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Checking email with Outlook 2000.
1. To begin, start Outlook, go to the Tools menu and select Accounts.
2. Click the Add button, and select Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.
3. Fill in your name. This is the name that will appear in the From: line of your e-mail. Click the Next button.
4. Type your e-mail address in the E-mail address field. Click the Next button.
5. * Select IMAP for the incoming mail server type.
* Incoming mail (IMAP) server: mail.yourdomain.com
* Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mail.yourdomain.com
6. Type your 'Account name' and 'Password' in the provided spaces. The password is password that you set for the account in your control center. Click the Next button.
7. Select Connect using my phone line if you're using a dial-up ISP connection, or Connect using my local area
network (LAN) if you are connected via broadband like DSL or Cable modem. Then click the Next button.
8. Once your initial configuration is complete, you'll see the following screen. Click the Finish button.
Edit Settings
1. Highlight the account and click the Properties button.
GENERAL TAB
This tab contains the basic information for your e-mail account.
Mail Account - You can put whatever you wish in this field. If you have more than one e-mail account, you can put a more descriptive name, like your e-mail address, here. It makes it easier to identify each individual account.
User Information:
* Name
Put the name that you want people to see on your e-mail in this box.
* Organization
You can fill in your company name or leave this blank if you wish.
* E-mail address
Place your entire e-mail address in this field. We used johnqpublic@yourdomain.com for this example. Replace this with your own e-mail address.
* Reply address
You can normally leave this blank. However, if you want people to reply to an address other than the one shown in the E-mail address box, put that e-mail address here.
Check the box if you want this account included every time you check for e-mail.
SERVERS TAB
This tab contains the information that you need to connect to the SkilTech e-mail servers.
Server Information:
* Incoming mail server type: IMAP
* Incoming mail (IMAP): mail.yourdomain.com
* Outgoing mail (SMTP): mail.yourdomain.com
Incoming Mail Server
* Account name: Put your e-mail login ID here. This is the sk##### number your were assigned.
* Password: Put your e-mail password in this field.
* Check the Remember password box if you don't want to have to type in your password whenever you check your e-mail.
Outgoing Mail Server
* Check the box next to 'My server requires authentication'.
Click the 'Settings...' button and confirm that only the top option ('Use same settings as my incoming mail server') is
selected. Click OK.
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