Setting up an Email Account

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1. Click the Communications, Email menu.

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Any existing accounts will be displayed.

2. Click the New Account tab.

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The New Account window is displayed.

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The fields used to describe an email account are:

  • Account Name - Specifies your email account name – usually the same as your email address to the left of the @ sign.
  • Email Address - Specifies the email address you use to receive and send messages.
  • Username - The "friendly" name associated with your email address
  • Password - The password assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider. For security the actual characters are not displayed.
  • Server Type - Select POP3 or IMAP.
  • Incoming Email Server - Specifies your server for incoming messages. You can get this information from your Internet Service Provider or LAN Administrator.
  • Outgoing SMTP server - Specifies your server for outgoing messages. You can get this information from your Internet Service Provider or LAN Administrator.
  • Set as Default Mail Account - Specifies the default account.
  • Requires Outgoing Authentication - Specifies that the system must first log you on to the mail server.

In order to send or read from your email account, you must first open the email account.

3. Click in the Account name

The email messages stored on this email server are displayed.

If you are using an IMAP email service, the folder on the server used to store your email will be displayed on the left of the window. These folders do not exist using a POP3 account.

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