Step 1. On the menu bar select ‘Tools’ then select ‘Accounts’.
Step 2. Select the ‘Mail’ tab. Click ‘Add’ then select ‘Mail’.
Step 3. ‘Display Name’ – Fill in your full name, this is what a recipient will see when you send them an e-mail. Press ‘Next’.
Step 4. ‘E-mail Address’ - This is your full email address, in the example shown the e-mail address is ‘account@berniemules.net’. It is specified as account@domain, so if you have the email account of ‘bob’ at the domain of ‘riscotigers.net’ then you would fill in ‘bob@riscotigers.net’. Press ‘Next’.
Step 5. Fill in the information.
5a. For ‘My incoming mail server is a '__ server’ - Select ‘POP3’.
5b. ‘Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server’ - This is specified as mail.<domain>. In the example since we have a @berniemules.net email account we have used 'mail.berniemules.net. If we had a @maldengreenwave.com address we would have used 'mail.maldengreenwave.com'.
5c. ‘Outgoing mail (SMTP) server’ - This is specified as mail.<domain>. It will be identical to the entry you have for ‘Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server’.
5d. Press ‘Next’.
Step 6. Fill in the Information.
6a. ‘Account name’– Your account name is your full email address, in the example shown the e-mail address is ‘account@berniemules.net’. It is specified as account@domain, so if you have the email account of ‘bob’ at the domain of ‘riscotigers.net’ then you would fill in ‘bob@riscotigers.net’.
6b. ‘Password’ – This is your password for your e-mail account.
6c. Press ‘Next’. Press ‘Finish’.
Step 7. Select your newly created account in the list. Press ‘Properties’.
Step 8. Select the ‘Servers’ tab. Check the box next to ‘My server requires authentication’. Press ‘OK’. Press ‘Close’. You may now begin using your new email address!
