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Alibaba Mail:Set the email retrieval scope for IMAP in Alibaba Mail

Last Updated:Nov 14, 2025

You can customize the range of emails that the IMAP protocol retrieves in Alibaba Mail.

FAQ

If you can see all your emails in the Alibaba Mail web client but cannot retrieve all of them in a third-party client, follow this procedure to adjust the settings.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Alibaba Mail web client. In the upper-right corner, click Settings > See more settings.image

  2. On the Settings > POP and IMAP page, select the range of emails for the IMAP protocol to retrieve, and then click Save.image