General Email Basics


Email Configuration information for standard Email Programs:
(Outlook Express, Netscape, PocoMail, Pegasus etc.)

As an example, we will be using an email address of admin@wpoaca.com and you would substitute youremailprefix@yourdomain.ext  (ext = com or net or org or biz or other.)

The basic email components of most email programs are essentially the same. Different email programs use different procedures to fill in this information but the required information is the same. Different Internet Service Providers (ISP) may require slight variations of the Mail Server and Username/Account/Password sections.

If you don’t know where to begin with your email program, find a fellow worker or friend to help you enter the settings.

Label Information

Name: Your Name
Email Address: admin@wpoaca.com
Reply To Address: admin@wpoaca.com

The above is what appears at the top of email messages to whom you send email and people reply.

Mail Server Information

Server Type: POP3
Incoming Mail Server: mail.wpoaca.com
*Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.wpoaca.com

* Many ISP’s require use of their own Outgoing Mail Servers for sending email. If the above Outgoing setting will not send email, try substituting mail.yourISP.ext or smtp.yourISP.ext You may have to contact your ISP to verify the correct Outgoing SMTP setting.

Username/Account and Password Information

Username/Account: admin@wpoaca.com
Password: ******** (your password)

Check you mail before you send mail:

Many email servers are configured as "POP before Send" servers which means that email users must check for incoming email before sending outgoing email when using email programs such as Outlook Express, Netscape, PocoMail, Pegasus etc. This strategy is used to prevent spammers and bulk email marketers from using the mail server for sending junk email. When the mail server authenticates a valid user who is checking for incoming email it gives a green light to that user for sending outgoing emails. This does not apply when using a Webmail type interface.