Email Set-up procedure
(new and existing accounts)
Outlook Express 5
Eudora 5
Outlook Express 5
Setting up a new account
You can add your new account to Outlook Express as follows. Adding a new account
will not affect your existing account. If you are doing a new installation
of Outlook Express, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new
email account in the new program.
- on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Accounts
- if you don't know the address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server,
find it as follows:
- select your existing mail account from the window, and click Properties
- in the properties window, select the Servers tab
- note the name written in the Outgoing mail(SMTP). This is the
address of your outgoing mail server.
- click on the Add button and select Mail
- enter a "Display Name" and click Next. This is the name that will appear
as the From: address on your emails, so you will probably want to use
either your name or your email address.
- pick I already have an email address..., type in your new email address
in the box, and click Next
- in the Incoming mail box, type mail.ableminds.com
- in the Outgoing mail box, type in the address of your ISP's outgoing
mail server. It should be something like mail.earthlink.com or smtp.mindspring.com,
then click Next. This information should have been provided by your
ISP, or you could have found it using the steps above.
- type in the account login name (this was provided by Ableminds) and password
(if you want it saved) for your new account and click on Next.
- click on the Finish button, and then on the Close button,
and and you're done.
- Outlook Express will automatically check your new account whenever it checks
email.
- when you want to send email from your new account, click the New Mail
as usual. In the new message window, there will be a pull-down menu to let
you select the From: field for this e-mail.
- if you already had an existing email account, and you want to switch your
new address to be your default address, click on Tools from the menu,
and select Accounts. In the window, select your new email account and
click on the Set as Default button.
Changing an existing email account to your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server
If you aren't currently using your ISP's outgoing mail server, you can modify
Outlook Express to do so as follows. Changing the outgoing mail server will
not affect your existing account, nor will it change the email address
from which your mail is currently being sent.
- get the server name for your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server. It should
be something like mail.ISPname.com or smtp.ISPname.com. Your
ISP should have provided you with this information when they set up your account.
- on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Accounts
- select your existing account, and click on the Properties button
- click on the Servers tab
- type in the name of your ISP's outgoing mail server (found above)
- click Ok and you are finished
Eudora 5
Setting up a new account
You can add your new account to Eudora as follows. Adding a new account will
not affect your existing account. If you are doing a new installation
of Outlook Express, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new
email account in the new program.
- on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Personalities
- if you don't know the address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server,
find it as follows:
- if you are now installing Eudora, you will have to find this information
from your ISP.
- if you are adding the new email address to an existing version of Eudora,
right click (windows) or control click (mac) on an email account in the
Personalities window (should be on the left side of of the screen),
and pick Properties from the menu.
- note the address in the SMTP Server: box. This is the address
of your ISP's outgoing mail server.
- after noting this, click Cancel to close the window.
- right click (windows) or control click (mac) on an email account in the
Personalities box on the left side of the screen, and pick New
from the menu.
- select Create a brand new email account and click Next.
- type in any name you want in the Personality Name: box, and click
Next. This name will not be used in your emails, but is only for use
inside Eudora to help you keep track of the accounts.
- type in your name as you want it to appear in the From: field of
your e-mails and click Next.
- type in your new email address and click Next.
- type in your account login name (this was provided by Ableminds) and click
Next.
- type mail.yourdomain.com substituting your domain's name for
yourdomain.com, and make sure that POP is selected, then click
Next.
- type in the address of your outgoing mail server. It should be something
like mail.earthlink.com or smtp.mindspring.com (found above),
then click Next. This information should have been provided by your
ISP, or you could have found it using the steps above.
- click the Finish button.
- if Eudora prompts you for a password, enter the password for your new e-mail
account and click ok.
- your new account is now set up.
- when you want to send email from your new account, click the New Message
button, as usual. In the new message window, you can click on the From:
button, and there will be a pull-down menu to let you select the From:
field for this e-mail.
Changing an existing email account to your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server
If you aren't currently using your ISP's outgoing mail server, you can modify
Eudora to do so as follows. Changing the outgoing mail server will not
affect your existing account, nor will it change the email address from which
your mail is currently being sent.
- get the server name for your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server. It should
be something like mail.ISPname.com or smtp.ISPname.com. Your
ISP should have provided you with this information when they set up your account.
- on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Personalities
- right click (windows) or control click (mac) on the email account that you
are changing in the Personalities box on the left side of the screen,
and pick Properties from the menu.
- enter the name of your ISP's outgoing mail server in the SMTP Server
box.
- click Ok and you are finished.
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