Summary: This article describes Setting Up Outlook and Apple Mail to retrieve email messages sent to your Signature account email.
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Your Webmail feature provides you with an easy interface through which you can retrieve your messages. Your hosting account supports Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and the Macintosh OSX version of Apple Mail. You can configure these supported programs to retrieve and send mail through your account using either POP or IMAP.
To access your email settings you will need, log into your Control Panel, and then click Profile and Usage Summary, or select Preferences and Settings-Profile and Usage Summary. Your Profile and Usage Summary window appears.
You will require the following information from the Profile and Usage Summary window to set up a third-party email client:
Your User ID.
The domain name associated with this account.
Your incoming and outgoing Mail Server names. These two names should be the same.
Open Outlook.
Select Tools-Email Accounts. The E-mail Accounts pop up window appears.
Select Add a new e-mail account.
Click Next. The E-mail Accounts-Server Type pop up window appears.
Select POP3.
Click Next. The E-mail Accounts-Internet E-mail Settings window appears.
Type the name you want to appear in the email header records in the Your Name: field.
Type the email address associated with the user profile in the E-mail Address: field. This will be the User ID you created (or was issued to you when your account was created) and your domain name--userID@your_domain.
Type your incoming and outgoing Mail Server names in the appropriate fields. Or, copy the names from your Profile and Usage Summary window.
Type your (or the user you created) Control Panel User Name and Password in the appropriate fields.
Select Remember Password.
Click Test Account Settings.... The Test Account Settings pop up window appears, with a confirmation message. If you get an error message at this point, read the message, make the appropriate changes, and try again.
If the test was successful, click Close. The window disappears, and you can view your Internet E-mail Settings window.
Click More Settings.... The Internet E-mail Settings pop-up window appears.
Type a new mail account name in the Mail Account field, if you want. Or you can leave the default name (the mail server ID).
Click Outgoing Server. The The Outgoing Server tab appears.
If your outgoing server requires authentication, Select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox.
Click Connection. The Connection tab appears.
Select the appropriate method you want to use to connect to the Internet.
Click OK. The window disappears, and you can view your Internet E-mail Settings window.
Click Next. The E-mail Accounts window refreshes, with a confirmation message.
Click Finish. Your Outlook window appears.
Open Mail.
Select Mail-Preferences. The Mail Preferences window appears.
Click Accounts.
Click Create Account or Add Account.
Select POP from the Account Type menu.
Type a description of your account in the description field.
Click Next. The E-mail Accounts-Internet E-mail Settings window appears.
Type your mail account description in the Description field.
Type your email address in the Email Address field.
Click OK. You should be able to pop your mail at this point.