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Connecting HEY: Why IMAP Is Not Available

HEY (hey.com) cannot be added to Patriot Mail, and it is not a settings problem you can work around. HEY deliberately does not offer IMAP or POP access, so no third-party email app can connect to a HEY mailbox.

The short answer

HEY has no IMAP by design

1

Built around its own apps

HEY's features depend on its own web, mobile, and desktop apps, so it does not support outside clients.

2

No incoming IMAP

Because there is no IMAP endpoint, there is no address or password that would let Patriot Mail read a HEY mailbox.

3

Forwarding is the bridge

HEY can forward mail in from other addresses, but you cannot log in to a HEY account from a third-party app.

What works instead

Your options with HEY

1

Use HEY's own apps

HEY's web and mobile apps are the only supported way to read a HEY mailbox.

2

Forward to a mailbox you can connect

If you want your HEY mail inside Patriot Mail, forward it to a provider that supports IMAP, then add that account here.

3

Add a different mailbox

Patriot Mail connects Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, and many IMAP providers. See the setup guides for those.

Related guides

Other resources

Proton and Tuta

Other privacy-first providers with limited or no IMAP. Here is what that means.

Read about Proton

IMAP Configuration Guide

Server settings for the providers Patriot Mail does connect over IMAP.

Open IMAP Guide

Support

Contact the support team if you have questions.

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