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, [email protected]), and 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 servers incoming and outgoing (usually they are: mail.your-domain.com), and click Next >.
- Type your e-mail address in the Account name box (for example: [email protected]).
- 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.
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, [email protected]. 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.your-domain.com), and click Next >.
- In the Incoming User Name box, specify your full e-mail address (for example, [email protected]), 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.
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.yourdomainname.com, where "yourdomainname.com" is the name of your domain
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - Enter mail.yourdomainname.com, where "yourdomainname.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
