setting up e-mail account

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yes it does.

You need to use the server that your ISnternet Service Provider or other
mail account provider specifies.

Check your ISP for further.
 
lesliekaye_36 said:
does it matter which incoming server type i choose?
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What an obviously silly question to ask!!

Who is your ISP Leslie?

Check out their website for the mail settings.
 
mac said:
What an obviously silly question to ask!!

Who is your ISP Leslie?

Check out their website for the mail settings.
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Don't be so hard on her/him. Many end users have no idea how to set up
email. I've had a lot of clients very seriously tell me that they have
no email password and get very angry when I tell them that they do.

Leslie - Please see the standard "email problems" blurb below:

The most common problems for people having trouble sending/receiving
email are:

1. You are using the wrong mail server settings. Check your ISP's
website ( or that of your web hosting company if your mail host is other
than your ISP) for the correct mail server settings for POP (Incoming)
and SMTP (outgoing). Most ISP's will also have a "walkthrough" to show
you how to set up mail using popular email clients such as Outlook
Express, Eudora, and Thunderbird. If they don't have instructions for
Windows Mail yet, use the ones for Outlook Express.

2. You have "outgoing mail server requires authentication" checked when
it does not. Or vice versa.

3. You are trying to send mail through an SMTP server that isn't your
regular ISP; i.e., you are trying to send mail through AT&T's server
when your ISP is Comcast. Some ISP's care about this and some don't.

4. Your user name and/or password are incorrect. Yes, you do have a user
name and password for your email. It probably has just been a long time
since you set this up (or someone else set it up for you) and you've
forgotten. Look through your ISP-related documentation or contact your
ISP. They will be able to tell you your user name and assign you a new
password.

5. Your antivirus is set to scan emails and/or is one that causes
problems with your operating system (such as McAfee in Vista). Turn this
option off since it doesn't provide you any extra protection and tends
to cause problems.


Malke
 
Malke said:
mac wrote:

Don't be so hard on her/him.
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I was not intending to be hard Malke, more frivolous I suppose?

I gave the directions that both you and majic gave, "contact your ISP"
"check their website" etc

mac
 
My wife would say the same "That's an obviously silly question!" when I ask
what the difference between eye liner and eye shadow is... I know computers,
I don't know makeup.

Leslie: It all depends on your ISP. You can usually visit their webpage or
give them a call and they can help you out.

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Dustin Harper
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http://www.vistarip.com

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