The Internet in Zambia

The Internet in Zambia

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	Email Account Settings

Outlook Express 4

       A. Adding a new mail account
       B. Check your mail settings
       C. Reading and sending mail

A. Creating a mail account.

1. Bring up your "Accounts" details.

Do this by clicking once on the "Tools" menu, and select "Accounts".
You'll see a box looking like this. Click on the tab marked "Mail".
The box looking like this will now come up.

2. To create a mail account
Click on the "Add" button.
Select "Mail".
Enter a name in the box to identify the user of the mail account. e.g. Emma Phiri, and click Next.
Enter the e-mail address for the new user e.g. username@zamnet.zm and click Next.
The first part (username) of this address can be any combination of three to fifteen letters and numbers (no spaces or punctuation).
Remember. For each Zamnet account, you can change only the part of the email address before the @ symbol. Everything after the @ symbol must stay the same.
Enter the e-mail server names.
In the "Incoming mail" box, enter:

i) pop3.zamnet.zm (Lusaka Subscribers) or mail.zamnet.zm (Lusaka Subscribers who joined before 10/98)
ii)mail1.zamnet.zm (Kitwe Subscribers)
iii)zambezi.zamnet.zm (Livingstone Subscribers)

In the "Outgoing mail" box, enter:

i) smtp.zamnet.zm (Lusaka Subscribers)
ii)mail1.zamnet.zm (Kitwe Subscribers)
iii)zambezi.zamnet.zm (Livingstone Subscribers)
Click Next.

Enter the POP account logon details
In the "POP account name" box, enter the username.
In the "Password" box, enter your normal password (created when you first signed up to Zamnet).
Enter a name to identify this account on your computer. e.g. Emma.
Select "Connect using my phone line".
Select to "Use an existing dial-up connection".
Your Zamnet connection will be shown in the box underneath.
Your e-mail account is now created.

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B. Check your mail settings.

It is essential that email settings are correct when sending mail. Installing the Freeserve software should automatically set up an email account for you.
To check that the details for an existing email account are correct follow the steps below.

1.  Select 'Tools', then 'Accounts' from the Outlook Express menu bar.



2.  Highlight the appropriate account by clicking on it with your mouse, then select 'Properties'.



3.  From the Properties box, click on the 'General' tab at the top. Make sure that the name, organisation, e-mail address, and reply to address that you want to appear on your e-mails is correct. The account is usually labelled 'pop3.zamnet.zm', but this is not important.



4.  Now click on the 'Server' tab at the top.

The outgoing mail server (SMTP) should be set to smtp.zamnet.zm or mail1.zamnet.zm (Kitwe Subscribers) or zambezi.zamnet.zm (Livingstone Subscribers).
The incoming mail server (POP3) should be set to pop3.zamnet.zm or mail1.zamnet.zm (Kitwe Subscribers) or zambezi.zamnet.zm (Livingstone Subscribers).
In the 'Incoming Mail Server' section, 'Logon using' should be checked, and you should enter your username and password in the boxes provided.
Your username and password were chosen when you set up your account with Zamnet.
'Logon using Secure Password Authentication' should not be selected.
In the 'Outgoing mail' section, the 'My server requires authentication' option should not be selected.

5. Now click on the 'Connection' tab at the top.

Select 'Connect using my phone line', then select your ZAMNET connection from the menu underneath. This will ensure that Outlook Express will automatically dialup the correct connection.

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C. Reading and sending mail.

1. Checking for new e-mail

To read your e-mail you need to log in to Zamnet and check to see if you have new mail.
If you've set up more than one address you can simultaneously check all e-mail addresses for new mail by clicking on the "Send and
Receive" button on the main toolbar.
If you want to check only one of your e-mail addresses, click once on "Tools" on the main menu and then select "Send and Receive". A second menu will appear allowing you to chose which account to check.

2. Reading e-mail
New mail messages will appear in the right hand window. To read a message, double click on it.
All new mail will be placed automatically into the "Inbox".
You may find it useful to set up new folders within your inbox for each mail address. Do this using the "File" menu - select "Folder", then "New Folder".
You can "Drag and Drop" your messages into whichever folder you like.
3. Sending e-mail
Type a message
Open a "New Message" by clicking on the "Compose Message" button on the main Outlook Express toolbar.
You can also bring up a "New Message" by clicking on the "Compose Message" button on the main Outlook Express toolbar.
Type your e-mail message into the large text area. Remember to provide a correctly formatted e-mail address i.e. something like user@domain. You also need to type in a short subject heading for the message.
If you want to attach a file to the message to send alongside it, click on the paper clip icon. This will bring up a select file menu and you can then choose your attachment.
Send it.
When you're ready to send your message, click on the "File" menu and select "Send Message Using". A further menu will appear allowing you to select which address to send the message from. The message will now bear the correct identification and reply-to address.
Your message has now been sent. A list of the e-mails you have sent will appear on the right hand side if you click on the "Sent Items" icon.

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