| Thunderbird Email, which is part of the Mozilla Firefox suite, is a great alternative to Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. It has most of the same features of these programs, plus downloadable themes to customize the look of your interface. See below for setup instructions. |
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| 1. From your Tools menu, select Account Settings. |
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| 2. In the Account Settings menu click the Add Account button. |
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| 3. In the New Account Setup window click the radio button next to Email Account, then click Next. |
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| 4. In the Identity window, enter in your Name and your email account (where username@yourdomain.com is replaced with the user name and domain name you signed up for). Click Next. |
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| 5. In the Server Information window select POP for the type of incoming server you are using, then type in the name of your mail server (where mail.yourdomain.com is replaced with your domain name). The option to use the Global Inbox feature is up to you. Click Next. |
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| 6. In the User Names window, enter in the user name you were assigned when you signed up with Modo. Click Next. |
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| 7. In the Account Names window, give your new account a name, this is for reference purposes only and can be anything you like. Click Next. |
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| 8. Congratulations! You have successfully configured your new account to check email, if you need to make any modifications click the Back button and make your changes. We must also make modifications to the outgoing mail server so that you can send mail as well. Click Finish to continue. |
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| 9. When you are taken back to the Account Settings window, highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP) and click the Edit button. |
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| 10. All you need to do here is change the default Port setting from 25 to 198. Once you have done this, click OK. You are now ready to send and receive emails. |
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