Setting up your email client (outlook, eudora, mail, etc)
For detailed instructions on how to set up your desktop email client please click the Read More link below:Eggplant Active Media Email Instructions
Web Based Email
If you check your email from multiple locations and don't always have access to the same computer, sometimes it's helpful to check your mail via the web. This allows you to send and receive email, while leaving your mail on the sever for you to download at a later point. If you use IMAP when you connect with your own computer, you will find that your email folders are the same on the web and on your machine.
To access the webmail, point your browser at:
https://mail.eggplantmedia.com
Here you will see the login screen for IMP, the webmail program. You will need to enter your email address and password. Note that your user name is your complete email address ie: arthur@eggplantmedia.com
From here, you will be presented with a list of your emails and email folders. You can browse your mail, compose and send messages, and sort mail into different folders.
Configuring Email Clients
Outlook Express PC
Configuring Outlook Email for using SSL
IF you already have an existing account, replace figures 1, 2, and 3 with the following steps:
- Open outlook
- From the Tools menu select E-mail accounts
- Choose View or Change Existing accounts and click Next
- Select the account that you wish to modify and click Change
- See Figure 4
When you open outlook for the first time (Figure 1)
Click Next
Email Accounts (Figure 2)
Select Yes and then click Next
Server Type (Figure 3)
Select the type of Email you would like and then click next. You need to choose IMAP or POP.
Which one should you choose?
Choose IMAP if you have a fast connection, use lots of different computers and always want all the machines that access your email to have the same folders.
Choose POP if you have dial up, want to be able to edit your email offline, or are not concerned about different machines having different folders of your mail.
IMAP/POP3 demonstration window (Figure 4)
Your Name: This is the name that will display in the "From" field when people recieve email from you.
Email Address: This is the email address that the email will originate from
User Name: This is your email address. For example, if your email address was arthur@eggplantmedia.com that is what you'd put in this field.
Password: This is your password
Incoming Mail Server: This is the server that supplies email. Use mail.eggplantmedia.com
Outgoing Mail Server: This is the server that sends mail. Your ISP will supply you with one which is probably smtp.yourisp.com. If you like, you can use Eggplant Active Media's mail server: mail.eggplantmedia.com
More Settings (Figure 5)
Incoming Mail Sever: Select port 993 for IMAP or 995 for POP
This server requires a secure connection (SSL): you need to make sure this box is checked.
Outgoing Mail Sever: If you are using Eggplant Active Media's outgoing mail server, use port 25. If your ISP blocks port 25, you will need to use their relay.
This server requires a secure connection (SSL): If you are using Eggplant Active Media's outgoing mail server, you will need to have this checked. If you are using your ISP, please contact them.
(Figure 6)
Posted by jason at January 19, 2005 08:39 PM