Setting up your @chainmail.co.za account - step by step

Hi there and firstly thank you very much for using this free service from WB Consultants - I hope it helps you and please feel free to refer it to your friends and family.

Now, down to business. Here I have compiled a step-by-step configuration with screenshots to assist with setting up your new email account. Please note that I have used the default mail client that comes with Windows Vista called Windows Mail to set this up, but rest assured that it will be the same steps or relatively similar to set up in any other mail client.

Step one is to get to the setup screen - to do this, launch the mail application of your choice and get to the accounts wizard. In this case I obtained it from the Tools menu:

getting to the email setup wizard

Now we have to select what type of account we are going to create - here we select to create an email account as follows (if you have to select an account type at this point be sure to select POP or POP3):

select to add an email account

Once we have started up the wizard we can now input our personal details starting with your name. This name that you enter here will appear on your recipient's inbox so if you would like to show your full name then enter it so. If you are using this email address for your business or whatever else, enter here what you wish the client or recipient to see:

the name you type here will appear exactly on the recipient side

 This is followed by your email address - be sure to get this right as this is generally the address that the reply is sent to and that will be stored in the recipient's address book:

ensure to enter the correct email address

The penultimate step is the most important of the whole process - here you select what account type to use (if you have not already done so) and you give the name of your sending and receiving servers respectively. In this case the servers have the same name. Also be sure to select the option that the outgoing email be authenticated with the outgoing server when sending, generally the option can be ticked when configuring the smtp server:

ensure to select POP3 and use mail.chainmail.co.za for incoming and outgoing servers

The final step is to configure your username and password - here you are required to use your entire email address and the password that I have provided for you. Please keep this password on record somewhere, but if you forget it or lose it I can always reset it. Here's a screenshot of the final configuration step:

final step of adding the username and password - use full email address

Congratulations! Now you can finish and close the wizard and provided you have configured everything correctly, your shiny new email account is ready for the grind...

If you are unable to send email please do not hesitate to contact me so I can help to troubleshoot.

Otherwise, happy hunting.

Regards,
Warbrad