Transcript Setting up E-Mail - Carbondale Community High School

Setting up E-Mail
Web-based or Local Computer Program
Web-based E-Mail Accounts
(like hotmail or yahoo)
 Sign up online and access through the Internet from
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anywhere.
Mail is left on mailserver in your account.
You can download attachments or other files to your
computer.
Address book and other information are stored on the web.
Free accounts have to be used every so often or they are set
inactive.
You can reactivate the accounts if necessary.
Advertising and pop-ups may come with free e-mail
accounts.
Antivirus scan of incoming and outgoing mail is usually done
through the webserver.
You can pay a fee per year to keep your account active, add
storage or services like spam-detector.
ISP (Internet Service Provider) accounts –
aol.com, earthlink.net, cchs165.jacksn.k12.il.us
Some might have
option to logon via
the web and keep
files on webserver,
but most have to be
set up on local
computer.
Common programs –
•Outlook
•Outlook
Express
•Netscape
•Eudora
Under Tools, Accounts –
Set in the information from your ISP: Your name, e-mail address,
Incoming mail server (POP3) and Outgoing mail server (SMTP).
You can set your
password so that
you have to enter it
each time, or you
can have it
remember your
password.
Be careful of the
latter, because
anyone using your
computer can get
your e-mail.
E-mail on your computer (cont’d)
 When you use this type of e-mail program, you may
have to hit a send & receive button each time you
use your mail. All messages, address book, deleted
mail, etc. will be stored on the local computer where it
was retrieved. If you set up a second computer for
the same mail address, you will not see the same
messages or addresses.
 When your delete a message it goes to a trashcan or
deleted items folder. Make sure you empty that every
so often.
 This type of e-mail is also the most likely to bring in
viruses. This can happen when you view a mail
message or download an attachment. Don’t open email from unknown or suspect addresses, particularly
if they have an attachment.
Other Options
 Web-based access to any account:
www.web2mail.com
 You can put in your e-mail account and
password and get any new e-mail from the
Internet and sometimes have options to erase
mail.