TDS stops hosting email after October 31, 2026
TDS Email App and TDS Email Settings for Everymail, in One Inbox
TDS is handing its mailboxes to Everymail and never made a mail app. Inboxes opens your tds.net address over IMAP on any computer, before and after the move, beside Gmail and your work mail.
mail.tds.net · IMAP 993 · Nothing to install
In short
There is no TDS email app, and after October 31, 2026 there is no TDS email service either. TDS is discontinuing subscriber email and has arranged for Everymail, an Open-Xchange based provider, to host the addresses of anyone who subscribes, at 3 dollars a month or 30 dollars a year, billed from November 1, 2026. Mailboxes that are not moved are deleted. Until the move, the TDS email settings are mail.tds.net for IMAP (993, SSL), POP (995, SSL) and SMTP (587, TLS), with your full address and normal password. After the move you sign in at tds.everymail.com with a new password, and every mail program on every device has to be updated with it. If the TDS address is one of several you read, an IMAP client that holds all of them in one list means updating it once.
What TDS is changing, and when
The TDS email shutdown, date by date
Every date and price below is from the TDS email FAQ page. Earlier local news coverage quoted October 31 as the sign up deadline; TDS itself lists September 30 for subscribing and October 31 for deletion.
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| Date | What happens | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Everymail enrollment opens for TDS subscribers | Sign in to the subscription page with your TDS address and current password, then pick a plan |
| September 30, 2026 | Subscription deadline TDS published | If the Subscribe link on the TDS FAQ page still accepts you after this, take it the same day |
| Early October 2026 | Subscribed mailboxes transfer to Everymail | Same address, no downtime, new sign in page at tds.everymail.com, new password soon after |
| October 31, 2026 | TDS email ends | Unsubscribed addresses stop sending and receiving, and TDS deletes the account and its contents |
| November 1, 2026 | Everymail billing starts | 3 dollars a month or 30 dollars a year, on the plan you chose at sign up |
It is not only tds.net. TDS lists tds.net, tdsmail.com, tdstelme.net, bendbroadband.com, bendcable.com, merged.bendcable.com, bajabb.com, beyondbb.com, chorus.com, crestviewcable.com, elknet.net, mcttelecom.com, merr.com, tellink.com and uslink.net, and says any other TDS provided domain is included too.
TDS stops being your mail provider either way. After the transfer, Everymail's terms and privacy policy govern the mailbox, support moves to everymail.com/support, and TDS says it is not responsible for Everymail's service. A TDS spokesperson told local press the company is ending email to focus on core products, since many customers already use other mail platforms.
Watch for fake migration mail. TDS says its own migration messages come from [email protected], and Everymail's from [email protected], with transition news from [email protected] or [email protected]. Anything else asking for your password is worth ignoring.
The decision every TDS address owner has to make
Keep the TDS address on Everymail, or move off it
Both are reasonable. What decides it is how many logins, customers and bank accounts still point at the old address, and how many other mailboxes you already read.
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| Option | Keeps the address | Keeps old mail | Work involved | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subscribe to Everymail | Yes, unchanged | Yes, TDS transfers it | New password in every mail program on every device | 3 dollars a month or 30 dollars a year |
| Move to Gmail or another address | No, deleted after October 31 | Only what you copy off first | Change the address on every bank, utility, doctor and login, and tell every contact | No subscription, a lot of hours |
| Keep it on Everymail and wind it down | Yes, while you migrate | Yes | Move logins over months while the old address keeps receiving | 30 dollars for a year of overlap |
| Do nothing | No | No, deleted | Password resets start failing wherever the old address was the recovery email | Nothing, until you need one of those accounts |
For most households the third row is the sensible one. An address that has been live since the dial up days is the recovery email for accounts nobody remembers opening, and 30 dollars buys a year for those reset messages to keep arriving while you move things over. TDS also asks anyone who uses the TDS address as the recovery contact for TDS My Account to change it to a personal address that is not TDS provided.
TDS email settings for any client
TDS mail server settings, before and after Everymail
The TDS column is TDS's own server settings page. The Everymail column is what changes after your mailbox transfers; Everymail shows the exact values for each device in its Connect your device wizard.
| Setting | On TDS (until the move) | On Everymail (after the move) |
|---|---|---|
| Incoming server (IMAP) | mail.tds.net, port 993, SSL | From the Connect your device wizard. imap.tds.everymail.com answers on 993 with SSL |
| Incoming server (POP) | mail.tds.net, port 995, SSL | Use IMAP, so every device shows the same mailbox |
| Outgoing server (SMTP) | mail.tds.net, port 587, TLS | From the Connect your device wizard, authentication required |
| User name | Your full TDS address | The same full address |
| Password | Your normal TDS email password | The new password Everymail asks you to set |
| Webmail | tds.net | tds.everymail.com |
| App password | Not needed | Not needed |
POP deserves one warning this autumn. TDS notes that once a POP client downloads a message, TDS no longer keeps a copy on the server, so a mailbox that has been read by POP for years may be close to empty on the server side. Whatever gets transferred to Everymail is what is on the server, not what is on your old PC. Check that machine before you retire it.
Setting it up
TDS email in a desktop app, in four steps
No installer and no TDS or Everymail software on the machine. The connection lives with us rather than on each device, so after the Everymail password change you update it in one place.
Step 1
Settle the Everymail question
Subscribe on the TDS email FAQ page if you are keeping the address. If not, you still have until October 31 to read and copy what is there.
Step 2
Add the TDS address
Full address and normal password on mail.tds.net, or the Everymail values and your new password once the mailbox has moved.
Step 3
Add Gmail and the rest
Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and iCloud join with an app password, your own domain with its normal login. Everything lands on the same board.
Step 4
Let the sorting run
Each message gets a category and a spam verdict as it arrives, so password resets and bank notices sent to the old address stand out from the newsletters.
Where a browser client fits
What you actually get here
Not a replacement for Everymail, which still hosts the mailbox. The job neither TDS nor Everymail has a product for: holding the TDS address and every other mailbox in one list on a computer.
TDS beside everything else
The TDS address in the same stream as Gmail, AOL, iCloud and your own domain, with the source account on every row. Everymail webmail shows one account.
One password change, not five
Outlook, Thunderbird and phone Mail apps each break when Everymail resets the password. Here the mailbox is connected once, so you fix it once for every machine.
A calmer wind down
Moving logins off an old address takes months. Keeping it in the same list as the new one means the stray bank notice or reset link is seen the day it arrives.
Replies from the right address
Mail that arrived at tds.net is answered from tds.net, so customers and family who have written to it for years keep seeing the name they know.
It opens on any computer
Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS load it in whatever browser is already there. No TDS or Everymail desktop program is needed.
Sorting across all of them
An address this old collects statements, renewal notices and promotions. A category and a spam verdict land on every message, across every connected mailbox.
Where this is the wrong answer
What Inboxes does not do
It does not host your mailbox or keep the address alive. We read mail over IMAP where it lives. If the TDS address is not subscribed to Everymail, it stops working after October 31, 2026 whatever client you use, and nothing we do can extend that.
It is not a backup tool. If the goal is a permanent copy of twenty years of TDS mail before deletion, use a desktop client such as Thunderbird that downloads every folder to your own disk, then keep that data safe.
It does not use OAuth anywhere. We connect with a user name and a password or app password over IMAP, which suits TDS and Everymail perfectly and rules out others. An outlook.com, hotmail.com or Microsoft 365 work address cannot be connected, because Microsoft retired the password login we use.
No calendar and no contacts. We are a mail client and nothing else. Everymail webmail has its own address book, and Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Outlook all include both.
There is no offline mode and no permanent tier that costs nothing. It runs in a browser tab, and plans start at 29 dollars a month flat for five mailboxes. For one TDS address on one computer, Thunderbird or Apple Mail is the honest answer.
FAQ
Questions people ask about the TDS email app and Everymail
Does TDS have an email app?
No. TDS has never published a mail app for phones or computers. Its own help pages point to webmail at tds.net or to the Mail app, Outlook, Thunderbird or Windows Mail set up over IMAP. After a mailbox moves to Everymail, the web address becomes tds.everymail.com and Everymail supplies setup steps for phones and computers from its Connect your device wizard.
Is TDS email going away?
Yes. TDS is discontinuing the email service it provides to subscribers effective October 31, 2026, and after that date it no longer provides or supports TDS email accounts. Addresses survive only if the owner subscribed to Everymail, the Open-Xchange based service TDS arranged, which costs 3 dollars a month or 30 dollars a year.
When does TDS email end?
TDS lists three dates. Enrollment in Everymail opened in July 2026, the subscription deadline was September 30, 2026, and email accounts still with TDS are deleted after October 31, 2026. After that date an unsubscribed address can no longer send, receive or open mail, and TDS says the account and its contents are deleted.
How much does Everymail cost for TDS customers?
Two plans: 3 dollars a month, or 30 dollars a year, which TDS describes as saving the equivalent of two months. Nothing is charged at sign up. TDS says there is no charge through October 2026 and billing starts on November 1, 2026 on the plan you picked. Everymail includes 20 GB of storage and carries no ads.
What are the TDS email settings?
For a mailbox still on the TDS platform, incoming IMAP is mail.tds.net on port 993 with SSL, incoming POP is mail.tds.net on port 995 with SSL, and outgoing SMTP is mail.tds.net on port 587 with TLS. Sign in with your full TDS address and your normal TDS email password. TDS does not use app passwords.
What are the TDS email settings after the move to Everymail?
Everymail gives the exact values in its Connect your device wizard, under the gear icon in webmail at tds.everymail.com. Two things change for certain: the password, because Everymail prompts you to set a new one shortly after the move, and the sign in page. The TDS branded Everymail IMAP host, imap.tds.everymail.com, answers on port 993 over SSL with an ordinary password sign in.
Will my TDS email address change?
Not if you subscribe to Everymail. TDS says the address stays exactly the same, and your messages, contacts and account data are transferred to Everymail with no downtime. What changes is where you sign in, which becomes tds.everymail.com, and the password, which you reset after the move.
What happens if I do not subscribe to Everymail?
After October 31, 2026 you can no longer send, receive or open mail at the TDS address, and TDS deletes the account and everything in it. TDS states it is not liable for deleted mail or lost access after that date. Anything you want to keep has to be copied off the mailbox before then.
Why did my TDS email stop working in Outlook?
After a mailbox moves to Everymail, the old saved password stops working because Everymail asks you to set a new one. Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird then keep asking for a password or report a failed sign in. Update the password in the client, and if it still fails, remove the account and add it again with the Everymail values.
Which email domains are affected by the TDS change?
TDS lists tds.net, tdsmail.com, tdstelme.net, bendbroadband.com, bendcable.com, merged.bendcable.com, bajabb.com, beyondbb.com, chorus.com, crestviewcable.com, elknet.net, mcttelecom.com, merr.com, tellink.com and uslink.net, plus any other TDS provided domain address. The same Everymail offer and the same dates apply to all of them.
How do I save my TDS email before it is deleted?
Set the address up in a desktop client that keeps a local copy, such as Thunderbird or Apple Mail over IMAP, let every folder download completely, then export or back up that client data. Webmail alone does not give you a copy. Do it before October 31, 2026 while the mailbox still accepts a sign in.
Do I need an app password for TDS email?
No. TDS email and Everymail both take your ordinary email password in third party programs. That is different from Yahoo, AOL and Gmail, which all require a generated app password. If a client rejects the sign in after the Everymail move, it is almost always the new password you set, not an app password problem.
What is the best app for TDS email?
For the TDS address alone on a phone, the built in Mail app with IMAP. For one address on a Mac, Apple Mail; on a PC, Thunderbird, which also keeps the local copy you want before the deadline. For a TDS address beside Gmail and work mail on several computers, a client that holds every mailbox in one list is worth paying for.
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