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How do I configure my Email software?

Enable/Disable Outlook® Autoconfig

This feature allows you to let your users automatically configure the Outlook and Outlook Express® email applications from the cPanel interface’s Email Accounts feature. Since email configuration problems generate a large number of support requests, enabling this feature can be very useful.
To enable or disable Outlook auto configuration for your users:
• Click Enable/Disable.

Verizon User?
Change your email settings to use port 587 Please chose the email software you use from the list below. Step-by-step instructions are provided to change your port settings to use 587:

• Configure Outlook Express to use port 587 for sending email
• Configure Outlook to use port 587 for sending email
• Configure Thunderbird to use port 587 for sending email
• Configure Entourage (Mac Mail) to use port 587 for sending email

Mac Mail Setup

Open up Mail.app and press Command+Comma to invoke the Preferences window.

Switch to the "Accounts" pane and press the + button in the lower-left corner.

Under "Account Information", fill out the following information:
◦ Account Type: POP or IMAP (we recommend IMAP)
◦ Email Address: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Incoming Mail Server: mail.your-domain-name.com
◦ Username: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Password: your email password
◦ Note that POP uses port 110 and IMAP uses port 143

Select "Add Server..." from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) pop-up menu. Here are the details for it:
◦ Outgoing Mail Server: mail.your-domain-name.com
◦ Server port: 26
◦ Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): NO
◦ Authentication: password
◦ User Name: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Password: your email password
◦ Dismiss the window by pressing "OK."

Back in the "Accounts" pane, switch to the "Advanced" tab and do not check the box marked "Use SSL" towards the bottom.

The rest of the process is short and sweet, and merely involves changing your preferences to enable POP access.

Outlook / Outlook 2007 / Eudora / Thunderbird / Mac Email / Phone Client Settings
Email settings for an Email Client (Outlook, Eudora, MAC mail etc.):

Incoming mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server: mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server does require authentication.

Incoming mail port: 110 for POP3, 143 for IMAP
Outgoing mail port: 25 (If 25 does not work, try 26, as some ISPs block port 25)

Username is the same one as you use for webmail (the full email address).
(If entering "username@yourdomainname" does not work, try "username+yourdomainname")

** No SSL boxes should be checked **

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