The City is making upgrades to the internet network throughout Ashland during August and September 2026, and customers in different areas may experience temporary internet outages as this work is completed. We appreciate your patience as these important upgrades are made to improve and enhance our local network. Please call 541-488-9207 x1 with any questions or concerns.
Windows 8 Mail
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 8 Mail app
- Open the main charm menu on the right side of the page (to open this menu hold the Windows logo key Windows logo key +I)
- Select Accounts
Step 2
- Click "Add an account"
Step 3
- Click "Other Account"
Step 4
- Click "show more details"
Step 5
- Enter your name and email address.
- The user name is your email address.
- The password is the password you gave us when we created the account.
Note * If you can't remember your password give us a call or email us and we will help you reset the password.
- Fill in the information for your incoming server.
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 below for some examples
Note* For @opendoor.com, and custom domains previously hosted by Open Door Networks, the incoming server is mailx.opendoor.com.
| Email Address ends with | Your incoming Server |
|---|---|
| email@97520.net | mail.97520.net |
| email@ashland97520.com | mail.ashland97520.com |
| email@ashlandcreek.net | mail.ashlandcreek.net |
| email@ashlandhome.net | mail.ashlandhome.net |
| email@ashlandnet.net | mail.ashlandnet.net |
| email@ashlandoregon.org | mail.ashlandoregon.org |
| email@lithiawater.com | mail.lithiawater.com |
| email@mtashland.net | mail.mtashland.net |
| email@mind.net | mail.mind.net |
- Fill in the information for your outgoing server address.
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. - Do NOT check any of the the boxes "Requires SSL"
- Check the box "Outgoing sever requires authentication"
- Check the box "Use the same USerName and password"
- Click Connect
