The richfordvt.net e-mail server is a computer named
flounder.jimking.net. Flounder is located in New Orleans, Louisiana
and hosts the www.richfordvt.net web site in addition to doing e-mail.
Usernames
You need to know your richfordvt.net e-mail username to access your e-mail.
Usernames usually are different than
the name part of your e-mail address. Instead they are usually,
but not always, your first name followed by the first letter of your
last name. For example, if Richard Heurtley's e-mail address is
richard@richfordvt.net then his username is probably richardh.
There are two kinds of richfordvt.net e-mail accounts:
Forwarding e-mail accounts
Forwarding e-mail accounts forward e-mail to another e-mail account.
If your ISP, school, or workplace provides an e-mail account that you
like to use then a richfordvt.net forwarding account can be created to
forward e-mail sent to name@richfordvt.net to your actual account.
Forwarding e-mail accounts are not "real" e-mail accounts and
instructions to access the actual e-mail account must come from
whoever provides the service.
Real e-mail accounts
"Real" e-mail accounts physically reside on Flounder's hard disk.
These accounts are independent of the means by which you connect to
the internet. For example, many people have modem dial-up internet
access with an ISP and an e-mail account that comes as part of the
service. A real richfordvt.net e-mail account is completely independent of
the ISP and the e-mail account provided by the ISP. You can have a real
richfordvt.net e-mail account without having ISP service at all and
access your e-mail on computers in a school, library, or at an
internet cafe. Often the e-mail service provided by ISPs is erratic
and unreliable and you may want to use a richfordvt.net e-mail account
instead of an ISP's e-mail account.
There are two ways to access a real richfordvt.net e-mail account:
SquirrelMail
The easiest way is to bring up a web browser and enter the URL:
http://flounder.jimking.net/webmail/src/login.php
which is the entry point to a web-based e-mail access program called
SquirrelMail. SquirrelMail will ask you for your username and password
and then display a list of your incoming e-mail messages. SquirrelMail
is very powerful and a convenient way of accessing your e-mail when
traveling.
The www.richfordvt.net web site has a convenient link like this:
Log-in here
that will take you to the SquirrelMail log-in screen without having
to type in the URL.
E-mail client programs
The second way to access your richfordvt.net e-mail is to configure an
e-mail client program like OutLook Express or Netscape Messenger. To
do this you need three pieces of information:
The name of the incoming (POP) and outgoing (SMTP) e-mail servers.
In this case the incoming and outgoing servers are the same computer
which is called flounder.jimking.net.
Your username.
Your password.
Outgoing e-mail authentication
Unlike most ISP e-mail servers the richfordvt.net e-mail server
requires a username and password before it will send
e-mail. This is to prevent spammers from using flounder.jimking.net as
an e-mail relay. The procedure for setting up a richfordvt.net e-mail
account is often exactly the same as setting up an ISP e-mail account
except that you have to configure the e-mail client program to send
your username and password to send e-mail.
Outlook Express
These instructions are for Outlook Express version 5.5. The
procedure for other versions of Outlook Express should be similar.
To configure Outlook Express to access your richfordvt.net e-mail
account do the following:
Start Outlook Express by double clicking on the icon.
Click on the "Tools" menu.
Click on the "Accounts" menu item.
Click on the "Mail" tab.
Click on the "Add" button.
Click on the "Mail" item. This will display a form asking for
your name.
Type in your name and click on the "Next" button. This will
display a form asking for you e-mail address.
Select "I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use"
and type in your richfordvt.net e-mail address. Click on the "Next"
button. This will display a form asking for your e-mail server names.
Choose "POP3" for the incoming e-mail server type
(flounder.jimking.net is also an IMAP server for sophisticated users)
and enter "flounder.jimking.net" for both the incoming and outgoing
server names. Click on "Next". This will display a form asking for
your account name and password.
Type in your username. If you want your computer to remember
your password for getting e-mail (optional) then check "Remember
password" and type in your password. Make sure that "Log on using
Secure Password Authentication" is not checked. Click on
"Next". This will display a window saying that you're finished
configuring your new e-mail account.
Click on "Finish". This will return you to the "Mail" tab you
selected earlier.
Click on the "flounder.jimking.net" account to select it. The
name should turn blue.
Click on the "Properties" button.
Click on the "Servers" tab.
At the bottom check "My server requires authentication." and
click on the "Settings" button.
Click on "Log on using" and enter your username. If you want
the computer to remember your password for sending e-mail
(recommended) then select "Remember password" and enter your password.
Make sure that "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" is
not checked. Click on "OK".
Click on "OK".
Click on "Close".
At this point your richfordvt.net e-mail account should be completely
set up. Try sending yourself some e-mail and see if it works.
Netscape Messenger
These instructions are for Netscape Messenger 4.76. The procedure
for other versions of Netscape Messenger should be similar.
To configure Netscape Messenger to access your richfordvt.net e-mail
account do the following:
Start Netscape Messenger.
Click on the "Edit" menu.
Click on the "Preferences" menu item.
Extend the "Mail and Newsgroups" list by clicking on the
[+].
Click on the "Identity" item. This will display a form asking
for your name and richfordvt.net e-mail address. Type in your name and
e-mail address. Do not click on "OK". If you do the
window will go away and you'll have to click on the "Edit menu again
and start over.
Click on the "Mail Servers" item. If you have an incoming mail
server already listed click on it to select it and then press the
"Delete" button.
Click on the "Add" button. This will display a form to enter the
incoming server information.
Click on the "General" tab. Type the server name as
"flounder.jimking.net". Select the "POP3 Server" server type.
(Flounder also serves as an IMAP server for sophisticated users.) Type
in your username. If you want the computer to remember your password
check the "Remember password" box. Click on "OK".
Type in "flounder.jimking.net" as the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)
server" and type in your username. Select "Never" for the "Secure
Socket Layer (SSL)" option. Click on "OK".
At this point your richfordvt.net e-mail account should be completely
set up. Try sending yourself some e-mail and see if it works.
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