Setting up Email:
1. Create your email addresses:
Before your email will work, you need to click on the "Administer Email
Accounts" link in the Website Control Panel to create your addresses. Instructions are below.
Example: Let's say we are setting up john@yourname.com:
Email Address: john @yourname.com
Unique Login ID: john2 (see below)
Password: something-hard-to-guess
Why did we enter "john2" as the Unique Login ID?
Every address has its own Unique Login ID on the shared server. The simplest Unique Login ID would have been john.
However if "john" is already in use on the server, then simply change
the Unique Login ID -- for example use john2 even though you'll
still send and receive email as john@yourname.com.
The Unique Login ID is only used within your email software settings (like Outlook or Thunderbird), usually directly above where you type your password. More details are below.
2. Setup your email software
(Outlook, Eudora, Thunderbird etc.):
This setup info is for Outlook Express, but the configurations are the same for all email software.
Note: we recommend choosing the POP3 option if asked
1. Start Outlook Express, and on the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. Click Add, and then click Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.
3. On the Your Name page of the wizard, type your name as you want it to appear to everyone who gets e-mail from you, and then click Next.
4. On the Email Server Names page, use:
Incoming mail server: mail.yourname.com
"mail.yourname.com" should be your
own domain name with "mail." in front.
Outgoing mail (SMTP)
server: mail.yourname.com
(or use your ISP's SMTP server, see below)
If you use mail.yourname.com be sure to require authentication using same login as your incoming server as described Here
If you use your ISP's SMTP then contact them for the proper outgoing mail (SMTP) settings. Your ISP is who connects you to the Internet (dial-up, DSL, cable). Using your local ISP's SMTP server is the fastest way to send email, and it
can also prevent potential errors and delays (some ISPs give a "Relaying
Denied" error when you send mail unless you use their SMTP server).
5. On the Internet Mail Logon page, use:
Account Name (or Login Name):
Your Unique Login ID
This is usually just the first part of your email address. For example,
if your address is john@yourname.com, your username is usually just john.
If not, then use the Unique Login ID listed for that address in
"Administer Email Accounts" in your Control Panel.
Password: The
password you created
Click Next and Finish, and that's it!
You are ready to use your new email addresses.
Note: you can set Outlook to leave email messages on the server as well as download them to your computer. In Outlook this is under Tools -> Accounts -> (double click the Account) -> then click the Advanced tab. Keep an eye on your disk quota in the Control Panel and if it is approaching its limit you will want to remove the messages from the server, and back them up from your computer to a disk.
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