How to set up your email program to access your Spiffy Stores mailboxes

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Basic Settings

Incoming server (POP3): mail.yourdomainname.com

Outgoing Server (SMTP): mail.yourdomainname.com

Username: The FULL email address that you are picking up from (e.g. info@yourdomain.com)

Password: The password that you requested us to set up when requesting the mailbox.

IMPORTANT: In your email application, please make sure you click the box which reads "My server requires authentication", or you will not be able to send mail through the server.


Setting Up Microsoft Outlook

To read your email messages using Microsoft Outlook, you will need to configure several Microsoft Outlook email service options. Please note that there are different versions of outlook, so sometimes the names of menu items or fields are a little different from our instructions here.

To set up Microsoft Outlook:

  1. Open Microsoft Outlook
  2. Select "Tools >> Accounts" from the menu.
  3. Choose "Add a new Email Account", and click Next.
  4. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.
  5. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows: 
      

Your Name

   Enter your first and last name.

E-mail Address

   Enter your e-mail address.

User Name

   Enter your e-mail address, again.

Password

   Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.

Incoming mail server (POP3)

   Enter mail.yourdomainname.com for your incoming mail server.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

   Enter mail.yourdomainname.com for your outgoing mail server. 


  6. Click "More Settings." 
  7. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab. 
  8. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
  9. Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server".
 10. Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 2525. 
 11. Click OK. 
 12. You should now be page on the "Email Accounts" window, so Click Next, and "Finish" to save your settings.


If you would like to also use your webmail to read messages, or also use another computer, follow the instructions below;

 13. Go To the Advanced tab.
 24. Tick "Leave a copy of messages on the server" and change the removal setting to "Remove from server after 14 days" and tick "Remove from server when deleted from deleted items"
 25. Click OK again to return to the "Email Accounts" window, so Click Next, and "Finish" to save your settings.