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How to set up your e-mail
Whether you choose to use an e-mail client bundled with a web browser or
to use a stand-alone application, you still need to configure it (give the program certain bits of information)
so that it knows how to find and send your e-mail messages. There are excellent handouts available from ITS on
campus showing step-by-step how to configure Netscape's bundled e-mail client.
If, however, you choose to use a different program, the following instructions
can be used. Since many e-mail programs differ, these instructions will strive to cover the general steps needed
to successfully set up an e-mail client.
- Find the Preferences in the program. (The Preferences choice is often in either the File
or Edit menus in the top menubar, and in some clients the Preferences is also called Settings.)
- Once you have opened the Preferences, a box should open where you can enter information. The important
information needed to correctly configure an e-mail client consists of three parts: Incoming mail server
(also known as the POP server), outgoing mail server (also known as the SMTP server), and
the reply-to address.
- Find the part in the Preferences that asks for the names of these servers.
- If you are getting and receiving your e-mail through campus, find the box asking for the Incoming mail server
(or POP) and enter kirk.avc.edu.
- Find the box asking for the Outgoing mail server (or SMTP) and enter kirk.avc.edu.
- Find the box asking for the reply-to address and check to see if it already has your return e-mail address
in it. Most e-mail clients can automatically set this information once the servers are known. If the box is not
filled in, then enter your e-mail address. It will be in the form of your first initial, last name @ avc.edu.
Example: Joe Cool's address would be jcool@avc.edu.
- That's it! You can always try to send yourself an e-mail message to see if have correctly configured the client.
If you are using an ISP instead of using AVC's mail server, then the ISP will supply you with the necessary information
to access its mail servers.
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