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# Welcome
The mail server gives you one place to read every mailbox you own — through a web console in your browser, and through **IMAP** for any tool that reads email automatically.
You do not run any software, install anything, or configure a server. You sign in, create one credential, and point your tools at it.
The dashboard is the first thing you see after signing in.
## What you can do
| | What it means |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [**Read your mail anywhere**](/the-console/inbox.md) | Every mailbox you own, merged into one inbox, in the browser or in your own client. |
| [**Connect over IMAP**](/imap/imap.md) | One host, one port, one credential. Works with Refract, Shikari, AYCD, Thunderbird and your own scripts. |
| [**Get your credentials out**](/credentials/exporting.md) | Download or copy the logins and passwords for the mailboxes you bought, in the format your tooling wants. |
| [**Follow orders and signups**](/the-console/orders.md) | See what your mailboxes are actually receiving — order tracking, confirmations, wins. |
## Start here
If you have just been given access, the fastest path is the quick start — it takes about five minutes and ends with a working IMAP connection.
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[Quick start](/getting-started/quick-start.md)
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## Two recommendations before you begin
These two settings prevent the majority of support questions. Both live on the same screen and take a few seconds to set.
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**Always use an app password, and always set an inbox window on it.**
An app password is a separate credential for IMAP — it is not your sign-in password, it can be revoked on its own, and it is the only thing your tools ever need to hold. Setting an **inbox window** on it limits what that credential serves to recent mail, which is what makes verification codes arrive in seconds rather than getting buried behind months of old mail.
See [App passwords](/imap/app-passwords.md) and [The inbox window](/imap/inbox-window.md).
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**Using** [**Shikari**](https://shikari.tech)**?** Set a **smaller** window — we recommend **15 minutes**. Shikari polls the inbox hard while it waits for a code, and a tight window keeps every one of those reads small and fast. See [Shikari](/imap/clients/shikari.md).
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**Using Refract?** The IMAP server must be entered **with the port attached** — type `mail.resifactory.net:993`, not `mail.resifactory.net`. Refract will not connect properly otherwise. See [Refract](/imap/clients/refract.md).
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## How to read these docs
* [**Getting started**](/getting-started/quick-start.md) — sign in, find your way around, get connected.
* [**IMAP**](/imap/imap.md) — the largest section. Connection settings, app passwords, the inbox window, scopes, per-client setup, and what the server supports.
* [**The console**](/the-console/dashboard.md) — every screen, every filter, every button.
* [**Credentials**](/credentials/exporting.md) — getting your logins out, and keeping them safe.
* [**Reference**](/reference/faq.md) — FAQ, glossary, and the limits worth knowing.
Use the search box at the top of any page, or **Ask** for a direct answer.
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