Downloading Hosting Email to your local machine
To set up Microsoft Outlook Express:
- Open Microsoft Outlook Express.
- Go to Tools > Accounts.
- Click the Mail tab to open a list of your mail accounts.
- Click the Add > button and select the Mail … item.
- Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send, and click Next.
- Type your e-mail address that you created through Plesk (for example, yourname@yourdomain.com), and click Next.
- Select POP3 as the protocol of your incoming mail server.
- Specify the mail domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail server (for example: mail.vpasp.com), and click Next.
- Type your e-mail address in the Account name box (for example: yourname@yourdomain.com).
- Type your password. This should be the password that you specified during creation of the mailbox through Plesk.
- Leave the Remember password box checked, if you do not wish to be prompted to enter password each time your e-mail program connects to the mail server to check for new mail, and click Next.
- Now click Finish.
- You now need to select the Mail account and click on properties to re-open the mail window
- Click on Servers tab .
- At the bottom place a tick in the "My server requires authenticaion" box and click on Settings
- The first option shuold be selected. Click OK
- You can now test your email.
To set up Microsoft Office Outlook:
- Open Microsoft Office Outlook.
- Go to Tools > Email Accounts.
- Choose add a new e-mail account and click next.
- Choose pop3 for the server type and click next.
- Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send on your name field, and type your e-mail address that you created through Plesk (for example, yourname@yourdomain.com) on the e-mail address field.
- Specify the mail domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail server (for example: mail.vpasp.net)
- Specify your login name and password ( the one that you use when you are login to the web e-mail server)
- Click More Settings
- Click on Outgoing Server tab
- Place a tick in the "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"
- Place a check in the "Use same setings as my incoming mail server"
- To complete setting up your e-mail program, click Finish.
To set up Mozilla Thunderbird:
- Open Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Go to Tools > Account Settings…
- Click Add Account. The Account Wizard will open.
- Leave the Email account option selected, and click Next.
- Enter your name as you want it to appear in any messages you send.
- Type your e-mail address that you created through Plesk.
For example, payment@vpasp.net. Click Next.
- Select the protocol of your incoming mail server.
- Specify the mail domain name as the incoming and outgoing mail server (for example: mail.vpasp.net), and click Next.
- In the Incoming User Name box, specify your full e-mail address (for example, yourname@vpasp.net), and click Next.
- Enter the name by which you would like to refer to this account (for example, Work Account) and click Next.
- Verify that the information you entered is correct, and click Finish.
- Click OK to close the Account Settings wizard.
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