Microsoft Outlook 2007
In order to send and receive email using Microsoft Outlook 2007, you need to setup your account as described below -
- Start Microsoft Outlook 2007. Click the Tools menu and select Account Settings...
- On the E-mail tab, click New...
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
- Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
- E-mail Address: Enter your full email address (user@somedomainname.com).
- Password: Enter your email password.
- Manually configure server settings or additional server types: Select this check box and click Next.
- On the prompt to Choose E-mail Service, select Internet E-mail to connect to your POP, IMAP, or HTTP server to send and receive e-mail messages. Click Next.
- In the Internet E-mail Settings dialog, verify your User Information and enter the following additional details:
- Server Information
- Account Type: Select POP3 or IMAP
- Incoming & Outgoing mail server: You can obtain this information from your Webmail interface and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com. Here, you would need to login with your email address and the corresponding password
- Logon Information
- User Name: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave this option unchecked.
- Click More Settings... and select Outgoing Server
- Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and ensure that the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected.
- Click OK and then Next
Outlook Express
Follow the steps detailed below to use Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 to send/receive emails from your Email account.
- Start Outlook Express 6.0. On the Tools menu, click Accounts...
- In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then click Mail...
- In the Display name box, type the name that you would like others to see when you send a message and then click Next.
- In the E-mail address box, type the email address for the account that you are using (for example, user@somedomainname.com) and then click Next.
- Under E-mail Server Names, click the appropriate incoming e-mail server type POP3/IMAP (Post Office Protocol version 3 [POP3] is the default type)
- Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: Login to the web-based mail interface which will be at a URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com and go to Settings >> Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings to get this information.
- Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: Specify your outgoing mail server as the one mentioned in your web-based mail interface at http://webmail.yourdomainname.com under Settings >> Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings . Once this is done, click Next.
- Now, type your complete email address and password in the respective fields and click Next.
- The following window will display the success message - Congratulations, you have successfully entered all of the information required to set up your account. To save these settings, click Finish.
- Open the Internet Accounts dialog box referring to steps 1 and 2. In the Mail view, you will see the Account you have just added. Now you need to click Properties.
- Under the Servers tab, you need to check the checkbox My server requires authentication placed under Outgoing Mail Server. Once this is done, click Apply.
Mozilla Thunderbird
In order to send and receive email using Mozilla Thunderbird, you need to setup your account as described below -
- Start Thunderbird, go to the File menu and click New -> Account
- In the Account Wizard dialog box, select Email account and then click Next
- Enter your name as you would like it to appear for any mail that you send, and your complete email address (user@somedomainname.com)
- Select the type of incoming server you are using as either POP / IMAP.
- Login to your Webmail account. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the formhttp://webmail.yourdomainname.com. Here, you would need to login with your email address and the corresponding password. Go toSettings >> Forwarding and POP / IMAP Settings to obtain the corresponding incoming server name. Enter the Incoming Mail Server name and the Outgoing Server name in the corresponding boxes and click Next.
- Enter your full email address as the Incoming User Name and your Outgoing User Name and click Next
- In the Account Name box, you can enter any name that would help you identify this mailbox and click Next.
- Verify your account information and click Finish.
