Mail Settings for Mail Clients
Email can be very annoying and frustrating. However, email failures usually come down to incorrect settings. There are many and varied email clients out there just in Windows without even talking about Mac. So, this article does not address HOW to set up your particular mix of OS and software, but is to give you the information you will need to enter into your mail software to have it connect.
Note for Windows customers
In its infinite wisdom, Microsoft has made Outlook try to automatically configure your mail client. In my experience, this NEVER works. May be fine if you're connecting to a "giant" - Warner, ComCast, etc - but not for 99% of providers. Immediately skip this section, and check the box that says "Manually configure server settings or additional server types".
Mail settings
You can configure your client to use secure of non-secure mail transfer - both will work. However, it's better to use the secure where possible.
1. Enter your full email address - so,
2. Enter the password you were given. All passwords are character sensitive and swapping an uppercase for lower, or vice versa, can often be the problem stopping you connecting.
