Logging into ChoiceMail and SMTP configuration
 



  • Logging into ChoiceMail

    • ChoiceMail itself behaves as a POP3 mail server with respect to your email application. That means that you must create an account in your email system to connect to ChoiceMail (and you will disable or remove accounts that connect to your original servers, since ChoiceMail takes over that activity). When you create your ChoiceMail account in your email application, you will specify a username and password whose values match the associated values here. Note that if you were using Outlook Express or Eudora, the configuration wizard may have set this up for you automatically.

  • E-mail accounts settings.

    • This button accesses the POP accounts dialogs where you can tell ChoiceMail about all the email accounts that you want it to access.

  • Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

    • ChoiceMail needs to know what server it should use for sending out email messages. All the automatic messages sent by ChoiceMail as well as email messages that you send explicitly will go through this server. Note that if you have multiple email accounts, you may have multiple SMTP servers. Once you have enabled ChoiceMail, you will only use one of them for all outgoing mail. You must normally use the SMTP server associated with the ISP to which your computer is connected. If you use an SMTP server not associated with your ISP, your ISP will most likely block your outgoing email messages. ChoiceMail can store multiple SMTP server configurations so that you can quickly switch from one server to another from the system tray icon, a useful feature when you travel to different locations.




    As of version 1.4, authentication and secure connections are supported for SMTP servers. If your SMTP server requires authentication, check the "My server requires authentication. A dialog will pop up automatically so that you can configure the settings. If you do not know the correct settings, contact your Internet Service Provider. DigiPortal Software does not have that information.

    As of version 1.41, you can also specify a non-standard SMTP port.

    Some ISPs require you to supply a valid sender address, normally the email address that was assigned to you by your ISP. You can enter that email address in the Sender Email Address field.

  • Accessing ChoiceMail from other computers.

    • By default, ChoiceMail does not allow access from email clients over the network (LAN or internet). You can however enable this facility if you have remote devices or you have a private LAN and you wish to use an email application on a machine other than the one running ChoiceMail.

  • Auto start ChoiceMail when Windows starts

    • Check this option if you want ChoiceMail to start automatically when windows starts. This is highly recommended.


See also
Client options
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