I have yet to set up my mail account on my mac. What am i supposed to put for the incomming and outgoing servers? I know it's supposed to be a POP.
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I also forgot to mention my parents have an emial account setup in microsoft outloo/express on the windows machines that end with
.optonline.net
The problem is it is a POP3. I am only seeing a POP on the mail setup options. So any help?
.optonline.net
The problem is it is a POP3. I am only seeing a POP on the mail setup options. So any help?
JzzTrump22 said:
First "POP" and "POP3" are the same thing. I can't really tell what you have to fill in, but usally it's either mail.provider.com (or .org/.net) or pop. provider.com.
OS X gives you the option of importing your mail settings.
or
Look at:
Tools>Options>Accounts>
for your old email account settings and use the same POP and SMTP settings from there. User name and password in the obvious place...it will walk you through the setup.
or
Look at:
Tools>Options>Accounts>
for your old email account settings and use the same POP and SMTP settings from there. User name and password in the obvious place...it will walk you through the setup.
Well i was planning on making a new account. My parents account is ****@optonline.net
Say i wanted to make a new one. Would it also be @optonline net because that is the service provider (optimum online).
I just found out the incomming and outgoing servers are both the same
(mail-hub.optonline.net)
I want to make my own account to foward my college mail to because the college said bad things happen to fowarded email when it goes to hotmail which is what i have now. So i want to make a real mail account.
Say i wanted to make a new one. Would it also be @optonline net because that is the service provider (optimum online).
I just found out the incomming and outgoing servers are both the same
(mail-hub.optonline.net)
I want to make my own account to foward my college mail to because the college said bad things happen to fowarded email when it goes to hotmail which is what i have now. So i want to make a real mail account.
I see that Optimum Online offers 5 separate e-mail addresses per subscription.
"You can add up to 4 additional sub-account e-mail addresses by going to our Optimum Online Account Management system. Enter your primary e-mail name and password where prompted, and follow the instructions to add additional mailboxes."
Yes, they will also be @optonline.net adresses (most likely).
"You can add up to 4 additional sub-account e-mail addresses by going to our Optimum Online Account Management system. Enter your primary e-mail name and password where prompted, and follow the instructions to add additional mailboxes."
Yes, they will also be @optonline.net adresses (most likely).
i have been trying to set up a mail account for my yahoo email address. it always says that it cant connect to the incoming and outgoing mail servers. can someone tell me what these are for yahoo accounts?
knicksfan58 said:
Did you pay for POP service with yahoo? Because POP won't work if you're just using a free yahoo email account.
JzzTrump22 said:
As Gecko noted, you will have to create an account through optonline first. You cannot just enter the information in Mail.app and suddenly have an email account.
knicksfan58 said:
I don't believe so. You have to pay yahoo to use their POP service. See Yahoo Mail+:
http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/help
I suspect it's beyond the login page:
http://www.optonline.net/Registration?domain=/Home
That's the way it is on my ISP. Once you login and verify that you are a customer, you can create new email addresses.
http://www.optonline.net/Registration?domain=/Home
That's the way it is on my ISP. Once you login and verify that you are a customer, you can create new email addresses.