Microsoft Outlook Express
You need to repeat all the steps on this page for adding another screen name for checking email You will not be able to send mail without adding information to the eNetBot Mail account editor.
Outlook Express is a free email client shipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Given below are the step by step instructions for configuring Outlook Express with eNetBot Mail to send and receive AOL mail – Outlook Express 5Getting Started : Configuring Clients : Outlook Express
- Open Outlook Express
- From the Tools menu, choose Account.
- Select the Mail tab.
- Click on the Add button and choose Mail…
- The internet connection wizard appears. Fill in the display name field with the name that you want to appear in your e-mail messages.
- The Internet Connection Wizard is displayed. Enter a display name for the account. The name “My AOL Account” chosen for this email account can be anything of your choice.
- Click on the next button and you should see a screen requiring your AOL email address. Replace the screenname with your AOL screen name. (You need to repeat all the steps on this page for adding another screen name for checking email).
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The next screen requires your POP3 and SMTP server. You need to specify both as aol.enetbot.com
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The next screen is where you specify your AOL screen name and password for Outlook to be able to get your AOL mail. See that the remember password option is checked so that Outlook does not ask for your password each time.
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The last screen in the wizard is shown below. Click Finish to close this screen.
11. Click the OK button and close all open dialogs to save settings.
12. Add User Information to eNetBot
This step is required for sending mail through the AOL server. eNetBot Mail uses secure authentication for sending mail using AOL servers. The email clients do not provide this information while forwarding your email through eNetBot. Using secure authentication also serves to eliminate spammers from using eNetBot to post spam.
Add your AOL screen name(s) and passwords using the Account editor provided in the eNetBot mail control panel
1. Double click on the eNetBot icon in the system tray or it can be accessed through the popup-menu by right clicking and selecting eNetBot control panel in the Popup menu.
2. Select Tools menu in eNetBot >> Account editor(Sending Mail)
The dialog shown below will appear.
3. Click on the Add button and the dialog shown below will appear.
4. Enter you AOL screen name (the address from which you will be sending email). Enter the password for the screen name and click OK. Example: If your screen name is bob123, then the information you enter will be:
Screen Name : bob123
Password : bob123’s AOL password
Confirm Password : bob123’s AOL password5. Follow steps 3 and 4 again for entering additional screen names from which you want to be able to send email.
Note about security
This information collected by eNetBot is held securely (encrypted) on YOUR PC and is sent ONLY to AOL while authenticating your outgoing mail with the AOL server. [Note: Outgoing mail cannot be sent if the screen names you plan to use in the email client(s) are not entered here too]
The AOL password provided by you will NOT be used by eNetBot for any other purpose than to authenticate your outgoing mail with AOL.
That is all you need to do with eNetBot to read and write your AOL mail.
See Also
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Configuring Clients
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Microsoft Outlook - Eudora Pro
- Eudora Lite
- Netscape Mail
- Pegasus Mail
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