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Setting Up Email For The First Time Use of Windows Mail

This section sets up email on either a new computer or for the very first time you are using Windows Mail

Note that this is for a Windows Vista based machine only!

This guide applies for new OnALot.com email accounts, or, for OnALot hosted Website email accounts.

Follow these instructions to set up your new email account.

  1. Open Windows Mail
  2. If it asks to make this your default email program, click Yes or OK

    Note: Sometimes Windows Mail will skip steps 3 and 4, and go directly to step 5. That's OK. Enter your name as you want others to see it and click OK. Say Yes when it wants to go to your new account name.

  3. Click on File
  4. Click on Identities, then Add New Identity
  5. Enter your name as you would like others to see it. Click Next

    Note: for the rest of these instructions, only use lowercase letters. No capitals!

  6. Enter your new Onalot email name as: yourname@onalot.com (or yourname@yourdomain.com) Click Next
  7. The first line is POP3
  8. The Incoming Mail Server is pop3.onalot.com (or pop3.yourdomain.com)
  9. For the Outgoing Mail Server use smtp.onalot.com

    NOTE: For our Paden customers only, use smtp.valornet.com instead of smtp.onalot.com
    NOTE: If you host your own website with us, use pop3.yourdomain.com and smtp.yourdomain.com

  10. Click Next
  11. Enter your email name, such as you@onalot.com (or you@yourdomain.com)
  12. Enter your password. Check the Remember Password button
  13. Do NOT check the Log On Using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) box.
  14. Put a check in the box that says "My server requires authentication."
  15. Click Next
  16. If it wants you to import at this time, say no. Click Next
  17. Click Finish
  18. You are now back at the Main Windows Mail page. There are a few things to do yet.
  19. At the top, click on Tools
  20. Click on Accounts
  21. Click on the Mail Tab, then on properties on the right
  22. Click on the Advanced Tab at the top
  23. Change the Outgoing mail (SMTP) number from 25 to 2501
  24. Click Apply
  25. Click OK
  26. Click Close
  27. Click on Tools
  28. Click on Options
  29. At the top, click on General
  30. Put a check in the “When starting, go directly to my ‘Inbox’ folder”
  31. At the top, click on Maintenance
  32. Put a check in the “Empty message in the ‘Deleted Items’ folder on exit”
  33. Click Apply
  34. Click OK

You're done setting up your email account. If you have more than one account, go back up to step 1 again.

Testing Your New Email Account

The fastest way to check your email account(s) is to send yourself a test message.

  1. Click on Create Mail
  2. Enter your email address in the To field
  3. Enter Test as the Subject
  4. Enter anything you like in the body of the message
  5. Click Send
  6. After it’s sent, wait 30 seconds and then click on the Send / Receive button.
  7. The email you just sent should come back to you.

You’re done. If you have any problems, just give us a call!