
Email Configuration
To configure email in
Mozilla Thunderbird:
- Start
Thunderbird and either follow the install wizard or go to the tools drop-down menu and select
accounts.
- Click "add
account".
- Enter the
name you would like your messages to appear from
- Enter your
email address.
- You can
setup either POP or IMAP mail service, the settings are very similar. For the example we will use
POP.
- Enter the
mail server address, which is either mail.domainname.com or the direct mail server
address.
- Your
incoming username will be your full email address.
- The program
will prompt you for the email password, the first time it tries to connect.
To configure email in
Outlook Express:
- Start Outlook
Express and either follow the install wizard or go to the tools drop-down menu and select
accounts.
- Click "add" and
select mail.
- When the wizard
starts, enter the name you would like your messages to appear from.
- On the page that
shows, enter your email address and click next to proceed.
- In the drop-down
box, choose POP3 as your incoming server.
- Enter the mail
server name for both incoming mail and outgoing mail.
- Make sure to enter
the full email address in the account name field.
- Enter the mailbox
password in the password field.
- Check the remember
password box to avoid entering it every time you check or send email.
- Click finish to
save settings.
To configure email in
Outlook 2003:
- Start Outlook 2003
and either follow the install wizard or go to the tools drop-down menu and select
accounts.
- Select to setup
POP3.
- Enter the name you
would like your messages to appear from.
- Enter your email
address.
- Enter your full
email address for your user name
- Enter your account
password.
- Enter the mail
server address, which is either mail.domainname.com or the direct mail server address for both the incoming
mail and outgoing mail.
- Click more
settings and then outgoing server.
- Select my outgoing
(SMTP) server requires authentication.
- Then select the
very last option to log on to incoming server before sending mail.
- Click ok to more
settings.
- Test the
connection to see if you get everything is setup correctly.
- Click finish to
save settings.
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