⚠️ Ali Mail (@aliyun.com) stopped new user registrations from 2025-03-26 — existing users continue to use it. Simplest configuration — bind to Laifaxin directly with your login password, no 2-Step Verification or app password needed (unlike Gmail / QQ / 163). IMAP/SMTP services on by default.
China Telecom 189 mailbox configuration guide — first enable IMAP/SMTP service in web settings (disabled by default!), then bind to Laifaxin directly with your login password. No app-specific password needed (189 doesn't support that mechanism).
2 mandatory steps to bind Gmail to Laifaxin — ① Enable 2-Step Verification (SMS to phone); ② Generate a 16-digit app-specific password for Laifaxin. The password field must be filled with the 16-digit app password (NOT your login password), otherwise it fails 100% of the time.
Full configuration flow for NetEase personal mailboxes (163 / 126 / yeah / 188) — enable service in web Settings → POP3/SMTP/IMAP, SMS-verify to generate a 16-digit client authorization code, paste it (NOT login password) in the Laifaxin password field. All 4 suffixes share the same servers and flow.
Sohu Mail configuration in 2 steps — ① Enable IMAP/SMTP service in web Settings (disabled by default) + SMS-verify to generate Independent Password (= authorization code); ② In Laifaxin, paste this independent password (NOT login password) in the password field. Recommend disabling IP whitelist to avoid dynamic-IP connection failures.
China's most popular Tencent Mail configuration — in web Settings → Account, enable IMAP/SMTP/POP3 service, SMS-verify to generate a 16-digit authorization code, paste it (NOT your QQ login password) in the Laifaxin password field. @qq.com and @foxmail.com share the exact same flow.
Just 1 step to bind Yahoo Mail to Laifaxin — generate a 16-digit app password on Yahoo's Account Security page, paste it into Laifaxin. Yahoo requires 2-Step Verification to be enabled before this option appears. The password field must use the app password (NOT login password), otherwise it fails 100% of the time.