Secondly, you need to implement the necessary update on your computer at home or work. You can find instructions on making the changes to your particular operating system below:
Winodws - Microsoft Outlook 2002
Mail Server Settings
SMTP Mail Server: (Outgoing Mail) mail.usmessage.net
POP Mail Server: (Incoming Mail) postoffice.usmessage.net
Load Microsoft Outlook
Select Email Accounts from the Tools menu
Select Add a new email account
Click the Next button
For the Server Type, select POP3
Click the Next button
Under User Information enter in your:
Name in the Your Name field
US Message email address in the E-mail Address field
Under Server Information:
For the Incoming mail server, type in postoffice.usmessage.net
For the Outgoing mail server, type in mail.usmessage.net
Under Login Information:
For the User Name, type in your US Message username
For the Password, type in your password
Check the box labeled Remember password
Click the Next button
Click the Finish button
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Windows - Netscape Communicator 4.0
Mail Server Settings
SMTP Mail Server: (Outgoing Mail) mail.usmessage.net
POP Mail Server: (Incoming Mail) postoffice.usmessage.net
Load Netscape.
Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
Click on the + next to Mail & Groups.
Click on Identity.
Fill in the Your Name field.
Fill in the Email address field.
Click on Mail Servers.
Fill in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field with mail.usmessage.net.
For "Outgoing mail server user name", make sure that your US Message username is entered.
Click the Add button
Fill in the Incoming mail (POP3) server fields with postoffice.usmessage.net.
Mail Server type should be set to POP3
Fill in the Mail server user name field with your US Message email address
Check Remember mail password.
Click the POP tab
Uncheck the box that says "Leave messages on server"
Click OK.
Click OK.
Updating Netscape Communicator Mail
Load Netscape.
Select Preferences from the Edit menu.
Click on the + next to Mail & Groups.
Click on Identity.
Fill in the Your Name field.
Fill in the Email address field.
Click on Mail Servers.
In the Incoming Mail Servers list, select postoffice.usmessage.net and click edit.
Verify that the Mail server field shows postoffice.usmessage.net and that Server Type is POP3 Server. The User Name field should be your email address, but replacing the @ with $, as shown below. (Make sure you use your username$usmessage.net)
Check Remember mail password.
Click OK.
Click OK.
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Windows - Netscape 7
Mail Server Settings
SMTP Mail Server: (Outgoing Mail) mail.usmessage.net
POP Mail Server: (Incoming Mail) postoffice.usmessage.net
Step 1: Click on the Window menu and select Mail and Newsgroups.
Step 2: Click on Edit and select Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings.
Step 3: Click on Add Account.
Step 4: Select Email Account and click Next.
Step 5: Enter "Display" Name and Email Address and click Next.
Step 6: Select POP and enter Incoming Server (pop3.ispwest.com) and the Outgoing Server (smtp.ispwest.com) and click Next.
Step 7: Enter username and click Next.
Step 8: Enter the Account Name for the account and click Next.
Step 9: Verify that all information is correct and click Finish.
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Macintosh - Outlook Express 5.0
Mail Server Settings
SMTP Mail Server: (Outgoing Mail) mail.usmessage.net
POP Mail Server: (Incoming Mail) postoffice.usmessage.net
SETUP INSTRUCTIONS for Outlook Express (version 5.0.2 - 5.0.3)
Outlook Express comes bundled with your Macintosh Operating system. This set up information
applies to Outlook Express versions 5.0.2 qnd 5.0.3. These instructions show first
time installation as well as additional account installation using the Outlook Express
Setup Wizard.
Running Outlook Express for the first time brings up a dialog box that will guide you through the set up procedure.
If you are upgrading or switching email programs click the first radio button, If
this is your first email program, click the second radio button. Don't click the third
one. {Clicking the second radio button will skip the next 3 steps}.
Check the "I want to use Outlook Express ..." checkbox and forget about the
test drive for now.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
Providing that you have selected the first radio button in the previous Welcome window,
you now need to select which email program you are upgrading from or switching to.
There is not much more to this one so click the right arrow to continue on to the
next step once you have selected your old email program.
The two radio buttons below the line should never be clicked, if they need to be clicked
then your Outlook Express installation probably wont work anyway.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
This Ready to Import window allows you to choose what previous information (if any) you would
like to import into your new email program.
You can import Mail Messages, Address Books, Signature files, Accounts, Rules and
even Preferences from you previous email program. Check which information you want
to import. {Choosing something that does not exist in your previous email program
will simply be ignored in the import}.
Running Outlook Express for the first time brings up a dialog box that will guide you through
the set up procedure.
If you are upgrading or switching email programs click the first radio button, If
this is your first email program, click the second radio button. Don't click the third
one. {Clicking the second radio button will skip the next 3 steps}.
Check the "I want to use Outlook Express ..." checkbox and forget about the
test drive for now.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
This is where you actually start setting up your qwickconnect email account.
This Your Name window is just for that, your name. Enter your name just as
it would appear in any correspondence you may make using Capitalization for the first
letters:
example: John Doe.
This is displayed along with your email address in all the emails that you send.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
Enter your qwickconnect email address in this Internet E-mail Address window;
example: johndoe@usmessage.net
the johndoe in this example is the US Message.net account username.
(The "Login" button on the http://www.tthemacisp.net website has a user maintenance area
which allows dialup customers to configure an additional 4 email boxes, each of which
can have their own account in Outlook Express).
Click the right arrow key to continue.
This E-mail Server Names window is where you set the connection to the mail servers.
US Message.net has a POP server for its incoming mail. Set the Incoming
mail server to POP.
Set the Incoming mail (POP,IMAP) server to postoffice.usmessage.net.
Set the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server to mail.usmessage.net.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
The Internet Mail Login window is where you enter your US Message.net username and password.
Enter your Account ID: which is the
US Message.net user name.
example: johndoe
Enter your Password, and it should not be this obvious but in this example, johndoe
picked:
cornpone which looks like: ********
Check the Save Password checkbox.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
Outlook Express allows you to have multiple E-mail accounts with different configurations
for each. To identify the different accounts a name should be provided for this account.
Enter the Account name, so in keeping with this example, enter:
johndoe@usmessage.net
Check the "Send and Receive All" checkbox and click the Finish button to complete
the US Message.net E-mail account setup.
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Macintosh - Entourage (Versions 1)
This set up information applies to Entourage for the Mac which comes with Microsoft Office.
Entourage is a Mac version of the popular Windows Outlook email program. The use and
setup of this program is similar to Outlook Express which ships with your Macintosh
operating system.
Start up Entourage, click Tools on the main menu bar and select Accounts from it.
When the Accounts dialog box appears, click the New button to create a new
email account.
This is where you actually start setting up your usmessage email account.
This Your Name window is just for that, your name. Enter your name just as
it would appear in any correspondence you may make using Capitalization for the first
letters:
example: John Doe.
This is displayed along with your email address in all the emails that you send.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
Enter your usmessage email address in this Internet E-mail Address window;
example: johndoe@usmessage.net
the johndoe in this example is the usmessage account username.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
This E-mail Server Names window is where you set the connection to the mail servers.
usmessage has a POP server for its incoming mail. Set the Incoming mail server to POP.
Set the Incoming mail (POP,IMAP) server to mail.usmessage.net.
Set the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server to mail.usmessage.net.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
The Internet Mail Login window is where you enter your usmessage username and password.
Enter your Account ID: which is the usmessage user name.
example: johndoe%usmessage.net
Enter your Password, and it should not be this obvious but in this example, John Doe
picked:
Baron69 which looks like: ********
Check the Save Password checkbox.
Click the right arrow key to continue.
Entourage allows you to have multiple E-mail accounts with different configurations for each.
To identify the different accounts a name should be provided for this account.
Enter the Account name, so in keeping with this example, enter: John's Account
Check the "Send and Receive All" checkbox and click the Finish button
to complete the Qwickconnect E-mail account setup.
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Macintosh Email
Macintosh OSX contains it's own email client. This version of their email program is full featured
and convienient for single as well as multiple user accounts. This set up information
applies to OSX 10.2 Jaguar for Macintosh.
To create a new US Message.net email account using Apple's Mail program, Start the
Mail program, and the select Preferences from the Mail menu.
Click the Accounts icon and then Click the Add Account button. (if you
wish to edit an existing account, click Edit instead) This will
bring up the new or existing account information form.
Complete the information as shown, substituting your information in place of our fictious user
John Doe.
Account Type: POP
Decsription: US Message.net
Email Address: {Your Username}@usmessage.net
Full Name: {Your Name}
Incoming Mail Server: postoffice.usmessage.net
User Name: {Your Username}
Password: {Your Password}
When finished, click the Options button to setup SMTP authentication and
finalize your configuration.
Complete the information as shown, substituting your information in place of our fictious user
John Doe.
Outgoing Mail Server: mail.usmessage.net
Server Port: 25
Authentication: Password
User Name: {Your Username}
Password: {Your Password}
When finished, click OK followed by OK and finally click the red
close button to exit the Preferences utility. Your US Message.net email account
is now set-up on the Apple Mail program.
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Macintosh - Eudora (Versions 3 thru 5)
This set up information applies to Eudora version 4.x, but because Eudoras' set up
is similar throughout its versions, these set up instructions will also apply to 3.x
and 5.x.
Eudoras' settings options are chosen in the scrolling window on the left. Selecting
a section brings up the option to the right hand side.
Click the Getting Started icon in the left side bar and enter the following information:
Real Name: {Your Name}
Username: {Your Username}
Mail Host: mail.usmessage.net
Return Address: {Your Username}@usmessage.net
Click the Hosts icon in the left side bar and enter the following information:
Mail: mail.usmessage.net
SMTP: mail.usmessage.net
Directory Services: {leave blank}
Finger: {leave blank}
Do not check any of the four options checkboxes and if already checked, uncheck them.
Click the Checking Mail icon in the left side bar and enter the following information:
Username: {Your Username}
Mail Host: mail.usmessage.net
The only other absolutely necessary parameter to be set is Authentication which should
be set to Passwords.
All the other settings are optional.
Click OK to complete Eudora Mail Setup.
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Macintosh - Netscape 7 Email
Netscape is a browser that contains it's own email client. This version of their email
program is full featured and convienient for a single user and now supports multiple
user accounts. This set up information applies to Netscape version 7 for Macintosh
OSX.
Start Netscape.
Click the "Mail" icon near the upper left hand corner of the Netscape window.
The Email window for Netscape will appear.
In the menu to the left, click "Local folders" and then click "Create a
new account".
The New Account Setup window will appear.
Make sure to click the radio button for "Email account" and then click "Next" to continue.
The Identity window will appear. Enter the following information:
Your Name: John Doe
Email Address: johndoe@usmessage.net
Click "Next" to continue.
The Server information window will appear.
Make sure that "POP" is selected and enter the incoming mail server name:
Incoming Server: postoffice.usmessage.net
Click "Next" to continue.
The User Name window will appear.
Enter your username.
for example johndoe
Click "Next" to continue.
The Account name window will appear.
Enter a name by which to refer to this particular connection. We suggest "US Message.net
Account", you may want something else more personal.
Click "Next" to continue.
The Congratulations window will appear.
This is where you check to see that you entered the information correctly. If you
see a mistake, you can use the back button to fix the problem and continue back.
Click "Finish" to continue.
You have successfully configured a US Message.net account for your use on Netscape.
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