Smarter Mail Accounts
NOTE: If you Access your Email Control Panel as: http://Mail.YourDomain.com OR If you have an email address @fnol.net Then these are the correct Instructions. If you are Unsure you can test this by going to http://mail.YourDomain.com (Where YourDomain.com is your actual Domain) If you get a “Smarter Mail” Login Page then your email is using the Smarter Mail server and these are the correct Instructions.
These instructions assume you have already setup your user/email account in the server control panel.
This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2003 ® to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.
#1. In Microsoft Outlook, from the E-mail Accounts menu, select Tools.
#2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
#3. For your server type, select POP3 and then click Next.
#4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3/IMAP) window, enter your information as follows:
Your Name: Your first and last name or Whatever Name you want people who get your emails to see.
E-mail Address: The email address you are setting up. Example: [email protected]
User Name: The email address you are setting up. Example: [email protected]
Password: The Password for the email user you are setting up (same as the pass you set for this user on the server)
Incoming mail server (POP3): mail.YourDomain Example: mail.example.com (if your domain was example.com)
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.YourDomain Example: mail.example.com (if your domain was example.com)
Click More Settings.
#5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, go to the Outgoing Server tab.
Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
#6. Click OK.
#7, Click Next.
#8. Click Finish.
#9. Test by clicking the Send/Receive Button at the top of the page. If you do not get any errors then you have successfully connected to the mail server. You can also send a test email and after received a reply to it. NOTE: In Windows XP and Vista, you can send an email to yourself. If you do get an error when sending or receiving emails. Click on the Tools tab/menu (top of page), click Accounts. Highlight the account you just set up and then click on the Settings button on the right, and double-check all settings.