How to set up and configure your Shaw Business @shaw.ca email

Did you know that using Shaw’s outgoing email settings for non-Shaw email addresses is neither supported nor recommended for authentication and security reasons?

• Always use authentication to reduce chances that sent emails get blocked or junked by the recipient’s email server.
• Always use encryption to protect messages and passwords from being easily viewed by others.
• Update older passwords for better security. Weak passwords make your email account vulnerable to hackers, and any hacked email address can cause a temporary suspension of access.
  1. Visit myshaw.ca to create new email addresses and modify existing ones including updating passwords.
  2. Look for email management under My Services > Internet.
  3. For the best security, the new password feedback should say Secure.

The steps to setting up a Shaw email address so you can send and receive mail will be similar for all devices and email apps.

1. Open the device or app settings and find mail settings.
2. Add an email account.
3. Enter the email address, password, and server settings for your Shaw email account.

Sever settings are listed below: These are the (IMAP) email settings we recommend you use:

Account Type: IMAP
Username: Your Shaw email address without @shaw.ca
Password: Your Shaw email password
Email address: Your Shaw email address
Incoming Server Name: imap.shaw.ca
Incoming Server Security Type: SSL
Incoming Server Port: 993
Outgoing Server Name: mail.shaw.ca
Outgoing Server Security Type: TLS
Outgoing Server Port: 587
Domain: shaw.ca

To use Shaw's POP3 incoming mail server, use these settings:

Incoming mail server and settings:
Incoming Mail Server: pop.shaw.ca
Server Type: POP
Security Type: None
Port: 110

Encrypted incoming mail server and settings:
Incoming Server: pop.shaw.ca
Server Type: POP
Security Type: SSL/TLS
Port: 995

If you’re setting up Exchange ActiveSync, use these settings:

Email address: Your Shaw email address
Domain: shaw.ca
Username: Your Shaw email address, without @shaw.ca
Password: Your Shaw email password
Exchange server: wm.shaw.ca
Use secure connection (SSL): Yes
Use client certificate: No

You will need to choose between different types of servers when you set up your email account. There are a few key questions to ask yourself to help you decide which method best servers your needs:

• Do you want your list of emails to automatically update to more than one device when you read, delete, or move an email to another folder? Choose IMAP setup or Exchange setup.
• Do you want to synchronize contacts, calendars, and reminders across more than one device? Choose Exchange setup.
• Are you the only person looking at this email account or do other people use the account too? If multiple people need to access the email account, choose IMAP setup or Exchange setup.

The chart below can help make your decision:

Server Type	Synchronizing Emails	Synchronizing Contacts, Calendars, Reminders	Other Comments
POP	No	No	Grabs a copy of your email messages to save on the local device. The email program is set to either leave a copy on the server or delete the message from the server (based on that program's settings).
IMAP	Yes	No	Synchronizes emails with the server/webmail and any other IMAP or Exchange devices.
Exchange	Yes	Yes	Availability varies by device. Most secure option.

There are a few more key points to consider to help you make a suitable decision:

• Synchronized accounts depend on messages being in the server/webmail, so any POP setup should keep messages on the server or else they will disappear from Webmail/IMAP/Exchange.
• It may be best that at least one PC gets messages via POP to prevent any unintended loss of emails. Since POP doesn't sync with the server, if an account gets compromised, messages could be lost from the server. Messages on a POP device will never disappear from that POP device.
• For complicated setups, it may be best to consult your IT department for more advice.

Shaw Business only supports and troubleshoots delivery from @shaw.ca or Shaw Hosting email addresses. The outgoing delivery of non-Shaw email accounts cannot be guaranteed through Shaw SMTP servers as we have no ability to verify the sender's authenticity.

• These unauthenticated attempts can result in sending limits, failed delivery without failure notifications, or emails tagged as suspicious or junk by the recipient’s mail server. Unauthenticated email sending is unreliable, so it is not recommended and not supported.
• For third-party hosted domains, contact the provider. Virtually every email hosting service would be happy to give you the authenticated outbound SMTP settings to use for their email service. This will improve the reliability of your email reaching the recipients quickly and with less chance of being tagged as junk/spam.
• If you use an on-site mail server for your own domain, it will be important to maintain your own outbound mail settings, spam filtration, and security. Shaw Business cannot assist in maintaining your on-site mail server. Consultation with an IT person may be needed for the configuration, security, and patching of your on-site server.
• If you have a static IP, Shaw Business will assist with Creating PTR Records (sometimes known as reverse DNS). This will help point back to your email server for authentication purposes.