Using Your New Email Account
To configure reception of your e-mail, choose the option to set up a new mail account in your default mail client (i.e. Outlook Express or Eudora) and enter the following settings for your mail servers:
Incoming and outgoing are the same.
Incoming Mail Server (POP3): mail.brandonfla.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.brandonfla.com
For sending mail, you must enable SMTP authentication in your e-mail client.
Setting Up Outlook Express
If you have Outlook Express as your e-mail client software, please follow the instructions below to set up incoming and outgoing mail:
Click on "Tools", "Accounts", and "Mail" tabs.
Click on the "Add" and "Mail" tabs.
Under "Display name" , enter the name you want people to see when they receive your messages, and click on "Next".
Enter the complete e-mail address for the account you are trying to set up in the "E-mail address" field, and click on "Next".
Examples: jtaylor@brandon.com or bharrell@brandon.com
Enter mail.brandonfla.com in both the "Incoming Mail Server" and the "Outgoing Mail Server" fields, and click on "Next".
IMPORTANT!
The User Name you enter in the box where the password is entered must be your complete email address. Example johnny@brandonfla.com
Enter your mailbox password in the "Password" field , and click on "Next".
Check the little box to remember password if you don't want to have to enter it each time.
Click on "Finish".
IMPORTANT!...To Send Mail You Must...
Click on "Tools", "Accounts", and "Mail" tabs.
Select your newly created mailbox, click on "Properties", and the click on "Servers".
Under "Outgoing Mail Server" , CHECK OFF the "My server requires authentication" box, as our SMTP outgoing mail servers require authentication prior to sending messages.
Send a test message to your new mailbox to verify all settings are correct.
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