FIGURE E


Enter YOUR email server, not mine. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Don't forget: you'll want to enter your email server here. Mine won't do you any good at all.

Click Next to move on, and you'll see the screen shown in Figure F.

FIGURE F


Enter your account and password information. Roll over picture for a larger image.

At this point, it's time to enter your incoming email account and password information. This is the actual email account you use. So, for example, if your email account is joemakemefunky@bigolserverinthesky.com, you're email account is actually "joemakemefunky". Mine is "dgnotes," but you'll type in your account here. Also enter your password and confirm with re-entering the same password.

Clicking next brings you to the outgoing email server selection screen, shown in Figure G.

FIGURE G


You'll get these server names from your ISP. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Enter the name of your outgoing SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) server, and click Next.

Now, it's time to put it all together, and specify your Internet email address and domain. Using our fun example above, you'll enter "joemakemefunky@bigolserverinthesky.com"; in the E-mail Address field, and "bigolserverinthesky.com" in the Internet Domain field. Once again, please don't use my email address, shown in Figure H.

FIGURE H


Enter your email address and domain here. Yours, not mine! Roll over picture for a larger image.

If everything is done correctly, when you click Next, you'll be rewarded with the screen shown in Figure I.

FIGURE I

You did it! You really did it!

Running your email client
After all this, I like to restart the client. But you don't have to. In any case, you're likely to see the screen shown in Figure J.

FIGURE J

Check the box, and click Yes.

If you're planning on using Notes as your primary client (and that's why you're reading this article, right?), check the box, and click Yes.

Finally, sit back and enjoy. You'll see your inbox, like that shown in Figure K.

FIGURE K


It's email time! Roll over picture for a larger image.

Now, it's time to filter out all those Viagra ads!

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.