*PLEASE NOTE* Specific information such as email servers, usernames, email addresses, and passwords should have already been provided to you by Ellipse. Please contact us before beginning, if you do not have this information. 1. Start by opening Outlook Express. 2. Click on Tools on the top toolbar, and click Accounts on the drop down menu.
3. Click on the Add button and select Mail... 4. In the Internet Connection Wizard window, fill in the name to be displayed with this e-mail account into the Display name: field. The name you enter is the name that people will see when you send out an email. Click the Next button.
5. Fill in the e-mail address for this account into the E-mail address: field. Then click the Next button.
6. Select POP3 from the My incoming mail server is a field. In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: and Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: fields enter mail.<domain.com> but replace <domain.com> with your property website domain. For example, if your property was abc.com, you would enter mail.abc.com. Click the Next button.
7. Next, fill in the Account name: field with your e-mail address and the Password: field with the password for your e-mail account. Enable/check the Remember password field and uncheck the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) field. Then click the Next button. 8. Click the Finish button to return to the Internet Accounts window, and proceed to the instructions (below) to finish configuring your outgoing mail server settings.
9. Return to the Internet Accounts window following the previous steps 1 and 2 if needed. Make sure your email account is highlighted, (it should be named after your incoming mail server, for example mail.example.com,) and click the Properties button.
10. The window that appears will be named according to your incoming mail server, for example mail.example.com Properties. Click the second tab which is labeled Servers. In this tab, under Outgoing Mail Server, check the checkbox that says My server requires authentication, and click the Settings button.
11. Make sure the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected, and click OK.
12. Click the Advanced tab. For Outgoing mail (SMTP): change the number in the textbox from 25 to 587. Click the Apply button, and then the OK button. You will be taken back to the Internet Accounts window. 13. In the Internet Accounts window, click the Close button. You will be returned to the main window of Outlook Express. Your email is now set up and ready to use. Please contact Ellipse immediately at 888-678-3869 if you experience any problems with this set up or with accessing your email.