Now that you have created an e-mail account on the server, you need to be able to access that mail with an e-mail client. These instructions help you configure your client software to receive e-mail forwarded from your server.

Enetrics Communications recommends POP account setups. A POP user pops the server that in turn downloads all e-mail messages to the user's client machine, where they are stored.

IMAP account setups require folders on the Virtual Server to store e-mail messages, which takes up disk space. IMAP users use server resources every time they read, write, send, and store email. One reason someone may choose IMAP over POP is to have the ability to read e-mail messages in various places without having to refile them.

Note: As an anti-spam measure, all Virtual Servers are configured by default to require e-mail users to POP their e-mail accounts before they are allowed to relay messages, so that outside spammers cannot relay off the server (since they are not authenticated users).

With a dial-up account, the user has to check mail with the POP protocol (or "POP for mail") each time before sending e-mail, because a record is created of authenticated users who are dial-up customers. Authenticated users are then allowed to send messages. Dial-up customers get a different IP address every time. For more information, see:

POP before SMTP

1. Open Netscape Messenger
2. Select the Edit menu
3. Select Preferences
4. Select Mail Servers
5. Type in new user name
6. Click OK
7. Type Incoming and Outgoing addresses

1. Open Outlook 2000
2. Select the Tools menu
3. Select Options
4. Select Accounts
5. Select Mail
6. Select Add
7. Select Mail and follow the prompts

1. Select the Tools menu
2. Select Options
3. Select Getting Started
4. In the Real Name field, enter your real name
5. In the Return Address field, enter your e-mail address
6. In the Mail Server (Incoming) field, enter the name of your ISP's POP mail server
7. In the Login field, enter you username
8. In the SMTP Server (Outgoing) field, enter the name of your ISP's SMTP mail server
9. Click OK