Title: Problem with the postie plugin
Last modified: April 21, 2020

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# Problem with the postie plugin

 *  Resolved [hanskap](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanskap/)
 * (@hanskap)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-postie-plugin/)
 * Hello Support,
 * This is the remark i get.
 * fetch_mail: IMAP – Could not connect to IMAP server imap.gmail.com on port 993
 * What can i do about this?
 * Hope to hear.
    Best Regards Hans Kapteijn
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblem-with-the-postie-plugin%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-postie-plugin/#post-12816983)
 * First check to see if you have enabled IMAP in your Gmail account. See [https://postieplugin.com/getting-started/](https://postieplugin.com/getting-started/)
 * If it is enabled then you’ll need to contact your hosting company to see if they
   allow outbound connections on port 993.

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 * Last reply from: [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-the-postie-plugin/#post-12816983)
 * Status: resolved