| This tutorial will show you how to configure Pegasus to check and send your domain's email.
The following instructions cover typical usage of Pegasus Mail, and assume the software has been installed correctly on your system.
** Important ** This tutorial is for clients on our cPanel based servers. For clients who signed up for hosting
before 18/7/03, please refer to our
Cobalt based Pegasus tutorial located here.
1) Open Pegasus Mail. A window should pop up containing the Setup Wizard as shown below.
If it does not appear, go to the File menu and click Network Configuration. In the next window click Start Setup Wizard.
Once you have the Setup Wizard started click Next.
2)The Wizard will now ask for your email address. This is the address of the email account you are setting up. Your email address is either username@yourdomain.com, eg johnb@data.com,
or alias@yourdomain.com, eg sales@yourdomain.com
Enter your email address and click Next.
3) You are now asked for the address of your POP3 server.
Your Incoming POP3 mail server will be in the form of mail.yourdomain.com, eg mail.data.com
Enter your POP3 server and click Next.
4) The Wizard will now ask for your User name and Password.
If the email account you are setting up is the main user account you were sent in
your Welcome Email then your User Name is in the form of username
If the email account you are setting up is another email address you have created from
within your control panel, then your User Name is in the form of username@yourdomain.com
If you are setting up the main admin account, then the username will be outlined
in your welcome email. Enter the username and password for the email account you are setting up.
When ready, click Next.
5) You are now asked for your SMTP server.
Your Outgoing SMTP mail server will be in the form of mail.yourdomain.com, eg mail.data.com
Alternatively you can use your ISP's SMTP server, eg mail.yourISP.com
Enter your SMTP server and click Next.
6) You will now be asked how you connect to the internet. Make your selection as to how you connect and click Next.
7) The configuration process is nearly complete. Click Finish to complete the process.
8) One more setting needs to be made to send and receive mail through your domain. From the File
menu select Network Configuration as shown below.
9) An Internet Mail Options window will now appear as shown below. Click on the Sending (SMTP) tab at the top of the window.
10) Make sure your mail account is highlighted as shown below, and click Edit.
11) A window showing your SMTP settings will appear. Click the Security tab at the top of the window.
12) The SMTP security screen will appear. At the middle of the window, under SMTP Authentication check the box next to
Do a prior POP3 login to authenticate... as shown below. Then click OK.
13) We are now ready to check and send mail through your domain! To check your mail go to the File menu and
select Check and send mail as shown below.
If you have any questions regarding this tutorial, please check our FAQ or feel free to contact us.
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