Email Client Settings

CMail provides support for all of the popular Internet clients including Microsoft Internet Mail, Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Pegasus. In all cases, configuring the client to use CMail is simply a case of inserting the IP address on your Local Area Network in the POP3 and SMTP Server fields in the client.

Configuring Microsoft Outlook Express

  1. Load Outlook Express as normal.
  2. Click Tools and then Accounts to display your currently defined Internet accounts.
  3. Click Add followed by Mail to load the mail connection wizard.
  4. Enter your name in the Display name field and press next.
  5. Enter your email address in the E-mail address field and press next.
  6. The incoming mail server is a POP3 server.

  1. Enter the IP address of the workstation running CMail Server in the Incoming mail server field - e.g. 192.168.0.1.
  2. Enter the IP address of the workstation running CMail Server in the Outgoing mail server field - e.g. 192.168.0.1 and press next.
  3. Enter your CMail username and password in the Username and Password fields. Click next.
  4. Click next on the Friendly Name menu.
  5. Select LAN connection on the Choose Connection Type menu and press next.

  1. Click Finish to complete the setup.

Configuring Qualcomm Eudora

  1. Load Eudora as normal.
  2. Click on Tools followed by Options.
  3. Highlight Personal Info in the Category menu and enter your name in the Real Name field.

  1. Enter your email address in the Return Address field.
  2. Highlight Hosts in the Category menu and enter the IP address of the workstation running CMail Server into the SMTP field - e.g. 192.168.0.1.
  3. Enter your CMail username followed by the '@' sign and then the IP address of the CMail Server in the POP3 Account field. - e.g. john@192.168.0.1.

  1. Press OK to complete the setup.

Microsoft Internet Mail

  1. Load Internet Mail as normal.
  2. Click on the Mail menu and select Options.
  3. From the Options menu, select the Servers tab.

  1. Enter the IP address of the workstation running CMail Server in both the SMTP and POP3 server name fields.
  2. Enter your CMail username and password in the POP3 account fields.
  3. Click the Connection tab and ensure that you are connecting through a LAN.
  4. Press Apply and OK to complete the setup.

Configuring Microsoft Inbox (Version 4.0)

  1. Load Inbox as Normal.
  2. Click on the Tools menu followed by Services.
  3. If Internet Mail is present in the list of installed services, highlight Internet Mail and click Properties. If Internet Mail is not present, click Add, select Internet Mail from the list of services and press OK to add the Service.

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  1. On the Internet Mail properties menu, enter your name and email address in the relevant fields.
  2. Enter the IP address of the CMail Server in the Internet Mail Server field.
  3. Enter your CMail username and password in the correct fields.
  4. Click the Connection tab and ensure that you are connection through a LAN.
  5. Press Apply and OK to complete the setup.

Configuring Pegasus Mail

  1. Load Pegasus Mail in the normal way.
  2. Click on Tools on the menubar and select Options from the menu.
  3. Select the Network tab from the Options menu.

  1. Enter your email address in the relevant field.
  2. Enter the IP address of the CMail Server in the POP3 Host field - e.g.192.168.0.1
  3. Enter your CMail username and password in the relevant fields.
  4. Enter the IP address of the CMail Server in the SMTP Host field - e.g. 192.168.0.1
  5. Press OK to complete the configuration.

Configuring Microsoft Outlook 97

  1. Load Outlook as Normal.
  2. Click on the Tools menu followed by Services.
  3. If Internet Mail is present in the list of installed services, highlight Internet Mail and click Properties. If Internet Mail is not present, click Add, select Internet Mail from the list of services and press OK to add the Service.

  1. On the Internet Mail properties menu, enter your name and email address in the relevant fields.
  2. Enter the IP address of the CMail Server in the Internet Mail Server field.
  3. Enter your CMail username and password in the correct fields.
  4. Click the Connection tab and ensure that you are connection through a LAN.
  5. Press Apply and OK to complete the setup.

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