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Configuring your email account

To configure your Outlook Express or any other e-mail client software, you need to know your POP3 and SMTP servers. These parameters are used by the e-mail client to connect to the e-mail server to send and receive messages.

Your POP3 server address is mail.yourdomain.com
Your SMTP server address is mail.yourdomain.com (some ISP’s block this and so you will need to contact them for your SMTP server info)

Select your e-mail client software: Outlook Express, Outlook, or Eudora.

Configuring Outlook Express

To configure this e-mail client with the POP before SMTP relay:

Open Outlook Express.
In the menu bar, go to the Tools drop-down menu and select Accounts.
On the page that shows, click Add and select Mail.
On the wizard page that shows, enter your name in the field and click Next to proceed. Note: this name will appear when you send out emails.
On the page that shows, enter your Email Address and click Next to proceed.
Note: for this example we will be using example.com to represent yourdomain.com
In the form that shows:
- Choose POP3 in the drop-down box, as your incoming server;
- Enter the Mail Server Name for both Incoming Mail and Outgoing Mail;
- Click Next to proceed.
On the page that appears:
- Make sure to enter your full email address in the Account Name field;
- Enter your password in the Password field;
- Check the Remember Password box to avoid entering it every time you check or send email if you prefer;
- Click Next to proceed.
On the page that shows, click Finish to save settings and get back to the list of email accounts.
Your outgoing mail server requires authentication. To set the SMTP authentication do the following:
- Select Accounts from the Tools drop-down menu in the menu bar;
- On the Internet Accounts window, select the newly created mail account and click Properties to edit the email settings.
On the Properties page that appears, choose the Servers tab.
Check My server requires authentication box and click Apply and OK to save settings and then close all dialog boxes.

Configuring Outlook

To configure this e-mail client with the POP before SMTP relay:

Open Outlook.
In the menu bar, go to the Tools drop-down menu and select E-mail Accounts.
On the wizard page that shows, check Add a new e-mail account and click Next.
On the page that shows, check POP3 and click Next to proceed.
In the form that shows:
- Enter your Name;
- Enter your Email Address;
- Enter the Mail Server Name for both Incoming Mail and Outgoing Mail;
- Click Next to proceed.
Note: this name will appear when you send out emails; for this example we will be using example.com to represent yourdomain.com
On the page that shows, click Finish to save settings.
Your outgoing mail server requires authentication. To set the SMTP authentication do the following:
- Select E-mail Accounts from the Tools drop-down menu in the menu bar;
- On the Window that opens check View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.
On the page that shows, select your e-mail account and click Change...
On this next window click the More Settings... button.
On the More Settings... page that appears, choose the Outgoing Server tab.
Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box and click OK to save settings and then close all dialog boxes.

Configuring Eudora

To configure this email client with the POP before SMTP relay:

Open Eudora.
In the menu bar, go to the Tools drop-down menu and select Options.
On the page that shows, select Getting Started on the left and fill in the following form:
- Real name: enter the name you would like others to see in your e-mail;
- Return address: your full e-mail address;
- Mail Server: your incoming mail server;
- Login Name: your e-mail address;
Click OK. Once you have filled these fields, Eudora will populate other settings based on your input.
Select Checking Mail on the left and fill out the form that shows:

Mail Server and Login Name: should be populated from your input on the Getting Started screen.
Check for mail every "X" minutes: determine how often Eudora will check for new mail messages when you are connected.
Send on check: allows you to send any outgoing mail messages at the time that you check for incoming mail.
Save password: check this option so you will not have to enter it each time you check your mail.

Click OK to save settings.

Select Incoming Mail on the left and check the necessary options:
- Server Configuration: must be set to POP;
- Leave mail on server: allows your e-mail to be stored on a server; Otherwise, mail can be deleted after storing for a certain amount of days or upon emptying from Eudora's Trash bin;
- Skip messages: allows you to not download messages that are of a large size;
- Offline: should not be checked;
- Authentication style: should be set to Passwords.
Click OK.
Select Sending Mail on the left.
- Return address and SMTP server: should already be completed from previous fields on the Getting Started tab;
- Domain field: can be left blank;
- Allow Authentication: this box should be check because your outgoing mail server requires authentication.
- Immediate send: allows Eudora to send messages immediately after being written, as opposed to storing them in the Outbox for you to send at a later time;
- Check Send on check to send any outgoing mail messages at the time that you check for incoming mail;
- Secure Sockets: leave the default setting;
Click OK to save settings.