POP3 Email setup

There are two ways to access a mailbox for sending and receiving e-mail messages:

1- Set up and use an e-mail client program on your computer. Typically, in such programs you should specify the following settings:

  • Username. In this field, specify your full e-mail address. For example, johndoe@example.com.
  • Password. Most likely, the password to your e-mail account.
  • Mail server protocol. This property defines whether you want to keep copies of messages on the server or not. To keep the copies on the server, select the IMAP option. If you do not want to keep them on the server, select POP3. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on e-mail messages you receive, if SpamAssassin is enabled on the server.
  • Incoming mail server (POP3/IMAP). Type your domain name. For example, example.com. The POP3 port is 110. The IMAP port is 143.
  • Outgoing mail server (SMTP). Type your domain name. For example, example.com. The SMTP port is 25. This server requires authentication.

To get detailed instructions on configuring popular e-mail clients to work with your mailbox, see subsections of this section.

2- Use a web browser to connect to the webmail interface. ( http://webmail.yoursite.com )

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Access from Microsoft Office Outlook

To set up Microsoft Office Outlook 2010:

  1. Open Microsoft Office Outlook.
  2. Go to File > Info > Add Account.
  3. Select the checkbox Manually configure server settings or additional server types. Click Next.

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  4. Select the Internet E-mail option and click Next.

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  5. Specify the following:
    • Your name.
    • Your e-mail address.
    • Account type. If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select the IMAP option. If you do not want to keep any messages on the server, select the POP3 option. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on e-mail messages you receive, if SpamAssassin is enabled on the server.
    • Incoming mail server. Type your domain name. For example, example.com.
    • Outgoing mail server (SMTP). Type your domain name. For example, example.com.
    • User Name. Specify your full e-mail address. Example: johndoe@example.com.
    • Password. Most likely, this password coincides with the password you use for logging in to Panel.
    • Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA). Leave this option cleared.

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  6. Click More Settings, open the Outgoing Server tab and check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.

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  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Finish.

Access from Microsoft Outlook Express

The instructions provided in this section were verified against Microsoft Outlook Express 6. They might not work with earlier or later versions of Microsoft Outlook Express.

To set up Microsoft Outlook Express:

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook Express.
  2. Go to Tools > Accounts.
  3. Click the Add button and select the Mail item.
  4. Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send, and click Next.

  5. Type your e-mail address, and click Next.

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  6. Specify the following settings:
    • Protocol of your incoming mail server.

      If you want to keep copies of messages on the server, select the IMAP option. If you do not want to keep any messages on the server, select the POP3 option. Selecting IMAP will also allow you to train the SpamAssassin spam filter on e-mail messages you receive, if SpamAssassin is enabled on the server.

    • Incoming mail server. Specify your website’s Internet address.
    • Outgoing mail server. Specify your website’s Internet address.

  7. Click Next.
  8. Specify the following:
    • Your account name. Type your e-mail address in the Account name box.
    • Your password. Most likely, this password coincides with the password you use for logging in to the Panel.
    • Remember password checkbox. Leave it selected if you do not want to be prompted to enter password each time your e-mail program connects to the mail server to check for new mail, and click Next.

  9. To complete setting up your e-mail program, click Finish.

 

Access from Apple Mail

The instructions provided in this section were verified against Apple Mail 3.6 (Leopard). They might not work with earlier or later versions of Apple Mail.

To set up Apple Mail:

  1. Run Apple Mail.

    If you run it for the first time and do not have any mail accounts configured in it, skip the next step: Apple Mail will take you directly to creating one.

  2. Open the Adding Mail Account wizard:
    1. Click Mail > Preferences….
    2. Select the Accounts tab.
    3. Click the + button at the bottom left corner.
  3. Enter the account information:
    • Your full name
    • Your full e-mail address
    • The password you use to log in to the Panel.

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  4. Click Continue.
  5. Fill in the following incoming mail server information:
    • Account Type: select whether you want to use IMAP or POP protocol.

      We recommend selecting IMAP if you use SpamAssassin as a spam filtering solution: IMAP account is a requirement for SpamAssassin learning which messages are spam and which are not.

    • Incoming Mail Server: type in the name of domain which serves your mail (which follows the @ sign in your e-mail address).
    • User Name: enter your full e-mail address.
    • Password: leave it auto-completed (Apple Mail takes it from the previous step).

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  6. Click Continue.
  7. (Optional) Specify the incoming mail security options:
    1. Select the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) checkbox.
    2. Select the authentication method.

      Keep the default method if you are not sure which to select.

    Apple Mail displays this setup screen only if a mail server bundled with Panel supports SSL for the selected account type (POP or IMAP).

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  8. Click Continue.
  9. Fill in the following outgoing mail server information:
    • Outgoing Mail Server: type in the name of domain which serves your mail (which follows the @ sign in your e-mail address).
    • Use only this server: selected.
    • Use Authentication: selected.
    • User Name: enter your full e-mail address.
    • Password: leave it auto-completed (Apple Mail takes it from the previous step).

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  10. Click Continue.

    Apple Mail displays overall description of the mail account that is going to be created.

  11. Select the Take account online checkbox and click Create.

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