 Setting Up Email Accounts in Outlook Express
In Your Control Panel
The first thing to do is to set up a new
mailbox. In the main nav bar, click Mailboxes/Users. >
Click "Add User" > In the Username field, type the part of
the email address that will show up before the @ symbol. >
In the Fullname field, type the user's true name. > In the
password field, type a password. > Leave disk Quota alone.
> Do not check FTP. > Click Add.
It's possible that your account was set
up with the same userID (also called login) that you want for
your email address. If this is the case then your
mailbox is ready to go using the same password as you use for
your hosting account. You only have to set up your email
account in Outlook Express in this case.
Email Interfaces
Once your account is set up, you have 2
alternative interfaces that you can use to work with email --
web-based, or local client such as Outlook Express. To
access the web-based interface go to domain.com/squirrelmail
where domain.com is your domain. This interface works
just like Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail. The squirrelmail
interface is fully operational as soon as your account is set
up in the control Panel. A local client still requires a
bit of configuration on your end.
Outlook Express
Configuration
Click on Mailboxes/Users in the left
column main nav bar.
Click on Add User.
The Username is the part of the email
address that is before the @ symbol. Also, type your
full name or the full name of the person who will be using
this email account. Type a password (all lower case --
no spaces.) Click Add.
Do Tools > Accounts > Add >
Mail >
Type in the email address you want to use.
Incoming and outgoing mail servers are both
mail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com is the domain you're
using for your site.
Account name is your email address.
Almost done. :)
Make sure all the setting are correct by doing Tools >
Accounts > Click on the new account to highlight >
Properties.
Click on the Servers tab, and make sure your dialog looks
like this -- with "log on using secure password
authentication" NOT checked -- and with "my server requires
authentication" CHECKED.
Click the Settings button next to "my server requires
authentication," and make sure "use same settings as my
incoming mail server" is selected.
Your email account is now setup and ready to use.
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