Start the Outlook Express software... you do not need to be on-line to enter the settings.

We'll cover setting up a mailbox with Syracuse.Net, then we'll cover using a mailbox with another provider such as mac.com, yahoo.com, etc.

In this example, let's use the following information to set up the software for a Syracuse.Net mailbox for Wayne Bibbens:

Name: Wayne Bibbens
Syracuse.Net User ID: wbibbens
Incoming mailbox name: mail.syracuse.net
Outgoing mailbox name: mail.syracuse.net

Pull down the Tools Menu and select Accounts. Select & click "new."

In "Account Settings Tab", enter in a title you'd like to identify this account as. We have entered Wayne's Syracuse Account.

Enter your Real Name... Wayne Bibbens
Enter your E-mail address... wbibbens@syracuse.net

Enter your Account ID... wbibbens
Enter your POP server... mail.syracuse.net
Enter your password for this account... (use your Syracuse.Net password!)
Many people check "Save password" as well.

Enter your SMTP server... mail.syracuse.net

Then click on the "Advanced sending options" button.

Please use the below screen shot for clarification.

In the "Sending Mail - Advanced sending options"...

check box "SMTP server requires authentication" as shown below.

select the radio button "Use same settings as incoming mail server" as shown below, then click the close box.

Please use the below screen shot for clarification.

Click the "OK" button in the EDIT ACCOUNT window.

Your mail settings are now in place to send and receive mail using the Syracuse.Net mail account. When you send an e-mail to a friend, here is how they would see it...

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OK, how about a mac.com account.... here we go.

Let's use the info for Wayne Bibbens again.

Syracuse.Net Info
Name: Wayne Bibbens
User ID: wbibbens
Outgoing mailbox name: mail.syracuse.net

Mac.com Info
Name: Wayne Bibbens
User ID: syracusenet
Incoming mailbox name: mail.mac.com

Pull down the Tools Menu and select Accounts. Select & click "new."

In "Account Settings Tab", enter in a title you'd like to identify this account as. We have entered Wayne's Mac.com Account.

Enter your Real Name... Wayne Bibbens
Enter your E-mail address... syracusenet@mac.com

Enter your Account ID... syracusenet
Enter your POP server... mail.mac.com
Enter your password for this account... (use your Mac.com password!)
Many people check "Save password" as well.

Enter your SMTP server... mail.syracuse.net

Then click on the "Advanced sending options" button.

Please use the below screen shot for clarification.

In the "Sending Mail - Advanced sending options"...

check box "SMTP server requires authentication" as shown below.

select the radio button "Log on using" as shown below, then enter...

Account ID... wbibbens (This is your Syracuse.Net Account ID!)
Password... (Use your Syracuse.Net password here)
Many people check "Save password" as well, then click the close box.

Please use the below screen shot for clarification.

Click the "OK" button in the EDIT ACCOUNT window.

Your mail settings are now in place to send e-mail (via the Syracuse.Net Account) and receive mail (via the Mac.com Account). When you send an e-mail to a friend, here is how they would see it...

Should there be other questions not covered here feel free to e-mail them to Syracuse.Net, Inc. at macintosh@syracuse.net

e-mail: macintosh@syracuse.net