How to download mail
using another email program
To set up
Microsoft Outlook Express:
- Open Microsoft Outlook
Express.
- Go to Tools
> Accounts.
- Click the Mail
tab to open a list of your mail accounts.
- Click the Add
> button and select the Mail
item.
- Enter your name as you
want it to appear in any messages you send, and
click Next >.
- Type your e-mail
address created through Plesk (for example,
your.name@wrhs67.com), and click Next >.
- Select the protocol of
your incoming mail server, POP3 or IMAP. (what
is the difference?)
- Specify the mail
servers incoming and outgoing (usually they are:
mail.wrhs67.com), and click Next >.
- Type your e-mail
address in the Account name box
(for example: your.name@wrhs67.com).
- Type your password.
This should be the password that you specified
during creation of the mailbox through Plesk.
- 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 >.
- To complete setting up
your e-mail program, click Finish.
- Go to Tools
> Accounts. Click the
Mail tab and double click the account
you just added (mail.your-domain.com)
- Click the
Servers tab, check "My server
requires authentication," and click the
Settings button.
- Click "Use
same settings as my incoming mail server."
- Click OK,
and OK again.
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To Set Up Your
E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook
In Microsoft Outlook, select
Tools > E-mail Accounts
On the E-mail Accounts wizard
window, select "Add a new e-mail account"
and click Next
For your server type, select "POP3"
and click Next
On the Internet E-mail
Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as
follows:
Your Name -
Enter your first and last name.
E-mail Address
- Enter your e-mail address.
User Name
-Enter your e-mail address, again.
Password
-Enter the password you set up for your e-mail
account.
Incoming mail server
(POP3) -Your incoming server is mail.wrhs67.com,
where "wrhs67.com" is the name of your domain
Outgoing mail server
(SMTP) - Enter mail.wrhs67.com,
where "wrhs67.com" is the name of your domain
Click Next
On the Internet E-mail
Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server"
tab
Check "My outgoing
server (SMTP) requires authentication"
Select "Use same
setting as my incoming mail server"
Click OK,
Next, and Finish
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To set up
Mozilla Thunderbird:
- Open Mozilla
Thunderbird.
- Go to Tools
> Account Settings
- Click Add
Account. The Account Wizard will open.
- Leave the
Email account option selected, and
click Next >.
- Enter your name as you
want it to appear in any messages you send.
- Type your e-mail
address that you created through Plesk.
For example, your.name@wrhs67.com.
Click Next >.
- Select the protocol of
your incoming mail server.
Although Plesk supports
both POP3 and IMAP protocols, we recommend that
you select IMAP because this leaves your e-mail
on the mail server so that it can later be
accessed from other locations and by other
methods, for example, browser based Webmail.
- Specify the mail
domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail
server (for example: mail.wrhs67.com), and click
Next >.
- In the Incoming User
Name box, specify your full e-mail address (for
example, your.name@wrhs67.com), and click
Next >.
- Enter the name by
which you would like to refer to this account
(for example, Work Account) and click
Next >.
- Verify that the
information you entered is correct, and click
Finish.
- Click OK
to close the Account Settings wizard.
- Click Tools
> Account settings
- Select "Outgoing
Server (SMTP) at the bottom of the list
on the left side.
- Choose the email
address you just added from the list on the
right side. Click Edit.
- Check Use name
and password and type in the email
address for User name.
- Click OK and OK.
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