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chebeague.net e-mail set-up procedures
Outlook and Outlook Express
Eudora
Outlook and Outlook Express
Setting up a new account
You can add your new account to Outlook or Outlook Express as follows. The
steps may vary somewhat depending on the version you're using. Adding a new account
will not affect your existing account, if you should choose to keep it. If you are doing a new installation
of Outlook, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new
e-mail account in the new program.
| on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Accounts |
| 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 e-mails, so you will probably want to use
either your name or your e-mail address. |
| type in your new e-mail address
in the box (for example islander@chebeague.net), and click Next
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| in the Incoming mail box, type mail.chebeague.net |
| in the Outgoing mail box, type mail.chebeague.net
and click Next |
| type in the account name,
same as your e-mail address (for example: islander@chebeague.net) and the password
you have chosen (if you want it saved) for your new account and click on Next.
Do NOT click on the box that says "Log on using Secure Password
Authentication (SPA)" |
| click on the
Next and then the Finish button. |
| click on Properties and then Servers. Click on the box
that says "My server requires authentication" and leave a check mark. |
| click on Settings (to the right of the box you just checked) and
confirm that "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" is selected |
| click OK and click Advanced |
| put a check mark next to "Leave a copy of message on server" and the two
check boxes below it (Remove after -5- days, and Remove from server when
deleted) |
| click OK and then on the Close button,
and you're done. |
| Outlook will automatically check your new account whenever it checks
e-mail. |
| when you want to send e-mail 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 e-mail 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 e-mail account and
click on the Set as Default button. |
Eudora
Setting up a new account
You can add your new account to Eudora as follows. The steps may vary
somewhat depending on the version you're using. Adding a new account
will not affect your existing account, if you should choose to keep it. If you are doing a new installation
of Eudors, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new
e-mail account in the new program.
| on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Personalities |
| right click (windows) or control click (mac) on an e-mail account in the
Personalities box on the left side of the screen, and pick New
from the menu. |
| select Create a brand new e-mail account and click Next.
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| type in any name you want in the Personality Name: box, and click
Next. This name will not be used in your e-mails, 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 e-mail address (for example
islander@chebeague.net) and click Next.
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| type in your account login name (for example,
islander) and click
Next. |
| type mail.chebeague.net , and make sure that POP is selected, then click
Next. |
| type mail.chebeague.net in the address of your outgoing mail server,
then click Next. |
| click the Finish button. |
| if Eudora prompts you for a password, enter the password you selected for your new e-mail
account and click ok. |
| your new account is now set up. |
| when you want to send e-mail 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. |
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