Lesson 3 

Email
Configuring Your Email Client Framed | Unframed

 

 

Configuring Your Email Client to Send and Receive Email

 

All email clients require the same basic input to send and receive email.  You will need to know:

  1. Your username and password for  your ISP  (You may have more than one mailbox/ username.)
  2. E-mail address: username@ISPname.net (com or edu)   (smith@comcast.com)
  3. Incoming mail server name: mail.ISPname.net (com or edu)
  4. Outgoing mail server name: smtp*.ISPname.net (com or edu)  (*this varies)
  5. Your ISP's email type:  POP or IMAP   Hosting Provider List
  6. Your ISP's  incoming and outgoing mailserver name.  Mail Server List

 

Examples

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Outlook
Outlook

Windows


Open IE7:  Tools: Account Settings: Email tab: New

You can use the automatic method or configure the data manually.

 

 

 

  1. POP3 or IMAP  (Comcast, ATT and Sprint are POP3)

  2. Name email account:  (Give it any name to differentiate it from other accounts you may have with your name.)

  3. Email Address:  (e.g. smithj@comcast.net)

  4. Password:  (You may be asked to enter it twice.)

  5. Incoming Mail Server: (e.g.   mail.comcast.net  )

  6. Outgoing Mail Server: (e.g.   smtp.comcast.net  )

 

Apple Mail
Apple Mail

Mac

Open Apple Mail: Preferences Accounts: click plus sign (bottom left) to add new account.

You can use the automatic method or configure the data manually.

 

  1. POP3 or IMAP  (Comcast, ATT and Sprint are POP3)

  2. Name email account:  (Give it any name to differentiate it from other accounts you may have with your name.)

  3. Email Address:  (e.g. smithj@comcast.net)

  4. Password:  (You may be asked to enter it twice.)

  5. Incoming Mail Server: (e.g.   mail.comcast.net  )

  6. Outgoing Mail Server: (e.g.   smtp.comcast.net  )

 

 

 

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Centers for Teaching and Learning, San Mateo Community College District, CA USA    Updated  8/28/2008  by Sevastopoulos