Configuring your email accounts
To setup your first email acount, select New Account, fom the iconbar menu. The Account Profile window will open.
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Title: is the name you want to appear on the iconbar menu to identify the account
General
Name: your name, or the name you want TapirMail to use to identify you when sending email from this account
Email Address: your email address
POP3
Server: the address of your pop mail server. Contact your service provider for details
Port: the port you will use for pop mail. The default is 110
Username: your username or you email account, as provided by your service provider
Save password: tick this if you do not want to be prompted for your password
Password: the password you use to access your email
SMTP
Server: the address of your smtp server. This is used when sending email. Contact your service provider for details
Port: the port you will use the smtp mail. The default is 25
SMTP Authentication
Authentification method can be selected by clicking on one of the radio buttons for the following methods: -
When you have selected an authentication method, you are then able to enter the appropriate authentifcation details: -
Usersame details as Pop 3 server: use this option to utilise the login details you have already entered under the POP 3 server settings
Username: enter the username for your smtp server
Save password: if you would like your password remembered for future communications with your SMTP server, please tick this box
Password: enter your SMTP server password that you require remembered
Action Buttons
Delete: delete the selected account
Cancel: cancel all changes
Save all: save changes to disk
OK: save all changes to memory (to save to disk for future use, you must select the Save all button)
Example account