Ashland Home Net

Windows Mail (Vista)

Important!!

These settings only apply to email addresses hosted by Ashland Home Net. If you use a web-based mail service (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc.) you will need to obtain the proper settings from them.

Step 1

• In Windows mail click Tools
• Then click Accounts

Step 2

• Click add

Step 3

• Click E-mail Account
• Click Next

Step 4

• Display name is your name or what you want to name your account.
• Click Next

Step 5

• Enter in your email Address
• Click Next

Step 6

• The server type will be IMAP.
• Fill in the information for your incoming server name.
  
  The server is going to be your last part of your email address (called the domain) but instead of your email@domain.net or .com it will be mail.domain.net or .com See the list below for some examples
  Note* For @opendoor.com, and custom domains previously hosted by Open Door Networks, the incoming server is mailx.opendoor.com.

• Fill in the information for your outgoing server name.
  
  The server is going to be your last part of your email address (called the domain) but instead of you email@domain.net or .com it will be mail.domain.net or .com See the list above for some examples
  Note* For @opendoor.com, and custom domains previously hosted by Open Door Networks, the outgoing server is mailx.opendoor.com.
• Make sure Outgoing server requires authentication is checked.
• Click Next

Step 7

• Fill in the box labeled E-mail username: with your email address.
• The password is the password you gave us when we created the account.
• Make sure the Remember this password is checked
• Click Next
  Note * If you can't remember your password give us a call or email us and we will help you reset the password.

Step 8

• Click Finish