CONTENTS

1. The Configure Email Window
2. How to use your Gmail Account
3. How to use your AIM/AOL Mail Account
4. Using other Mail Accounts

The Configure Email Window

The Configure Email window comes up when you choose "Configure Email..." from the Tools menu.

The controls on this page are as follows:

• Name/IP: Enter the name (or IP address) of your mail server. The server must be able to accept and route standard SMTP traffic. Please consult a system administrator if in doubt.
• Port: The numeric port on which the mail server is available. Note that the default is 25 for regular SMTP servers and 465 for servers using SSL - please specify one if these if in doubt.
• This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL): Check if the mail server uses SSL.
• This server requires authentication: Check if the server requires authentication, and select the authentication method. The choices are CRAM-MD5, AUTH-LOGIN, AUTH-PLAIN, and AUTH-NTLM. A login and a password will be required for all but AUTH-NTLM.
• Login: The user name/login for the mail server.
• Password: The password for the mail server.
• Address: The email address that will be displayed in the "From" field of the email messages sent by ActiveBooks.
• Name: The name that will be displayed in the "From" field of the email messages sent by ActiveBooks. This value is optional.
• Send a test message: Click this button to send an email message using the settings you have specified. You will be asked to specify the target email address and the sequence should unfold like this:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  



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How to use your Gmail Account

To send email using your Gmail account, please specify the following settings:

SMTP Server Name/IP:	smtp.gmail.com
Port:	465
Check This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)
Check This server requires authentication and select "AUTH-LOGIN"
Login:	Your full gmail address (your-gmail-user-name@gmail.com)
Password:	Your gmail password
From Address:	Your full gmail address (your-gmail-user-name@gmail.com)
From:	Your name (or anything else you like)

For someone named Robert Richards whose Gmail address is robert201@gmail.com, the Configure Email window should look something like this:



Please see this page in the gmail help center for more information on gmail SMTP.




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How to use your AIM/AOL Mail Account

To send email using your AIM/AOL Mail account, please specify the following settings:

SMTP Server Name/IP:	smtp.aim.com
Port:	587 (or 25 if 587 doesn't seem to work)
Check This server requires authentication and select "AUTH-LOGIN"
Login:	Your full email address (name@aol.com)
Password:	Your email password
From Address:	Your full email address (name@aol.com)
From:	Your name (or anything else you like)

For someone named Robert Richards whose AOL mail address is robert201@aol.com, the Configure Email window should look something like this:



Please see this page for more information on AIM/AOL mail SMTP.




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Using other Mail Accounts

These links document settings for a few other popular mail systems:
http://www.articlealley.com/article_479708_81.html
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/mail-settings.html




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Please feel free to visit our support page or send us a message if you have trouble setting up email.

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