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Leaving Copies of E-Mail on the Server

Once and a while I get a request to have e-mail left on the server for multiple people to be able to access from different PC's

This is a setting in Outlook and below is the step-by-step on how to turn this feature on.

This tutorial was created using Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003 will be similar enough to make sense.

First we go to the "Tools" menu the select "Account Settings" (shown below)





Select "Change..." from the Menu under E-mail.



Once the "Change E-mail Account dialog is up go to the "More Settings" button in the lower left corner of the box. (see below)



This button will open this:



Select the "Advanced" tab.



Then in the bottom section under "Delivery" you will… Read Full Post

Folks,

I have been fielding a lot of e-mail send/receive problems as of late and I wanted to let you all know the fix.

When you are hosted with Real Estate Webmasters you get mail hosting for free on our servers.

The problem with that is that over a year ago a large-scale spam attack caused many ISP's to deny anonymous relay of mail.

So, to still send and receive mail you will have to first know who gives you your connection to the internet.

In the case of a Cox.net customer I have, we made his outgoing SMTP to smtp.east.cox.net

Another customer of mine uses qwest and set their SMTP to smtp.phnx.qwest.com

Keep in mind you do have to make sure you authenticate yourself on their servers by setting the Outgoing server to use the Incoming… Read Full Post

At Real Estate Webmasters we try to provide the best service we can and in keeping with this desire the following article was prepared to help mobile professionals log into and manage their hosted mail from the web.

Webmail consoles have become more and more popular with systems like Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo mail being the most common.

When you have a website with Real Estate Webmasters, webmail access is included with your hosting fees.

To gain access to the webmail console all you have to do is browse to your site's URL and add /webmail/ in the address bar of your internet browser like it is shown below using Real Estate Webmasters as the example.



When you enter the account name use the name like shown with the whole URL attached to the…

Hello again, here we go with the Thunderbird e-mail settings.

Again we start with our example:

My ficitional domain www.rewthomas.com
My user account : thomas
My password: potato1

Both Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP) Mail servers are set to mail.rewthomas.com

In Thunderbird when you set up a new account, or add an account, you will be walked through a wizard for setting up. Below is a series of screenshots illustrating the steps to set up your mail account.

First we start with the type of account.



Then we enter your name followed by your e-mail address.



After which we enter the Incoming (POP3) server and outgoing (SMTP) server settings



You then enter your account name with the domain attached as shown.



You… Read Full Post

Here are the steps to follow for setting up Outlook Express with your domain and the Rackspace servers.

First we will start with the same settings for the example case as last time.

My ficitional domain www.rewthomas.com
My user account : thomas
My password: potato1

(See fig 1 below)


After selecting "Accounts..." from the "Tools Menu", you will see the following screen.


(See fig 2 below)

If you have already set up your previous mail account or Hotmail account they will be listed here.

You will want to "Add" a new account for your custom Domain E-mail Account

Follow the screens below to complete the setup of your account.

Enter your user name and other details, we will use our example to illustrate.



You E-Mail address… Read Full Post

Wandering the ether I have gathered a few hints and tips for setting up your mail accounts in Outlook, Outlook Express and even the Other e-mail applications.

First we start with your Example of my ficitional domain www.rewthomas.com
My user account : thomas
My password: potato1

The latest Office version of Outlook which is tin Beta is used to show the common setup steps. Each application will vary slightly but the settings are always the same.

In the Beta Outlook the ribbon at the top of the display allows a context sensitive help mechanism new to the office suite. (see fig.1)  fig 1

Select the "Account Settings" menu choice from the "Tools" Menu
and then you will be able to create the account or change the current settings.

After… Read Full Post