Thunderbird is an open source e-mail and news client that was developed by Mozilla Foundation in 2003 and is available in 52 languages for a broader support. There are a lot of features with this application program. While Thunderbird is not a personal information management type, its features and add-ons are definitely a plus with this open source application that supports cross platforms Operating Systems such as Linux, Windows, Mac OS, OS/2 and Open Solaris. When it comes to File Formats, Thunderbird supports mbox, Mork and SQLite. Security features such as SSL/TLS, IMAP and SMTP server is available. The interface is customizable to cater to each user’s preference too. With its Message Management feature, you can create and setup other email accounts within the program to have full access of the email account. In this tutorial, we will learn how to setup an email account from a hosting mail server in Thunderbird. Remember that before we can successfully use Thunderbird, an email account should have been made beforehand.

To learn how to setup an account in Thunderbird, the instructions below will guide you:

1. To setup an email account in Thunderbird, an existing email account in your web hosting account should have been created. Click the Tools link on the Menu bar of the page.

2. Select Account Settings from the options.

3. The Account Settings window will appear. Scroll down.

4. Click the Add Account button.

5. The Account Wizard will show up. Make sure that the Email account option is selected to continue with the email account setup. Click Next.

6. First, enter a name in the Your Name box. This name will appear in the From field of outgoing emails.

7. Enter your new email address in the Email Address box.

8. Then click Next.

9. On the next window, we will enter the server name Incoming mail (POP) server. More often than not, the server name is formatted as mail.yourdomain.com. Choose POP for the Incoming Server setting.

10. Enter the Incoming server name in the box.

11. Click Next.

12. On the next setup window, enter the email username that was provided by the hosting account provider in the Incoming User Name box. You can use the entire email address or just the username prefix.

13. Then enter the Outgoing User name in the box. Unless you’re using a different SMTP server, the incoming username is the same as the outgoing username.

14. Click Next.

15. Enter a name for the new account.

16. Click Next.

17. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

18. We have to configure our SMTP mail server. Scroll up.

19. Click the Outgoing Server (SMTP) link.

20. Click the Default SMTP server.

21. Click Edit.

22. Enter your Outgoing (SMTP) server in the Server Name box. This server name is provided by your hosting account provider.

23. Check the box beside Use name and password under the Security and Authentication area. SMTP authentication will allow Thunderbird to login and access your mail server so that you can use Thunderbird to send and receive emails. Again, since most SMTP servers use the same username and password for both incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP) mail server.

24. Click OK when you’re finished.

25. We have successfully setup an email account in Thunderbird and we can now send and receive emails in Thunderbird. Scroll down.

26. Click OK.

27. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to setup an email account in Thunderbird and can now send and receive emails.

February 13, 2012 at 10:06 pm | No comment

Pegasus mail is an email client application freeware program. A good feature of this program is that it doesn’t affect any system registry in the Operating System and can be used as a portable application program. Regardless of what type of email account you have, one of the features of Pegasus is that we can setup an email account in the program. This tutorial will teach you how to set up an email account with Pegasus.

To learn how to setup an email account, please follow the instructions below:

1. In this tutorial, we will assume that you have already an existing email account in your web hosting account. To setup an email account in Pegasus, click the Tools link.

2. Click Internet options.

3. The Internet Mail Options window will appear. To setup the new email account the easiest way, click the Start Setup Wizard button.

4. Click Next on the Pegasus Mail Internet Setup dialog box to confirm the setup.

5. Enter the new email address in the box.

6. Click Next.

7. We now have to enter the Incoming (POP3) server name. This is usually provided by your hosting mail provider. Usually, these server names are given by the hosting provider and in the format of mail.yourdomain.com.

8. Click Next.

9. In the User name box, enter the email username that was provided by the hosting provider.

10. Then enter the email password in the Password box.

11. Click Next.

12. A dialog box will appear that will remind you of possibly incorrect username. Usernames depend on what your hosting provider gave you; it can be the full email address or just the email prefix. Just make sure that you enter the correct so that Pegasus will work correctly. If the email address does not work, you can always go back and enter the username or just the prefix. Click OK.

13. Now we will have to enter the Outgoing (SMTP) mail server name. Since the Incoming (POP3) mail server name is typically the same as the Outgoing (SMTP) mail server, the server name is automatically filled out, so there’s no need to change it.

14. Click Next.

15. On the next window, you will be asked to choose how you want to connect to the internet. There are two choices: Connect via Dialup connection and Connect via Network connection. Choose one from the selection.

16. Click Next.

17. Click Finish to complete the setup wizard.

18. The email setup has been successfully configured but we have to configure some settings first. Click the Sending (SMTP) tab.

19. Select the email account that we have just setup then click Edit.

20. Click the Security tab.

21. Check the box next to Login to the SMTP server using a POP3 username/password. This will require authentication from your mail hosting account which means that we are letting Pegasus to login to the mail server so that we can access the emails thru Pegasus and we can send and receive emails by using it. Since most SMTP servers use the same username and password for POP3 incoming servers, we can select those settings by clicking on the Select button.

22. The POP3 mail download definitions window will appear. Highlight the POP3 definition we just created.

23. Then click Select.

24. The SMTP authentication setting has been set. Scroll down.

25. Click OK.

26. Scroll down again.

27. Click OK.

28. We have successfully created a new account in Pegasus. We can now use Pegasus to access our hosting email account and can now send and receive emails thru Pegasus.

29. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to create an email account in Pegasus.

30. Thank you for watching the video tutorial; be sure to let us know if you have any questions.

February 12, 2012 at 9:58 pm | No comment

Outlook Express is an email client that is included in some of the Windows operating systems version. This email client should not be mistaken as another version of Microsoft Outlook. However, they share the same concept: they manage a user’s email account. In order for your email account to work with Outlook Express, you should have an existing email account, be it an account from a webmail program or from your hosting client. In this tutorial, we will learn how to setup an email account that was provided by your hosting account’s webmail.

To learn how to setup an email account in Outlook Express, follow the instructions in the demo below:

1. To be able to send and receive emails from your email account to Outlook Express, start by clicking the Tools link on the Menu bar of the window screen.

2. Select Accounts from the drop-down box.

3. You will now be able to see the Internet Accounts window. This is where the list of different Internet accounts are configured and given permission to use Outlook Express. Click the Add button.

4. A couple of options will show up. From the options, select Mail.

5. The Internet Connection Wizard window will pop up. In the Display Name box, enter the name that you would like to appear in the From outgoing email field.

6. Click Next.

7. On the next window that will pop out, enter your email address in the E-mail address box.

8. Click Next.

9. The E-mail Server Names window will appear. In this area, you have to enter your Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP) server names. These server names are provided to you in your welcome email and usually in the format of mail.yourdomain.com. Click the incoming mail options drop down box.

10. Select POP3 from the choices as your incoming mail settings on the drop down box.

11. Enter your Incoming (POP3) server name in the box.

12. Then enter your Outgoing (SMTP) server name on the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box.

13. Then click Next.

14. On the next window that will appear, enter the email username that was provided to you by your hosting provider in the Account name box. In this case, the entire email address or just the username prefix is typically used.

15. Enter the email password.

16. Click Next.

17. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

18. We have to finish configuring the email properties first, on the Internet Accounts window, select the email account we just created.

19. Click the Properties button.

20. On the next window that will show, change the name of the email to something more recognizable. Change this in the mail account box.

21. Under the User Information area, enter an Organization name if applicable.

22. Then enter a Reply To address in the Reply address box.

23. Click the Servers tab.

24. Tick the box beside My server requires authentication for SMTP authentication. This means that we are allowing Outlook Express to have access to our email account and with this authentication; we can send and receive emails from the email account through Outlook Express.

25. Click Settings.

26. Since most SMTP servers use the same username and password as incoming POP3 servers so we can just leave the Logon information as it is. Click OK.

27. Click Apply for the changes to take effect.

28. Click OK.

29. We have successfully set up the email account in Outlook Express and we can receive and send emails from the email account through Outlook Express. Click Close. This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to setup an email account in Outlook Express.

30. Thank you for watching the video tutorial, please let us know if you have any questions.

February 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm | No comment

Outlook 2007 is a personal information manager that was developed by Windows as a part of their Microsoft Office suite. With this application, you can setup and configure your own email account to the application so that there is no need for you to login to your mail server, be it from webmail program or from your own domain name. This application is useful as it has a lot of other features that are included in the program such as calendar, journal, task manager and even a contact manager. By configuring your own email account in Outlook, 2007 you can be able to send and receive emails from your own email account. However, this email application program should not be mistaken as an email account provider. Outlook 2007 does not create a new email account; it only gives access to your email accounts. Just remember that an existing email account should exist to be able to use this application.

To learn how to setup an email account in Outlook 2007, the instructions below will guide you:

1. To setup a new email account in Outlook 2007, click the Tools link.

2. On the drop down box that will appear, click Account Settings.

3. The Email Accounts window will now appear. Click the New button.

4. On the next window that will appear, enter a name that you wish to appear in the form filed of any outgoing emails in the box beside Your Name.

5. Enter your new email address in the E-mail Address box.

6. Enter your chosen password for the new email account in the password box.

7. Re-enter your password in Retype Password box for confirmation of the password.

8. Tick the box if you wish to manually configure your server settings.

9. Click Next.

10. On the next window, select Internet E-mail to ensure that this new email account can connect to your POP, IMAP or HTTP server to be able to receive and send email messages.

11. Click Next again.

12. The Internet E-mail Settings window will now appear. Click the Account Type drop down box.

13. From the choices available, select POP3.

14. Then enter your Incoming (POP3) server settings in the Incoming mail server box.

15. Enter your Outgoing (SMTP) server settings in the Outgoing mail server box.

16. On the Logon Information area, enter the username that your hosting provider provided to you, this information is typically your email address.

17. Then enter your password.

18. Click the More Settings button.

19. On the next window that will pop up, click the Outgoing Server tab.

20. For SMTP Authentication, check the box beside My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication. This means that Outlook is authenticated and will login to your mail server and through the application, you can receive and send emails from your account and only you are allowed to do that. Leave the Use same settings as my incoming mail server as it is because usually, most SMTP servers use the same username and password. Click OK.

21. Click Next.

22. Click Finished.

23. Our email account has been successfully setup and we can now be able to receive and send emails by using Outlook 2007 without ever logging in to our mail server account.

24. Click Close.

25. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to setup an email account in Outlook 2007. However, be reminded though that you have to setup an email account first in your hosting account so that this feature will work.

26. Thank you for watching the video tutorial above. Please let us know if you have any questions.

February 10, 2012 at 9:32 pm | No comment

Outlook 2000 is one of the most used Microsoft program. It works as an email and journal for the user. It is similar to other web servers wherein it can send and receive emails from anyone. The advantage of this web server is its being well-organized on its files and modules. Features like address book, journal and calendar are included on the Outlook 2000. It also automatically updates the details of the account. This program also allows the user to put his tasks and schedules. Outlook 2000 shows the day to day emails and schedules, which make it easier to navigate and to sort all files. The interface is similar to other 2000 Microsoft programs. Its design is very straight forward. To fully enjoy the features of Outlook 2000, the user should create an account using this program as the web host server.

Follow the step-by-step tutorial on how to create an email account in Outlook 2000:

1. Welcome to the tutorial series of How to setup an email account in Outlook 2000.

2. Setting up a new Outlook 2000 email account will be learned on this tutorial video. For this video, let us assume that the user has already created an account on the web hosting account.

3. To start the setup follow the first steps:
     a. Click the Tools link that can be found on the menu bar.
     b. Click the Accounts.

4. An Internet Accounts window will appear.

5. Choose Add button and click the Mail option. This can be found on the right side of the Internet Accounts window.

6. Enter the preferred name on the Display name bar. The display name will be the default name of the SMTP or outgoing server. Once done, click the Next button.

7. Enter the new email address.

8. Enter the names of the Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP).

9. Choose the POP3 as the incoming mail server.

10. Enter the settings of the Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP).

11. The video will demonstrate the default format of the POP3.

12. After the video demonstrate the default format of the SMTP, click the Next button.

13. On the Account name bar, enter the email username that provided by the host. Email username could either use the whole email name, mail@yourdomain, or the username prefix only.

14. Enter the password.

15. Click the Next button.

16. For the LAN connections, choose the method and click the Next button.

17. The window will notify the user that information has been successfully entered. Click the Finish button to complete the process.

18. On the Internet Accounts window, select the created account.

19. Choose the Properties button.

20. Modify the email account’s information under the General tab.
     a. Change the email account’s name to the preferred name. The account’s name should be recognizable.
     b. Enter the Organization.

21. Input the Reply To address on the Reply address bar.

22. Click the Servers tab.

23. Check the SMTP Authentication.

24. This will ensure the user that he is the only person that can send and receive emails from this Outlook account. After checking the authentication button, click the Settings button.

25. On the Logon Information, choose the “Use same settings my incoming mail server,” then click OK.

26. Click the Apply button. Changes will only take place after clicking the Apply button.

27. Click OK.

28. The user can now use for incoming and outgoing his new Outlook 2000 account. Click the Close button to finish the setting.

29. Always take note that this setting will only work if the user is logged in on the hosting account.

30. Thank you for watching this video demo on how to setup an email account in Outlook.

February 9, 2012 at 9:10 pm | No comment