Hosting - Email Setup

Please read this Important Note First:

Please be sure to substitute your domain (the part that comes after the "@" symbol in your email address) wherever you see yourdomain.com in the instructions below.

Be sure to use your FULL email address as your user name/account. The most common problem encountered is log in problems due to using only the part of the email address before the "@" as the user name/account.

Webmail:

You may check your email from any computer in the world by going to: http://mail.yourdomain.com (substitute your domain for "yourdomain.com"). We recommend that you use "Horde". Don't forget to enter your FULL email address as your username.

Setup instructions are provided for the following email clients:

Other email clients, such as Mozilla Thunderbird are set up similarly,

For Microsoft Outlook 2007:

  1. Go to Tools>Account Settings
  2. Click on the "New..." button on the email tab.
  3. Select Microsoft Exchange, POP3IMAP or HTTP, Click Next.
  4. Check the box at the bottom of the window that says "Manually configure server settings or additional server types", Click Next
  5. Click Next (Keep the default "Internet E-Mail" selection)
  6. Enter the following (Keep the default Account Type, "POP3"):
  7. Press the "More Settings..." button
  8. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
  9. Under the Server Port Numbers, for the outgoing server, enter the number 587.
  10. Click OK, Click Next, Click Finish.

For Windows Mail (Vista)

  1. Go to Tools>Accounts
  2. Click on the "Add..." button.
  3. Click Next (Keep the default "E-mail Account" setting) .
  4. Enter your name as you would like it to appear on your emails
  5. Enter your E-mail address
  6. Enter the following (Keep the default e-mail server type, "POP3") and then click Next :
  7. Enter the following and then click next
    • Your E-mail user name; please make sure to enter the FULL email address
    • Your Password
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Ensure that your newly created account is selected and click on the "Properties" button
  10. Click on the "Advanced" tab
  11. Under the Server Port Numbers, for the outgoing server, enter the number 587.
  12. Click OK, Click Close

For Microsoft Outlook 2003:

  1. Go to Tools>Email Accounts.
  2. Select Add a new email account, Click Next.
  3. Select POP3, Click Next.
  4. Enter the following:
  5. Press the "More Settings..." button
  6. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
  7. Under the Server Port Numbers, for the outgoing server, enter the number 587.
  8. Click OK, Click Next, Click Finish.

For Outlook Express:

  1. Open outlook express
  2. Go to Tools>accounts and click on the mail tab
  3. Click on add>mail
  4. Type in your name as you wish it to appear in your mails, click next
  5. Enter the following:
  6. Click Next, Click Finish
  7. Go to Tools>Accounts and click on the mail tab.
  8. Select your account and click the "properties" button
  9. Click the "Advanced" Tab
  10. In the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) port field, enter 587
  11. Click OK, Click Close