Tutorial

Setting Up Your Email Client

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NOTE: For the purposes of this guide, we will be using Microsoft Outlook 2002.

1. First you will need to choose your email client that you wish to use. Windows computers come with Outlook-Express pre-installed. And MS Office has Outlook included. You can also use any variety of free clients available on the internet. Apple users will commonly use Apple Mail or Eudora. The steps are all similar.
2. Open your Email Client, and from the toolbar at the top, select Tools > Email Accounts… (See Screenshot) Click image for full size
3. Under Email Accounts Select “Add a new e-mail account”. (See Screenshot) Click image for full size
4. Your next screen will ask you to select your Server Type. For our purposes, we are using POP3. Select that option and continue. (See Screenshot) Click image for full size

Under the internet email settings window, you must input various server information. Fill it in as follows:

NOTE: on your outgoing mail server, please see our information on what to put here as this varies depending on which Internet Service Provider you are using. Click HERE.

USER INFORMATION:
Your Name: [your name]
E-Mail Address [email address]

SERVOR INFORMATION:
Incoming Mail Server (POP3): [mail.yourname.com]
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): [smtp.yourisp.com ] (Click here for a list of ISPs and their SMTP hosts)

LOGON INFORMATION:
User Name: [name@domain.com]
Password: [password]

NOTE: Your ISP may require that you use your username and password that they gave you to access their webserver. This mostly occurs when you are off their network (i.e. you are on a laptop and connecting through a wireless network that uses a different ISP) This will most often be the username and password you were given to access your email with them. You can always call them and ask them for this data.