Setting Up Your E-mail Program for Retrieving Mail from Your Mailbox

To set up Microsoft Outlook Express:

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook Express.
  2. Go to Tools > Accounts.
  3. Click the Mail tab to open a list of your mail accounts.
  4. Click the Add > button and select the Mail item.
  5. Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send, and click Next >.
  6. Type your e-mail address and click Next >.
  7. Select the protocol of your incoming mail server.
  8. Specify the mail domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail server (for example: mail.your-domain.com), and click Next >.
  9. Type your e-mail address in the Account name box (for example: your.name@your-domain.com).
  10. Type your password.
  11. Leave the Remember password box checked, if you do not wish 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 >.
  12. To complete setting up your e-mail program, click Finish.

To set up Mozilla Thunderbird:

  1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
  2. Go to Tools > Account Settings
  3. Click Add Account. The Account Wizard will open.
  4. Leave the Email account option selected, and click Next >.
  5. Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send.
  6. Type your e-mail address.

    For example, your.name@your-domain.com. Click Next >.

  7. Select the protocol of your incoming mail server.
  8. Specify the mail domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail server (for example: mail.your-domain.com), and click Next >.
  9. In the Incoming User Name box, specify your full e-mail address (for example, your.name@your-domain.com), and click Next >.
  10. Enter the name by which you would like to refer to this account (for example, Work Account) and click Next >.
  11. Verify that the information you entered is correct, and click Finish.
  12. Click OK to close the Account Settings wizard.