Note: pop.yourdomain is the example for your email server. Place in pop.<your website name>
For example: support@sbwh.com would have a mail sever (incoming and outgoing) as pop.sbwh.com
To change your mail settings:
- Go to Tools >> Accounts...
- Highlight your mail account and click properties
- Click the Servers Tab
To add smtp outgoing authentication:
- Go to Tools >> Accounts...
- Highlight your mail account and click properties
- Click the Servers Tab
- Make sure My Server requires authentication IS checked ON
- Click settings
- Choose Use same settings as my incoming mail server and click OK twice
To add a new email account (first time use):
- Upon opening Windows Mail for the first time, a wizard will automatically start
- Enter your Name
- Click Next
- Enter the email address for the account
- Click Next
- Leave the incoming e-mail server type as POP3
- Enter your incoming mail server (e.g.: pop.yourdomain.com)
- Enter your outgoing mail server (e.g.: smtp.yourdomain.com)
- Check "Outgoing server requires authentication"
- Click Next
- Enter your email address again for the E-mail username
- Enter your password
- Click Next
- If you do not wish for mail to start downloading immediately, check the "Do not download..." check box
- Click Finish
To add an email account to an already set Windows Mail client:
- Go to Tools >> Accounts... >> Add...
- Highlight E-Mail account
- Click Next
- Follow the instructions for first time use
If you need to use a non standard SMTP port due to your ISP blocking port 25...
- Click settings
- Click the advanced tab
- change outgoing mail (SMTP) from 25 to 2525
- Click Apply, OK, and Close.
Your email should now be setup