Email Setup ~ Mac

Please note: Some older email programs do not provide a checkbox for SMTP server authentication or allow the use of the full email address as an Account User Name, so an upgrade to a newer version of the program may be necessary.

For instructions for Netscape 7.x with Mac OS X

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Outlook Express 5

To Add a New Account Profile:

• Open Outlook.
• Go to Tools in the toolbar.
• Choose Accounts.This opens the Internet Accounts window.
• Choose the Mail tab.
• Click on New.
• Choose POP.
• Click on OK.
• Enter your Account Name.
• Enter your Name.
• Enter your Email Address.
• Enter your Account User Name (your full email address) in the Account ID field.
• In the POP Server field enter email.tidalhosting.com.
• Enter your Password in the Save Password field
• In the SMTP Server field enter either * email.tidalhosting.com or your ISP's SMTP server information.
• *If you are using email.tidalhosting.com for your SMTP server, choose "Click here for advanced sending options".
• Check the box on for SMTP server requires authentication.
• Select Use same settings as incoming mail server.
• Click OK to finish.

• Open Outlook
• Go to Tools
• Choose Accounts
• Double click on the account you wish to update in the Internet Accounts window. This brings up Edit Accounts.
• Locate the tab which contains the information that needs to be edited.
• Make corrections
• Click OK

• Start Netscape.
• Open the Mail & News Groups window.
• Select Edit from the toolbar.
• Choose Mail & News Groups Account Settings. This will open the Mail & News Groups Account Settings window.
• Select Add Account, this will launch the Account Wizard.
• Choose Email Account.
• Click on the Right Arrow > button to continue.
• In the Your Name field enter the name you wish to have appear in the From field of your outgoing messages.
• Enter your Email Address.
• Click on the Right Arrow > button to continue.
• Select POP.
• In the Incoming Server field enter email.tidalhosting.com.
• Click on the Right Arrow > button to continue.
• Enter your Account User Name (full email address) in the User Name field.
• Click on the Right Arrow > button to continue.This will bring you to the Congratulations! page, check the list to see that all your settings are correct.
• If any (except the Outgoing Server (SMTP) setting) are incorrect, use the < Left Arrow to go back and change them.
• Check the Outgoing Server (SMTP) setting, if it is not email.tidalhosting.com or your ISP's SMTP server information, then there will be * additional steps. If the SMTP Server setting is correct you are finished.
• Click on Finish.

  *Changing the Outgoing Server (SMTP) setting in Netscape 7

• Open Mail & News Groups Account Settings if it is not already open.
• Locate Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the accounts list and click on it. To the right you will now see the settings for the default SMTP server.
• If this is not email.tidalhosting.com or your ISP's SMTP server information, then click on the Advanced button to the right. This will open the Advanced Outgoing Server (SMTP) window.
• Click Add
• Under Server Name enter email.tidalhosting.com (or your ISP's SMTP server information).
• The Use name and password box should be checked on if you are using email.tidalhosting.com as you SMTP server.
• Enter your Account User Name (full email address) in the User Name field.
• Click OK to continue.
• Return to Mail & News Groups Account Settings
• Locate the name of the account you just set up in the list and click on it. This will bring up Account Settings to the right.
• Click on Advanced. This will bring up the Advanced Account Settings window with a list of the SMTP servers that have been created.
• Choose email.tidalhosting.com (or your ISP's SMTP server information from the list.)
• Click OK
• If you wish this account and SMTP setting to be the Default Account, select it from the list to the left in the Mail & News Groups Account Settings window and click Set As Default.
• Click OK to finish.

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