Setting up e-mail for UN web hosting - Apple Mac

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Setting up e-mail for UN web hosting - Apple Mac

The following instructions are for setting up your e-mail account in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.02 on an Apple Mac.

Before you can begin to set up your e-mail account you will need to find out some settings information.

To send e-mail from your computer you use an outgoing mailserver that uses SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to move your email from one server to another. If you think of your outgoing mailserver as a post box when you send an e-mail it is posted there and then delivered to the mailbox for that e-mail address.

To set up a new e-mail account:

  1. Open up Microsoft Outlook Express. Go to Tools >> Accounts, a pop up window will appear.

  2. Click on the 'New' button. A new pop-up window will appear for the set up wizard.

  3. Enter the name you would like to appear in the 'FROM' field of e-mails you send. Click 'Next'.

  4. Check the first radio button 'I already have an e-mail that I'd like to use' and enter an email address that you would like people to see when they are replying to your e-mails e.g. anything@yourdomain.com . Click 'Next'

  5. The top line should read 'My incoming mailserver is a POP3 server'.
    In the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server' field enter the 'POP3 (incoming) Hostname' supplied in your set up e-mail i.e. www.yourdomain.com
    In the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' field enter smtp.lcn.biz.

  6. In the 'Account name:' field enter the 'Username' supplied in your set up e-mail e.g. mail@yourdomain.com
    In the 'Password:' field enter the 'Password' supplied in your set up e-mail e.g. yourpassword
    Check the 'Remember password' box unless you want to enter your Username and Password every time you receive e-mail Click 'Next'

  7. Finally enter a name for your new account and click 'Finish' the wizard pop-up window will close and your new e-mail account will appear in the 'Internet Accounts' window click 'Close'. Your e-mail account is now set up.

If at any time you need to change any of the settings go to Tools >> Accounts >> click Mail tab >> select the e-mail account that you want to alter and either double click it or click the 'Edit' button.