A POP (Post Office Protocol) account is a standard email account that you, and those you specify, access using an email client such as Outlook Express or Eudora. Creating a POP account amounts to creating a mailbox for an email address. This is a place on your Web Hosting server where incoming email to that address will be stored.
Before creating a POP Account, you must open the Post Office Manager using the Hosting Control Panel.
From the Post Office Manager, select the POP Acct tab . You will see a list of current POP accounts.
To create a new account, select Create new POP Account .
Enter a name for the account in the Account Name field.
Type a password in the Password field, then confirm it in the Confirm Password field. Your password is case sensitive, and should use a combination of numbers and letters.
Click the Save button.
When you are adding and modifying accounts, only type the first part of the email address, not the entire address. For example, if you wanted to create an email account with the address of webmaster@yourecompany.com, you would only type webmaster into the Create new POP Account dialog box.
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Highlight the account name in the listing you wish to change, and click the Change Account Password button. A screen will appear allowing you to make changes to the account password.
When you are finished, click the Save button.
Select the POP Acct tab to see the existing accounts.
Highlight the account you want to remove.
Click the Delete selected Account button.
Assuming you have created a POP account for yourself, you can check for new email using a program such as Outlook Express. To add a POP address to Outlook Express, follow the procedure below. You can configure Outlook Express to check as many email addresses as you like.
To configure Outlook Express for a POP account:Launch Outlook Express.
Choose Accounts from the Tools menu. The Internet Accounts window will open.
Click the Mail tab. This will show you any email accounts that are currently set up in Outlook Express.
Click the Add button. A menu will pop up; choose Mail . The Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through a series of configuration steps for the email address you want to add.
Enter your name, as you want it to appear in emails you send. Click Next .
Enter the email address you want to add, in the form of username@yourecompany.com. Then click Next .
Enter the following information:
My incoming mail server is a: POP3
Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server : pop.business.earthlink.net
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: smtp.earthlink.net (If your ISP is someone other than EarthLink, you will need to ask them for the appropriate SMTP server.)
Click the first logon using radio button and enter the following information:
Account name: Your email address, in the form username%yourecompany.com. Note the % symbol used here instead of the typical @ symbol.
Password: Your email password (This is case sensitive.)
Click Next .
Click the Finish button if it is available. Otherwise the Choose Connection Type window will appear.
Choose one of the following connections:
If you connect to EarthLink through your modem, click the Connect using my phone line radio button.
If you are connecting to a mail server other than EarthLink via your office network (LAN), click the Connect using my local area network (LAN) radio button.
You can only use EarthLink's outgoing mail server (smtp.earthlink.net) if you are connecting to the Internet through EarthLink. Talk to your local network administrator for an outgoing mail server you can use on your LAN.
If you wish to connect to EarthLink manually before you open Outlook Express, choose the I will establish my Internet connection manually radio button.
Click Finish .
The instructions above are for the Windows 98 version of Outlook Express. To learn how to use other email clients to check your POP account, refer to the EathLink Personal Support Center at support.earthlink.net or to the documentation that accompanied your email client.
When configuring your email clients, be sure to use pop.business.earthlink.net as the POP server, smtp.earthlink.net as the SMTP server, and a username in the form of username%yourecompany.com. If you are not using EarthLink for connectivity, check with your ISP for the correct SMTP server to use.