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Roadrunner Email Settings – How to Set Up Server Settings With Email App

Roadrunner Emails are used by businesses and individuals for a variety of reasons most of which are for their day-to-day work. It offers a lot of benefits to its users, including spyware security, online storage, blocking contacts or spam emails, and a lot more. You can also set up incoming and outgoing servers with simple roadrunner email settings

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Like any other setup, you may come across glitches or software issues while accessing Roadrunner. It may not halt your operations and cause it to come to a standstill. Plus, there are people who find Roadrunner Email Settings difficult to set up on their PDAs. Today’s article will help you ease your set up butterflies and also point our possible fixes to the errors that you may come across while accessing your Roadrunner Email.

How to Setup Roadrunner Email Settings

If you want to set up your Roadrunner Email on your Android device, you will need any Email app and your Roadrunner Email ID. Follow the steps and set up rr email with any email app on your Android mobiles or tablets. Here are the steps to do it:

Roadrunner Email Server Settings for Android

  • Open your designated Email app.
  • Go to its Settings and then select ‘Add account’ from the options available.
  • Enter your Roadrunner Email address and tap on ‘Next’.
  • Type in your password and tap on ‘Next’.
  • Select ‘Personal (POP3)’ and tap ‘Next’.
  • Use the following information for Incoming Server Settings –
    • Enter your full email address (username@dol.rr.com – where ‘dol’ means depends on your location). You can instead use pop-server.rr.com too.
    • Enter your Roadrunner password.
    • Server – pop-server.dol.rr.com – where ‘dol’ depends on your location.
    • Enter 110 in the Port text box.
    • Choose Security type to be ‘None’.
  • Tap on ‘Next’.
  • Use the following information for incoming Roadrunner Email settings –
    • Enter the server as smtp-server.xx.rr.com (where ‘xx’ depends on your location). Or you can use smtp-server.rr.com
    • Enter 587 in the Port text box.
    • Enter the Security type as ‘None’.
    • Check the text box for ‘Require sign-in’.
    • Enter the Username i.e. username@xx.rr.com (where ‘xx’ depends on your location).
    • Enter your Roadrunner password and tap on ‘Next’ to continue.
  • Tap ‘Next’ again and enter your name in the next page. It is the name that would be visible to everyone when you send them an email.
  • Tap on ‘Next’ to finish.

Spectrum Roadrunner email settings issues and how to fix :

There are several reasons why you may come across a possible Roadrunner Email settings issue. Some of the most common occurrences are

  • You may face difficulty in accessing your Roadrunner webmail services smoothly.
  • Inability to login into your account.
  • You may find annoying pop-ups regarding email service’s errors on your desktop from time to time.

Here are the reasons why you may face such issues :

  • Connection instability
  • Invalid username or password
  • Roadrunner webmail network issue
  • Incorrect SMTP settings
  • Some issue with your IMAP or POP configuration

Here are some quick fixes that might help you solve your problems –

Login Error

There are times when you are unable to access your Roadrunner account due to feeding incorrect login credentials. If you make the same mistake multiple times, the company may suspend your account temporarily and you will have to wait for several hours. If you want to ensure that it doesn’t bother you, make sure that you check your Caps Lock is turned on or off. Further be extra cautious while typing in your credentials the next time.

Unstable Internet connection

If you are suffering from inconsistent internet connectivity, make sure that you talk to your service provider regarding the same. If it is not a persistent issue, you may try resetting it once and then try to login.

Issues with SMTP, POP, or IMAP configuration

Adding a Roadrunner account is different than adding a Gmail account on your Email software. There are intricate details which you may miss out on and it can cause an issue when you try to login. We suggest you have a careful look at your SMTP, POP, or IMAP configuration before trying to access your Roadrunner account.

Support

There are two possible ways in which you can contact the Roadrunner customer service when in need –

  • Via calls at 1-833-267-6094
  • If you need any further assistance about the steps, you can write to us using contact us form

Roadrunner excels in providing 24*7 Email technical support for Gmail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, Outlook, and others. If you are mailing them, they allow an attachment up to 30 MB. If you face any issue regarding sending the requisite files, you can call them up.

1 thought on “Roadrunner Email Settings – How to Set Up Server Settings With Email App”

  1. Billy Ayers

    I had an ec.rr.com email years ago and moved away. is it possible to still access that old account?

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