Configuring Email Clients

Your Virtual Private Server supports both the POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) methods for accessing and retrieving Virtual Private Server E-Mail stored remotely. POP allows you do download E-Mail from your Virtual Private Server to your own PC. IMAP does the same, but it also allows you to create folders on the Virtual Private Server itself and save E-Mail in the folders you create.

• Accessing Virtual Private Server E-Mail Via SSL

Your Virtual Private Server also supports the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) method of relaying outgoing E-Mail from your E-Mail client through your Virtual Private Server and onward to the destination address.

There are numerous E-Mail clients (programs) available that support POP, or both POP and IMAP, and SMTP. These include:

• Netscape Communicator
• Microsoft Outlook
• Qualcomm Eudora

Client Configuration Instructions

Select the E-Mail client program you use from the list below. If you do not see your specific client program, use the generic instructions below for configuration.

• Netscape Communicator Configuration
• Microsoft Outlook Configuration
• Eudora Configuration

Generic Configuration Instructions

Configuring E-Mail 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