adding a new email account

Email Set-up procedure

(new and existing accounts)

Outlook Express 5

Setting up a new account

You can add your new account to Outlook Express as follows. Adding a new account will not affect your existing account. If you are doing a new installation of Outlook Express, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new email account in the new program.

on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Accounts
if you don't know the address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server, find it as follows:
- select your existing mail account from the window, and click Properties
- in the properties window, select the Servers tab
- note the name written in the Outgoing mail(SMTP). This is the address of your outgoing mail server.
click on the Add button and select Mail
enter a "Display Name" and click Next. This is the name that will appear as the From: address on your emails, so you will probably want to use either your name or your email address.
pick I already have an email address..., type in your new email address in the box, and click Next
in the Incoming mail box, type mail.ableminds.com
in the Outgoing mail box, type in the address of your ISP's outgoing mail server. It should be something like mail.earthlink.com or smtp.mindspring.com, then click Next. This information should have been provided by your ISP, or you could have found it using the steps above.
type in the account login name (this was provided by Ableminds) and password (if you want it saved) for your new account and click on Next.
click on the Finish button, and then on the Close button, and and you're done.
Outlook Express will automatically check your new account whenever it checks email.
when you want to send email from your new account, click the New Mail as usual. In the new message window, there will be a pull-down menu to let you select the From: field for this e-mail.
if you already had an existing email account, and you want to switch your new address to be your default address, click on Tools from the menu, and select Accounts. In the window, select your new email account and click on the Set as Default button.

Changing an existing email account to your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server

If you aren't currently using your ISP's outgoing mail server, you can modify Outlook Express to do so as follows. Changing the outgoing mail server will not affect your existing account, nor will it change the email address from which your mail is currently being sent.

get the server name for your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server. It should be something like mail.ISPname.com or smtp.ISPname.com. Your ISP should have provided you with this information when they set up your account.
on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Accounts
select your existing account, and click on the Properties button
click on the Servers tab
type in the name of your ISP's outgoing mail server (found above)
click Ok and you are finished

Eudora 5

Setting up a new account

You can add your new account to Eudora as follows. Adding a new account will not affect your existing account. If you are doing a new installation of Outlook Express, the steps will be basically the same to set up your new email account in the new program.

on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Personalities
if you don't know the address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server, find it as follows:
- if you are now installing Eudora, you will have to find this information from your ISP.
- if you are adding the new email address to an existing version of Eudora, right click (windows) or control click (mac) on an email account in the Personalities window (should be on the left side of of the screen), and pick Properties from the menu.
- note the address in the SMTP Server: box. This is the address of your ISP's outgoing mail server.
after noting this, click Cancel to close the window.
right click (windows) or control click (mac) on an email account in the Personalities box on the left side of the screen, and pick New from the menu.
select Create a brand new email account and click Next.
type in any name you want in the Personality Name: box, and click Next. This name will not be used in your emails, but is only for use inside Eudora to help you keep track of the accounts.
type in your name as you want it to appear in the From: field of your e-mails and click Next.
type in your new email address and click Next.
type in your account login name (this was provided by Ableminds) and click Next.
type mail.yourdomain.com substituting your domain's name for yourdomain.com, and make sure that POP is selected, then click Next.
type in the address of your outgoing mail server. It should be something like mail.earthlink.com or smtp.mindspring.com (found above), then click Next. This information should have been provided by your ISP, or you could have found it using the steps above.
click the Finish button.
if Eudora prompts you for a password, enter the password for your new e-mail account and click ok.
your new account is now set up.
when you want to send email from your new account, click the New Message button, as usual. In the new message window, you can click on the From: button, and there will be a pull-down menu to let you select the From: field for this e-mail.

Changing an existing email account to your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server

If you aren't currently using your ISP's outgoing mail server, you can modify Eudora to do so as follows. Changing the outgoing mail server will not affect your existing account, nor will it change the email address from which your mail is currently being sent.

get the server name for your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server. It should be something like mail.ISPname.com or smtp.ISPname.com. Your ISP should have provided you with this information when they set up your account.
on the menu, click on Tools, and pick Personalities
right click (windows) or control click (mac) on the email account that you are changing in the Personalities box on the left side of the screen, and pick Properties from the menu.
enter the name of your ISP's outgoing mail server in the SMTP Server box.
click Ok and you are finished.

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