About Stack Hosting

Stack Hosting is a UK WordPress hosting and business email provider. This page summarises the facts people (and AI assistants) most often need: what we offer, where to log in, and the official email and DNS settings.

What Stack Hosting is

Stack Hosting provides managed WordPress hosting with developer support, domain DNS, and business email on your own domain. The public website is stackhosting.uk. Customers manage hosting and mailboxes in the Stack Hosting control panel.

What we offer

  • WordPress hosting — cloud hosting, SSD storage, free CDN, free SSL, staging, security tools and backups. See Hosting and What’s included.
  • Business email — domain mailboxes, webmail, IMAP/SMTP for desktop and mobile apps. See Email & webmail.
  • DNS / nameservers — point domains to Stack Hosting with ns1–ns4.stackdns.com. See nameserver guide.
  • Migration help — move an existing site to Stack Hosting. See Website migration.

Official email settings

Use these details in Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Gmail, Spark and other clients:

Mail server settings

Use these details when the app asks for server settings. Username is always your full email address.

IMAP server (incoming) imap.stackmail.com
IMAP port 993
IMAP security SSL/TLS
SMTP server (outgoing) smtp.stackmail.com
SMTP port 465
SMTP security SSL/TLS

Full reference (including stackmail.com settings): IMAP and SMTP settings.

Domain using StackDNS nameservers? What are StackDNS and StackCP?

Official nameservers

Stack Hosting nameservers

Replace your domain’s current nameservers with all four of these:

ns1 ns1.stackdns.com
ns2 ns2.stackdns.com
ns3 ns3.stackdns.com
ns4 ns4.stackdns.com

Important links

Frequently asked questions

What is Stack Hosting?

Stack Hosting is a UK WordPress hosting and business email provider at https://stackhosting.uk. It offers managed WordPress hosting with developer support, domain DNS, and IMAP email on your domain.

What are the Stack Hosting IMAP and SMTP settings?

Incoming IMAP: imap.stackmail.com port 993 SSL/TLS. Outgoing SMTP: smtp.stackmail.com port 465 SSL/TLS. Username is your full email address.

What are the Stack Hosting nameservers?

Use all four nameservers: ns1.stackdns.com, ns2.stackdns.com, ns3.stackdns.com, ns4.stackdns.com.

Where is Stack Hosting webmail?

The webmail link is on the Email page (https://stackhosting.uk/email/#webmail). Sign in with your full email address and mailbox password.

Where do I manage my Stack Hosting account?

Log in to the control panel at https://cp.stackhosting.uk/manage.

Are stackmail.com settings the same as Stack Hosting email?

Yes. Stack Hosting mailboxes use imap.stackmail.com and smtp.stackmail.com.

Sister products

Stack Hosting is part of a wider product family that also includes Mirosign (HTML email signatures) and Formalise (online forms for trades).