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5.4 E-mail
Setting up an E-mail Account
Before you set up your Internet e-mail account, please ensure that you have the
necessary information from your e-mail service provider. The kind of information you'll
need to have ready is tabulated below. Use this as a check-list before proceeding with
the account set-up.
Setting
User name
Password
Domain
Server type
Account name
Network
Incoming mail server
Require SSL
connection
Outgoing mail server
Outgoing server
requires authentica-
tion
Outgoing server
settings
Use different user
name for outgoing
server
Description
Usually the first part of your e-mail address, which appears before the "at" sign (@). For
some e-mail service providers, the full e-mail address is used as the user name.
Choose a strong password. You will have the option to save your password, so that you do
not need to enter it each time you connect to your e-mail server.
The domain name. This may not always be required.
The type of e-mail server that hosts your mailbox (POP3 or IMAP4).
A friendly name for this account (e.g. "My Webmail"). You must use a different name for
each account that you set up.
The type of network your e-mail server connects to (e.g. Work or The Internet).
The name of your e-mail server (POP3 or IMAP4).
Select this to ensure you always receive e-mail for this account using an SSL connection.
This enables you to receive personal information more securely. Please note that if you
select this and your ISP does not support an SSL connection, you will not be able to
connect to receive e-mail.
The name of your outgoing e-mail server (SMTP).
Your outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) may require authentication. Note: unless otherwise
specified in the next section, your previously given user name and password will be used
for authenticating against the outgoing e-mail server.
Your outgoing e-mail server may require different authentication settings than your
incoming e-mail server.
A checkbox that lets you enter separate settings for your outgoing e-mail server.
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