How To Set Up A New E-Mail Account
The Computer Club offers an e-mail address to each of our Club Members as one of the benefits of Membership. The Members are not required to use a Club E-Mail Address, but it can be an easy way for Members to communicate with each other. We ask each of our members for an e-mail address that we can post on the Membership page of our website. Access to the Membership page is restricted to Club Members only. A Club E-Mail Address can be used as a substitute for your "real" e-mail address, thus helping to ensure your privacy as much as possible.
What Is Required
In order to obtain a Club E-Mail Address, the Member must provide the Club with the User Name and Password they wish to use. The User Name can contain upper and lower case letters and spaces, but it should be something you can easily remember. The Password can contain upper and lower case letters only, and must be at least 6 characters long, but not more than 12 characters. It should also be easy to remember. Your Club E-Mail Address will have this format: yourname@cccocala.org.
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Sending and Receiving E-Mail
In order to send and receive e-mail with your Club E-Mail Address, you have to add an Account to the software program that you use for e-mail. It is probably Outlook Express if you are Using Windows XP or Windows Mail if you are using Windows Vista. Open the software program.
Left click on Tools on the Menu Bar at the top of the window.
Left click on Accounts in the drop-down menu.
That will open a window showing you the accounts that are currently set up in your software.
There may be only one account.
Now left click on Add...
Left click on E-mail Account and then click Next.
Type in a Display Name.
This is the name that will appear in the From field of your outgoing mail.
Click Next.
Type in your e-mail address.
This is the User Name that you gave the Club, followed by @cccocala.org.
Remember, it must be EXACTLY as you gave it to the Club.
Click Next.
Type the name of the Incoming Mail server. It is pop.cccocala.org.
Type the name of the Outgoing Mail server. It is smtp.cccocala.org.
Click next.
Type in your User Name again, including @cccocala.org.
Type in your Password EXACTLY as you gave it to the Club.
Click Next.
Now you should see the Congratulations screen telling you that you were successful.
Click Finish.
You just set up a new Account in your e-mail software program.
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Test Your E-Mail
Ask someone to send you an e-mail using your new Club E-Mail Address. Remember, the format is yourname@cccocala.org. You can even send an e-mail to yourself, if you wish. You can change your User Name and Password any time you wish. You will have to notify the Club of the change and allow a day or two for it to take effect.
If you are traveling, you can check your e-mail by typing webmail.cccocala.org in the address box of any browser. That will take you to the website where you enter your e-mail address and password to view your mail.
Enjoy.
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