You can always use Web-Based Email to send and receive email messages. But you also can view your email with an email client. To access your email through Microsoft Entourage®, add an account with the settings outlined below.

Here's the Lowdown: You can configure Microsoft Entourage 2004 to access the email messages on your email account using POP or IMAP. While exact steps may differ from version to version, these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Entourage.

Before You Start:

You need the names of your incoming and outgoing servers to set up email with a client. Web-Based Email contains this information.

1. Log in to Web-Based Email at email.secureserver.net.
2. From the Help menu, select Email Client Settings.
3. Make a note of your incoming and outgoing server information.
4. Continue with the procedures outlined below to set up your email client.

To Use Microsoft Entourage with Your Email

1. Open Microsoft Entourage.
2. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.
3. Click New.
4. If the Account Setup Assistant window opens, click Configure account manually.
5. In the Account Type section, select IMAP or POP, and click OK.
6. In the Edit Account window, enter the following information:

   
   Account name
   An identifier for your account such as My Mail, Work, or Home

   
   Name
   The name to be shown on your email

   
   Email address
   Your full email address
   
   

7. Complete the Receiving mail fields.

   
   Account ID
   Your email address

   
   POP/IMAP Server
   Your IMAP or POP host settings

   
   Password
   Your email account password
   
   

8. Select Click here for advanced receiving options, make the following changes, and then click OK:

   
   (Optional) This IMAP/POP service requires a secure connection (SSL)
   Select to enable

   
   Override default IMAP/POP port
   Select to enable

   
   POP/IMAP Port
   IMAP without SSL - 143
   IMAP with SSL - 993
   POP without SSL - 110
   POP with SSL - 995

   
   

9. In the Sending mail section, enter your SMTP Server.
10. Select Click here for more advanced sending options and make the following changes:

    
    (Optional) SMTP server requires secure connection (SSL)
    Select to enable

    
    Override default SMTP port
    Select to enable

    
    SMTP Port
    Without SSL - one of the following: 25, 80, 3535
    With SSL - 465

    
    

    SMTP server requires authentication
    Select to enable

    
    Use same settings as receiving mail server
    Select to enable
    
    

11. Click OK.

    For information on setting up Microsoft Entourage, see How to Set up an IMAP E-mail Account in Entourage or How to Set up a POP E-mail Account in Entourage.

    NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products. Entourage® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All rights reserved.