Email Account Setup On Your Computer
In order to use email with your account, you first need to configure
your email settings (and those of your users) to send and
receive email. Please note that your email software must
support the ability to have more than one POP3 or APOP email
account.
Setup Outlook & Outlook Express
Any email software can be used to send/retrieve your email.
The instructions on this page are specific to Outlook & Outlook
Express but can be used as a tutorial for setting up your specific
email software. For directions on other email software programs,
please consult your software’s documentation.
Start your
Outlook software
Under the Menu option "Tools" select "Accounts..." -
some versions of Outlook have "settings" instead of
Accounts.
- The "Internet Accounts" popup window is displayed.
- Click
the "Add" button then "Mail..."
- The "Internet
Connection Wizard" popup window will
be displayed. In this window enter the name that will be
displayed in the "from" field when you send an
email to someone. Then click the "Next" button.
- In
the Internet Email Address window enter your email address.
This is the address of the account you are setting up. See
figure below. Then click "Next".
- The "Email
Server Names" window is then shown.
Set the incoming mail option box to POP3.
- Your incoming
mail server is your domain name without the www.
- The outgoing mail (SMTP)
server must be set to your internet service providers SMTP
server information – make sure to
use the “my outgoing mail server requires authentication” and
then in setting use “log on using” and your
ISP’s
username & password - or you can also try your domain
name without the www as the smtp server. Then click "Next".
- In
the "Internet Mail Logon" window enter your
email account name (user name) and your password – which
were provided by us.
- If you would
like your software to remember your password click on "Remember
password".
- Make sure that the Secure Password Authentication
box is not checked. Then click "Next"
- Make
sure that the "Leave a copy of message on server" is
not checked as well.
- Click the "Finish" button.
Your email software is now setup.
- Please quit your email
program and relaunch it to activate the new settings -
then click on send/receive to check your
email account.
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