If you want to use a mail client to send and receive mail for a new email address you created, you can typically do so fairly easily.
The instructions here assume that you are using Mozilla Thunderbird as your mail client, but the process should be somewhat the same for other mail clients.
Step 1 : Open Your Mail Client
Open the mail client that you wish to use for your new email account.
Step 2 : Add your new email accounts informaiton
- Select "Tools" from the file menu
- Select "Account Settings…" from the drop down menu
That should open the "Account Settings" window.
From there, select "Add Account…" to bring up the Account Wizard.
Make sure that "Email Account" is specified and select "Next" to reach the "Identity" screen.
Enter the name you want displayed when you send mail as well as the email address you wish to setup…which should be one of the ones you just created and then select "Next;" to reach the "Server Information" screen.
- Make sure that POP is selected
- Enter the incoming server
This should look like mail.yourdomainname. For example, if your domain is brinsantiquebooks.com, this should read mail.brinsantiquebooks.com - Uncheck the "Use Global Inbox" unless you want mail sent to this address mixed in with mail from your other email accounts.
- Select Next to reach the "User Names" screen
For "Incoming User Name" enter your account name. This should look like your email address, but have a + instead of an @. e.g. for johndoe@somewhere.com the account name should be johndoe+somewhere.com. Once finished, select "Next" to reach the Account Name screen.
In the "Account Name" box, enter the name you want to have displayed in the left window in reference to this account. The default is fine, but you might want it to be something like YourSite-Admin or some such. When finished, select next to reach the "Congratulations!" screen.
Select finish and the mailbox will be setup.
Step 3 : Setup your outgoing mail server information
You can now receive mail on the account, but you will need to be able to send mail as well, so it is time to setup your outgoing mail server information.
In the "Account Settings" screen, find “Outgoing Server (SMTP)” in the left box. You may need to scroll down to see it. This will bring up the Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings dialog box.
Select “Add…” to bring up the SMTP Server dialog box.
In that box:
- Enter a description
- Enter the server name to be used.
This should be mail.yourdomain (e.g. mail.whatever.com) - Make sure "Use name and password" is checked.
- Under "Use secure connection" select "TLS, if available"
- Once finished, select "OK"
Step 4 : Set your email account to use the right outgoing server
All that remains is to set the account you just setup to use the outgoing server that you setup.
- In Account Settings, select your new account on the left.
- You should see a drop down displayed on the right labeled "Outgoing Server (SMTP):
- Choose the Outgoing server you just created
- Select OK
You should now be able to send and receive mail via Mozilla Thunderbird.
If you need detailed instructions for a different client, do a search for the name of your email client and the words “add account” or “how add email account” and you should find relevant results. Alternately, check your email clients documentation.
