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E-Mail Setup for Horizonz Users

Using EMAILFidelity

Mail Server Settings SMTP Mail Server: (Outgoing Mail) smtp.horizonz.com POP Mail Server: (Incoming Mail) pop3.horizonz.com

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Using the Mail Account Setup Wizard

To set up a mail or newsgroup account, first open the Window menu and choose Mail & Newsgroups. If you haven't already set up an account, the Account Wizard appears automatically, enabling you to set up an account.

To set up a new mail or newsgroup account, begin from the Mail window:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings. You see the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog box.

2. Click Add Account to start the Account Wizard.

The information requested by the Account Wizard depends on the type of new account you specify in its first window. The boldface headings that follow correspond to the windows you'll see when you're setting up an ISP or email provider account.

3. New Account Setup: Choose the type of account you want to set up, then click Next.

4. Identity: Enter the name and email address appropriate for this account, then click Next.

5. Server Information: Select IMAP.

You must also provide the name of your incoming and outgoing mail servers:

Incoming mail server: Your ISP’s incoming mail server (pop.horizonz.com )
Outgoing mail server: Your ISP’s outgoing mail server (smtp.horizonz.com )

6. User Name: Enter the your entire email address, then click Next.

7. Account Name: Enter whatever name you want to use to refer to this account, then click Next.

8. Congratulations! Verify that the information you entered is correct. When you are sure that it's correct, click Finish to set up your account.

9. You see your new account listed in the left side of the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog box. Click OK to start using your new account.

You are now ready to retrieve messages from your account. Click on the Account to see its contents. You will see 4 folders: Inbox, Sent, Drafts and Bulk. The first three are the default folders of your IMAP account. The Bulk folder will contain all messages identified as SPAM.

Offline and Disk Space Settings (IMAP)

If you are not already viewing the offline and disk space preferences for an IMAP account, begin from the Mail window:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings. You see the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings dialog box.

2. Choose the Offline & Disk Space category for an IMAP account.

* Make the messages in my Inbox available when I am working offline: Select this option so that messages in your Inbox will be available when you are working offline.

* When I create new folders, select them for offline: Select this option so that new folders you create are automatically selected for offline use. If left unchecked, new folders won't be automatically selected for offline use. You can manually select folders for offline by choosing the Download/Sync Now command (available from the File menu, under Offline). Click the Select button in the Download/Sync Messages dialog box to select the folders.

* Select: Click to select the items (folders or newsgroups) that you want to make available for offline use. See Selecting Items for Offline Viewing for more information.

* Do not download messages locally that are larger than _KB: Select this option to conserve disk space by preventing large messages from being downloaded. Enter the maximum size for downloaded messages.

Activating EMailFidelity:

Activation Process

1. Log in to your end user control panel.

2. Go to the "Password/Forwarding" section.

3. Enter only one of these three phrases in the "Forward List" box:

Enter one of the phrases above as shown in the screenshot below:

Deactivation Process

1. To deactivate EMAILFidelity for a particular account follow steps 1 and 2 of the activation process.

2. Then delete the forward command specified n the "Forward List".

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