Starter Hosting E-mail Service
Your Starter Hosting plan supports both the POP3 (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol)
methods for accessing and retrieving E-Mail stored remotely. POP allows you do download e-mail from the Starter
Hosting server to your own PC. IMAP does the same, but it also allows you to create folders on the Starter Hosting
Server itself and save e-mail in the folders you create.
Your Starter Hosting account supports the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) method of relaying outgoing
e-mail from your e-mail client through your Starter Hosting server and onward to the destination e-mail address.
NOTE: All Signature Hosting accounts include the SMTP-Auth
anti-spam configuration. If you plan to use your Signature Hosting server as an SMTP relay for your outgoing e-mail
you must first configure your e-mail client to use SMTP-Auth. Instructions are included below.
There are numerous e-mail clients (programs) available that support POP, or both POP and IMAP, and SMTP. These include:
Client Configuration Instructions
Select the e-mail client program you use from the list below. If you do not see your specific client program, use the
generic instructions below for configuration.
Generic Configuration Instructions
Configuring e-mail settings may be different from program to program, but all e-mail programs require the same basic
pieces of information. Here we list the different items required by most e-mail programs, and the proper way to
configure them. If you have difficulty figuring out how to configure your particular client program, please consult
the documentation that came with that program, or contact the software manufacturer.
- POP mail
There are a few different methods (also known as protocols) for checking e-mail. POP
(Post Office Protocol) is the most commonly used method, particulary when using an e-mail client.
- E-mail Address
This is often listed as POP account or IMAP Account, return address, or reply address,
and some programs may request this more than once. In every case, however, this is simply your username at your
host domain (for example, username@YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME.)
- Username
Also often called POP ID or Account Name, this is your username.
- Password
This is the password associated with your username. Some programs do not ask for the password until you check
your mail.
- Incoming Mail Server
There are a number of different ways this may be phrased, but it is referring to the domain name where your mail
is stored. Your mail is stored on your Server, so you should enter your Host domain name.
- Outgoing SMTP Server
This may also be expressed differently, but it is asking for the domain name of your SMTP server, or the server
you use to send e-mail. This should be your Host domain name. Your SMTP server should be set to allow SMTP-Auth
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