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Use this page to see how to set up your email program to access your mailbox.
Please select your email program from the options below.
If you use one that isn't listed, click the Mac OS X Mail option to see an overview of the settings you'll need to use.
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Setting up Outlook Express
Outlook Express is popular POP email software from Microsoft which is available on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. This tutorial shows you how to configure Outlook Express to retrieve mail from your email account. The following screen shots are taken with Outlook Express 5 on Windows, but they should be very similar to other versions on different operating systems. |
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Start your Outlook Express software. Click Tools and select Accounts. |
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On the Internet Accounts page, select the Mail tab, click Add and then select Mail. |
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On the Your Name page, type the email sender's name as the Display name, click Next. |
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On the Internet E-mail Address page, type your email address as the E-mail address and click Next. |
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On the E-mail Server Names page, select POP3 as your incoming server type and enter the incoming and outgoing mail servers. Then click Next to continue.
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My incoming mail server is a:
POP3 Server |
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Incoming mail server
Your incoming server is mail.mydomain.com.au, where "mydomain.com.au"
is the name of your domain. |
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Outgoing mail server (SMTP): provided by your ISP
(If not listed HERE consult your Internet Provider for your SMTP server name) |

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On the Internet Mail Logon screen, type your email address as your Account name and your email account password and then click Next. DO NOT tick Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA).

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You have successfully setup your POP email software. Click Finish to end.

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Setting up Outlook
This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your email account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial. |
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Open Outlook |
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Select Tools > E-mail Accounts |
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On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select Add a new e-mail account. Click Next. |
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For your server type, select POP3 and click Next. |
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On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:
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Your Name
Type your first and last name. |
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E-mail Address
Type your e-mail address. |
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User Name
Type your e-mail address, again. |
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Password
Type the password you set up for your email account. |
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Incoming mail server
Your incoming server is mail.mydomain.com.au, where "mydomain.com.au"
is the name of your domain. |
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Outgoing mail server (SMTP): provided by your ISP
(If not listed HERE consult your Internet Provider for your SMTP server name) |
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Congratulations! You have successfully setup your Email. Click Finish to end. |
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Setting up Outlook Express (Mac)
Outlook Express is popular POP email software from Microsoft which is available on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. This tutorial shows you how to configure Outlook Express to retrieve mail from your Aust Domains email account. The following screen shots are taken with Outlook Express, but they should be very similar to other versions on different operating systems.
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Open Outlook Express. |
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Go to the Tools menu and choose Accounts. |
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Click on New then Add a new account. |
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The Account Setup Assistant will open. Type your name, and click the right arrow at the bottom of the window on the right-hand side. |
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Type your email address (yourname@yourdomain.com.au) Click the right arrow at the bottom of the window.
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On this page, select POP as your incoming server type and enter the incoming and outgoing mail servers. Click the right arrow at the bottom of the window.
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On the Internet Mail Logon screen:
- Type your full email address as your Account ID
- Type your email account password in the Password field
- You may tick Save password
- Click the right arrow at the bottom of the window. |
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Give your account a name (something like My Aust Email) so you'll know which account you're checking if you decide to set up more than one account (to check more than one email address.) Tick the box marked Include this account in my Send & Receive All schedule. Click Finish. |
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You should see the following window pop up. |
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Click on the File menu, and choose Close. |
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Congratulations - you just set up your Mac Outlook Express account! - Click Send & Receive All. You should then receive all your new email. |
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Setting up Mac OS X Mail
Mail is the default email program that comes with Mac OS X. You can configure it to access your email account by following these instructions. |
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Before you can use Mail to access your email account, you must configure the program with the correct account settings. The easiest way to do this is to program your settings into the “Internet Preferences Panel.” If you have already done this, you can skip these setup instructions and view the other configuration options below.
- Open the “Internet Preferences Panel.”
- Click the “Apple” menu
in the upper left corner of the screen.
- Click “System Preferences.”
- Click the “Internet” icon.
- When the dialog box appears, click the tab labelled “Email.”
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Type the following information into the correct fields. |
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Default Email Reader
Set this option to "Mail."
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Use .Mac Email Account
This option should be unticked.
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Email Address
Type your full email address in all lowercase letters, myname@mydomain.com.au
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Incoming Mail Server
Your incoming server is mail.mydomain.com.au, where "mydomain.com.au"
is the name of your domain.
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Account Type
This option must be set to "POP."
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User Account ID
Type your full email address as your account id, myname@mydomain.com.au
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Password
Type your password. This is the same password you use to log onto the service.
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Outgoing Mail Server
Type your outgoing mail server name. Outgoing mail server (SMTP) provided by your ISP (If not listed HERE Consult your ISP for your SMTP server name)
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Congratulations! You have successfully setup your Email. |