Email Client Setup

Below are general directions for setting up your email client. For more information on what servers to use, review the general email settings.

Thunderbird

Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
Go to Tools and select "Account Settings..."
Click on the "Add Account..." button
Choose Email Account and click Next
Enter Your Name as you would like it to be displayed on all outgoing mail and your e-mail address in the form of username@valinet.com (or username@domain.com if you have a different domain). This is your "Reply To" address. Click Next
Choose POP
Fill in the Incoming Server
If you would like all the mail from all your accounts to go into the same Inbox, keep "Use Global Inbox" checked. Otherwise, uncheck it. If this is your only e-mail account, it doesn't matter.
Click Next
Fill in your username and use the same username for Outgoing Username. Click Next
Enter a meaningful name for Account Name such as eclecTechs
Click Next, then Finish
Back in the Account Settings window, select "Outgoing Server" on the list to the left
Enter the outgoing server name for Server Name, select Use Name and Password, and type in your mailbox name for User Name.
Click OK

Go to Tools and select E-mail Accounts
Click Add a New E-mail Account, click Next
Choose POP3, click Next
Fill in Your Name, E-mail Address and enter the correct server for Incoming Server and Outgoing Server
Enter your username for Username
Click More Settings
On the Outgoing Server tab, check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication, and click OK
Click Next and then Finish

To set up Apple Mail with a new email account:

Select the Mail menu and click on Preferences
Select the Accounts tab
Click the "+" button at the bottom of the window
Enter your full name, your email address, and your password and click Continue
Select POP or IMAP for the account type
Enter a description for the email account
Make sure to fill the Incoming Mail Server, and Username correctly.
Click Continue
Fill in Outgoing Mail Server with the correct server.
Make sure Use Authentication is checked off and enter the same username and password you used setting up the incoming mail server.