip or later, but that is Apple quietly letting an iPad app open in a window, not an EarthLink desktop product. If you work on a laptop and you want your EarthLink mail in something other than a browser tab, EarthLink has no answer for you.
EarthLink WebMail is the official desktop route. It is a website at webmail.earthlink.net, reached in whatever browser is already on the machine. It works, it covers the legacy domains, and it shows exactly one EarthLink account. There is no download, no offline copy and no way to put a Gmail address next to it.
Your regular password is the password. This is where EarthLink is genuinely easier than its peers and almost nobody says so. EarthLink help gives the server settings and then states plainly that the user name is your full email address and the password is your email password. No secure mail key like AT&T, no app password like Gmail, Yahoo, AOL or iCloud, no OAuth consent screen. Type the same credentials you use on the website and a mail client connects.
Mindspring and PeoplePC addresses ride along. EarthLink absorbed mindspring.com in the 2000 merger and peoplepc.com in the 2002 purchase, and those addresses still sign in through EarthLink WebMail and the same servers. Plenty of people reading this have an address older than the company that now runs it. Enter it in full as the user name and it behaves like any other EarthLink mailbox.
Storage is sold to you in gigabytes, one at a time. EarthLink runs a service it calls More Email Space, offered through the account portal in 1 GB, 2 GB and 3 GB tiers. The 3 GB option can only be attached to the primary address you signed in with, though EarthLink says it then adds 3 GB to every address under that user for one price. A provider that sells a single gigabyte as an upgrade is telling you something about the size of the box it hands out by default.
The hard limits are worth knowing before you migrate. EarthLink caps attachments at 20 MB and suggests staying under 15 MB, and EarthLink WebMail refuses more than 100 recipients on one message. Those ceilings live on EarthLink's servers, so they apply identically whether you send from the website, the phone app or a desktop client. Changing app does not change them.
Nothing EarthLink offers merges mailboxes. WebMail shows EarthLink. The phone app shows EarthLink. If your week runs across an earthlink.net address you have had since dial up, the Gmail you actually check, and something for work, there is no EarthLink product that puts all three in one list on a desk. That is the gap, and it is the only gap, because the protocol side is already open.
Every way to read an EarthLink mailbox on a computer
Eight routes to EarthLink email on a desktop, compared
Because EarthLink needs no special password, the sign in column is boring for once. What actually separates these is where they run and whether they can hold your other addresses at the same time.
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| Route to EarthLink email | Runs on | Holds other accounts too | How it signs in | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inboxes | Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, in a browser tab | Yes, one merged board | Your normal EarthLink password | 29 dollars a month flat, five mailboxes |
| An EarthLink desktop app | Nothing. EarthLink publishes none | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not distributed |
| myEarthLink Mail app | iPhone and Android only | No, one EarthLink mailbox | Your normal EarthLink password | No charge to install, rated 1.8 of 5 |
| EarthLink WebMail | Any browser, any machine | No, one EarthLink address | Your normal EarthLink password | Included with the account |
| Apple Mail | macOS only | Yes, All Inboxes | Your normal EarthLink password | Included with macOS |
| Classic Outlook | Windows | Yes | Manual IMAP setup, normal password | Part of Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 |
| Thunderbird | Windows, macOS, Linux | Yes, through Unified Folders | Your normal EarthLink password | Open source, no license fee |
| eM Client | Windows and macOS only | Yes, one folder tree | Your normal EarthLink password | 59.95 dollars once for one device, or 39.95 a year |
EarthLink details checked in September 2026 against EarthLink's own help portal: the mobile device setup article for the server values and the instruction to use your full email address and email password, the More Email Space article for the storage tiers, and the EarthLink Email FAQ for the attachment and recipient limits and the advice to choose IMAP over POP. The app rating and update date are from the myEarthLink Mail listing on the US App Store. eM Client prices are from the US version of its pricing page, checked September 2026. Apple Mail and Thunderbird both hold several accounts at no license fee, and if one computer with a merged list is the whole problem, either is an honest answer.
EarthLink email settings for any client
What to type into any mail program
One set of values covers earthlink.net, mindspring.com and peoplepc.com. The field people get wrong is the user name, not the password.
| Setting | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Incoming server (IMAP) | imap.earthlink.net | Choose IMAP, not POP, so every device sees the same mailbox |
| Incoming port | 993 with SSL or TLS | Encryption required; the old unencrypted 143 is not the one to pick |
| Outgoing server (SMTP) | smtpauth.earthlink.net | The auth in the name is literal: outgoing authentication has to be on |
| Outgoing port | 587 with STARTTLS | Same user name and password as the incoming server |
| User name | Your full email address, not just the first part | [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] |
| Password | Your ordinary EarthLink email password | No app password and no OAuth, unlike Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and AT&T |
| POP, if you insist | Supported, but it pulls mail onto one machine | EarthLink says IMAP is what keeps two places showing the same folders |
| Attachment ceiling | 20 MB, with 15 MB recommended | Server side, so no client can raise it |
Server names, ports and the instruction to sign in with your full email address and email password are from EarthLink's own help article on setting up EarthLink email on a new mobile device, which gives the same values a desktop client needs. The attachment and recipient limits and the IMAP recommendation are from the EarthLink Email FAQ on the same help portal. If a client rejects the password, retype the user name as the complete address before you touch anything else, since a missing domain looks exactly like a wrong password.
Setting it up
EarthLink email in a desktop app, in four steps
No installer, no EarthLink software on the machine, and nothing to generate in an account portal first. The connection lives with us rather than on each device, so every computer you open it on shows the same board.
Step 1
Add the EarthLink mailbox
Enter your full address and the password you already use on WebMail. Incoming is imap.earthlink.net on 993, outgoing is smtpauth.earthlink.net on 587. There is no key to create first.
Step 2
Bring the old addresses too
A mindspring.com or peoplepc.com address connects with the same servers and its own password. Households that collected three EarthLink addresses over the years can put all of them on one board.
Step 3
Add the rest of them
Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, iCloud, Zoho and anything at your own domain join the same way. Each row shows which account it arrived on, so replies leave from the right address.
Step 4
Let the sorting run
Each message gets a category and a spam verdict as it arrives, across every connected mailbox at once. Filters built inside EarthLink WebMail only ever see the EarthLink account.
Where a browser client fits
What you actually get here
Not a nicer WebMail. The job EarthLink has no product for, which is holding a decades old EarthLink address and every other mailbox in one list on a computer.
EarthLink beside everything else
Your earthlink.net, mindspring or peoplepc address in the same stream as Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, iCloud and your own domain, sorted by arrival with the source account on each row. WebMail shows EarthLink and nothing else.
Set up once, not once per machine
Thunderbird and Outlook have to be installed and configured on every computer you use, each keeping its own copy. Here the mailbox is connected once, and the desktop, the laptop and a borrowed Chromebook all open the same board.
It opens on any computer
Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS all load it in whatever browser is already there. No EarthLink desktop app is needed, which is convenient, since there is not one.
No 1.8 star app to put up with
EarthLink's own phone app sits at 1.8 out of 5 from around 670 US ratings. A mail client that speaks plain IMAP is not tied to whatever EarthLink ships next, because the mailbox is reachable with a user name and a password.
No installer to vet
EarthLink distributes no mail application for a computer, so any download page offering an EarthLink email program for a PC is somebody else's product. A browser board removes that question entirely.
Sorting across all of them at once
An address that has been alive since dial up collects statements, order confirmations, renewal notices and newsletters nobody reads. A category and a spam verdict land on every one of them as it arrives, on every account rather than just the EarthLink one.
Where this is the wrong answer
What Inboxes does not do
It cannot raise EarthLink's own ceilings. The 20 MB attachment limit and the 100 recipient cap live on EarthLink's servers. Buying storage is done in the EarthLink portal under More Email Space, and no mail client can do it for you. If your mailbox is full, that conversation is with EarthLink first.
It does not use OAuth anywhere. We connect with a user name and a password over IMAP, which suits EarthLink perfectly and rules out others. An outlook.com, hotmail.com or Microsoft 365 work address will not connect here. EarthLink, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, iCloud, Zoho and own domain mailboxes all do.
No calendar and no contacts. We are a mail client and nothing else. The EarthLink phone app manages your EarthLink contacts and we do not import them. If you want an address book and a calendar in the same window, Thunderbird, Apple Mail or Outlook covers that and we do not.
There is no offline mode. It runs in a browser tab and wants a connection. Thunderbird and eM Client both keep a local archive you can read on a plane. If a twenty year archive you can open without a signal is the point, keep one of them for the EarthLink account.
There is no permanent tier that costs nothing. Plans start at 29 dollars a month flat for five mailboxes. EarthLink WebMail is included with your address, Apple Mail comes with every Mac, and Thunderbird carries no license fee and merges accounts through Unified Folders. If one combined list on one computer is the entire problem, use one of those. The case for paying starts when you read mail on several machines, or when the volume itself is what you are trying to shrink.
FAQ
Questions people ask about the EarthLink mail app
Is there an EarthLink mail app?
For phones, yes. EarthLink LLC publishes myEarthLink Mail for iPhone and Android, currently rated 1.8 out of 5 from about 670 ratings on the US App Store. For a computer there is nothing to install. EarthLink distributes no Windows or Mac mail program, so the EarthLink route on a desktop is WebMail in a browser.
Does EarthLink email have an app?
Only the myEarthLink Mail app for iPhone and Android. It reads one EarthLink mailbox, manages your EarthLink contacts and opens a support chat. There is no EarthLink app for Windows, macOS, Linux or ChromeOS, and no EarthLink app that holds a Gmail or work address alongside your earthlink.net one.
Is there an EarthLink email app for Windows 10 or Windows 11?
Not from EarthLink. On either version of Windows you read EarthLink mail at webmail.earthlink.net in a browser, or you add the mailbox to a program such as classic Outlook, Thunderbird, eM Client or a browser based client. Any of them connects to imap.earthlink.net on port 993 with SSL.
Is there an EarthLink webmail app for desktop?
No. EarthLink WebMail is a website, not a downloadable program, and EarthLink publishes no desktop build of it. A mail client fills that gap: point it at imap.earthlink.net on 993 and smtpauth.earthlink.net on 587, sign in with your address and password, and the same mailbox opens on any computer.
What is the EarthLink email app password?
Your ordinary EarthLink email password. This is the useful difference between EarthLink and most other providers. EarthLink asks for no app specific password and no OAuth sign in, so the password you type into WebMail is the same one a mail program wants. Nothing extra has to be generated first.
What are the EarthLink IMAP settings?
Incoming is imap.earthlink.net on port 993 with SSL or TLS. Outgoing is smtpauth.earthlink.net on port 587 with STARTTLS. The user name is your full email address, including the part after the at sign, and the password is your EarthLink email password. Those values come from EarthLink help.
What are the EarthLink SMTP settings?
The outgoing server is smtpauth.earthlink.net on port 587 with STARTTLS. Outgoing authentication has to be switched on, using the same full email address and password as the incoming server. The auth in the host name is the clue: EarthLink expects an authenticated connection rather than an anonymous relay.
Why is my EarthLink webmail app not working?
Check the user name first. EarthLink wants the whole address, not just the part before the at sign, and a mindspring.com or peoplepc.com address has to be typed in full. After that, confirm the incoming server is imap.earthlink.net on 993 with SSL rather than the older unencrypted port 143.
Does EarthLink use IMAP or POP?
Both work, and IMAP is the one to pick. EarthLink states that in order to see the same messages and folders in two places at the same time, your email client must be set up using IMAP settings. POP downloads mail onto one machine, which is how people end up with a laptop and a phone showing different inboxes.
Can I read EarthLink email and Gmail in one app?
Yes, in any IMAP client. EarthLink connects with your regular password, Gmail connects with a Google app password, and both land in one list with the source account marked on each message. EarthLink WebMail shows your EarthLink mail and nothing else, no matter how many other addresses you have.
Do mindspring.com and peoplepc.com addresses still work?
Yes. EarthLink took on mindspring.com in the 2000 merger and peoplepc.com in the 2002 purchase, and both still sign in through EarthLink WebMail and the same mail servers. Type the full old address as the user name and it behaves like any other EarthLink mailbox.
How do I add EarthLink email to Outlook?
Choose manual setup and IMAP rather than letting Outlook guess. Incoming is imap.earthlink.net on 993 with SSL, outgoing is smtpauth.earthlink.net on 587 with STARTTLS, the user name is the full address and the password is your EarthLink password. Tick the box requiring outgoing authentication.
How do I add EarthLink email to a Mac?
In Apple Mail, choose Other Mail Account rather than a named provider, then enter the address and password. If Apple Mail cannot work out the servers, type them in: imap.earthlink.net on 993 and smtpauth.earthlink.net on 587. Apple Mail then shows EarthLink in its All Inboxes view with your other accounts.
How much does EarthLink email cost?
EarthLink does not publish a price for email on its public help pages, and what is included depends on your account type, so the figure comes from your own plan details in the EarthLink portal. What EarthLink does publish is that extra mailbox storage is sold separately in 1 GB, 2 GB and 3 GB tiers.
How much storage does an EarthLink mailbox have?
Less than most people expect, which is why EarthLink sells More Email Space in 1 GB, 2 GB and 3 GB tiers through the account portal. The 3 GB option can only be applied to the primary address you signed in with, but it adds 3 GB to every address under that user for one price.
What is the EarthLink attachment size limit?
EarthLink limits attachments to 20 MB and recommends keeping them under 15 MB as a safety margin. EarthLink WebMail also caps a single message at 100 recipients. Both limits sit on the EarthLink servers, so they apply the same way whether you send from WebMail, a phone or a desktop client.
What is the best app for EarthLink email?
It depends on how many mailboxes you check. For one EarthLink address on one Mac, Apple Mail is already installed and costs nothing extra. For one address on a PC, Thunderbird carries no license fee. For an EarthLink address plus Gmail and something for work, across more than one machine, pick a client that merges them into a single list.
Is EarthLink email going away?
EarthLink still sells email, still runs WebMail and updated its iPhone app in August 2026, so there is no announced shutdown. The practical risk is different: a twenty year old address is tied to one company, and a mail client that speaks IMAP means the archive is readable from anywhere rather than only through EarthLink software.
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Your EarthLink address, and every other one
No app EarthLink never made, no key to generate, and no installer to trust. Add the mailbox with the password you already have, then put Gmail, Yahoo and your own domain on the same board.