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#Click the '''Windows Start''' button. | #Click the '''Windows Start''' button. |
Latest revision as of 11:56, 7 November 2016
You can setup a POP or IMAP email account directly from your desktop if you are a HostPath customer.
- Click the Windows Start button.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click the Mail icon.
(For some versions of Windows you may have to go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Mail.)
- Click Email Accounts.
- Click New...
- Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types.
- Click Next.
- Select POP or IMAP.
- Click Next.
- Enter the user's name in the Your Name field.
- Enter the user's email address in the Email Address field.
IMAP
(Scroll past the next screenshot to view POP steps.)
- From the Account Type dropdown list, select IMAP.
- In the Incoming mail server field, enter imap.yourdomainname.com
- In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter smtp.yourdomainname.com
- In the User Name field, enter a user name for the user.
- In the Password field, enter a password.
- Click Next.
Review the tabs to make sure your settings are applied and then click OK or Done (depending on your version of Windows) to finish.
POP
- From the Account Type dropdown list, select POP3.
- In the Incoming mail server field, enter imap.yourdomainname.com
- In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field, enter smtp.yourdomainname.com
- In the User Name field, enter a user name for the user.
- In the Password field, enter a password.
- Click Next.
Review the tabs to make sure your settings are applied and then click OK or Done (depending on your version of Windows) to finish.