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Outlook Express needs to be configured to access your NetDotCom e-mail account.
Your e-mail account must be activated by NetDotCom before you can begin using it.
Click on Start, All Programs, Outlook Express or double click on the Outlook Express  icon.
If this is the first time Outlook Express has been used it will automatically start a 'wizard' to guide you through the setup process. If the window shown below does not appear, use these instructions.
The Display Name is is used to personalize your outgoing e-mail. People you send e-mail to will see your e-mail as being
'From' the name typed in below. Note: This is not the same as your e-mail address. Click Next to proceed.
Type in your e-mail address exactly as given to you by NetDotCom. Normally it should be in all small letters, however you can use capital letters to make it easier to read. No spaces
are permitted. Click Next to proceed.
Next, the Incoming and Outgoing mail server names need to be typed in. The following table indicates the proper mail server name to use based on your selected NetDotCom
e-mail address. After the information is entered, click Next to proceed.
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E-mail address to server name mapping
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If your e-mail address ends with
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Type in this mail server name
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@netdotcom.com
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Incoming Mail Server: pop.netdotcom.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.netdotcom.com
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@ndcis.com
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Incoming Mail Server: pop.ndcis.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.ndcis.com
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@digitaldrive.net
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Incoming Mail Server: pop.digitaldrive.net
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.digitaldrive.net
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Any other email name
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Incoming Mail Server: pop.ndcis.net
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.ndcis.net
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In the "Account name" space, please type in your e-mail address and password exactly as given to you by NetDotCom. This must be typed in all small letters
without any spaces. Any mistakes will prevent you from retrieving e-mail sent to you. The 'check boxes' should be selected as shown. Click Next to proceed.
The final screen completes the process. Click Finish to complete and close the wizard.
The newly created account is now listed in the Internet Accounts window.
IMPORTANT: Before the new account can be used a setting has to be changed. The setting in not configured properly by the New Account Wizard.
Click on "pop.netdotcom.c.." then click on the Properties button
When the pop.netdotcom.com Properties window is shown click on the Servers tab.
On the Servers tab, at the bottom of the window in the Outgoing Mail Server section, check the box labeled "My server requires authentication" then click the Apply button.
Click on the Settings button and verify the settings match those shown below.
Click on the OK button on the Outgoing Mail Server window, then click the OK button on the pop.netdotcom.com Properties window, then click Close on the Internet Accounts
window
You can begin using Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail.
Usage instructions are located in the Technical Support section of
the NetDotCom web site.
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