Executive and Corporate (E&C) Technical Support: Configuring Email Clients
Configuring Email Clients
Your E&C Server supports both the POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol)
methods for accessing and retrieving E&C Server E-Mail stored remotely. POP allows you do download E-mail from the
E&C Server to your own PC. IMAP does the same, but it also allows you to create folders on the E&C
Server itself and save e-mail in the folders you create.
Your E&C Server also supports the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) method of relaying outgoing E-mail
from your E-mail client through your E&C Server and onward to the destination E-mail address.
NOTE: All E&C Servers now include the
SMTP-Auth anti-spam configuration. If you plan to use your E&C Server as an SMTP relay for your
outgoing E-mail you must first configure your E-mail client to use SMTP-Auth. Instructions are included below. |
There are numerous E-mail clients (programs) available that support POP, or both POP and IMAP, and SMTP. These include:
Client Configuration Instructions
Select the email client program you use from the list below. If you do not see your specific client program,
use the generic instructions below for configuration.
Generic Configuration Instructions
Configuring email settings may be different from program to program, but all E-mail programs require the same basic
pieces of information. Here we list the different items required by most E-mail programs, and the proper way to configure
them. If you have difficulty figuring out how to configure your particular client program, please consult the documentation
that came with that program, or contact the software manufacturer.
POP mail
There are a few different methods (also known as protocols) for checking email. POP (Post Office
Protocol) is the most commonly used method, particulary when using an E-mail client.
Email Address
This is often listed as POP account or IMAP Account, return address, or reply address, and some
programs may request this more than once. In every case, however, this is simply your username at your host domain
(for example, username@YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME.)
Username
Also often called POP ID or Account Name, this is your username.
Password
This is the password associated with your username. Some programs do not ask for the password until you check your mail.
Incoming Mail Server
There are a number of different ways this may be phrased, but it is referring to the domain name where your mail is
stored. Your mail is stored on your Server, so you should enter your Host domain name
Outgoing SMTP Server
This may also be expressed differently, but it is asking for the domain name of your SMTP
server, or the server you use to send email. This should be your Host domain name. Your SMTP server should be set
to allow SMTP-Auth
