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How to Setup Your POP3 Account Settings
In
order to use the autoresponder functions of Email Automator, you
must enter your POP3 email account settings into the program. This
allows Email Automator to login to your email account at time
intervals you specify so it can check your incoming mail and
respond appropriately. First,
in the main menu bar of the program, go to "Tools", then
"Settings". The settings screen will come up. There
are five settings you'll need to enter on this page. If you only
use web-based email like a FREE Yahoo account, you won't be able
to use the autoresponder functions. Most
Internet Service Providers and web hosts give their clients a POP3
account to use, so you might check with your ISP if you don't yet
have one. Likewise, that's who you need to check with if you don't
know what to enter for these settings.
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Enter your
POP3 incoming mail server: This is where you enter
your incoming mail server. It is usually something in the
format of mail.yourdomain.com or mail.yourisp.com
- If you don't know what to enter here, check with your
host or ISP and they can tell you.
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Enter your
login username: This is where you should enter the
username that you use for logging into your email account.
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Enter your
login password: This is where you enter your email
account password.
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Enter the
name you want to use for outgoing emails: For this,
just enter your first and last name, or your business name.
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Enter your
outgoing email address: This is simply the email
address you want to use by default as the outgoing email
address when the program sends an autoresponder message. You
must use a valid email address.
Here's an example
screenshot of how I have my copy of Email Automator set up:
Make sure to come
back and check the box at the bottom after you have some
autoresponder rules setup so the software knows to check and
respond to your incoming messages. You can set the time interval
at whatever you want. I recommend leaving it somewhere between 10
and 30 minutes.
When you have all
your settings entered, click "Apply", then click the
"Check POP3" button. The program will attempt to
login to your mailserver and let you know if your settings are
correct. If they are, then you can move on to setting up your
autoresponder rules.
If your questions
about this function have not been answered after reviewing this help
page and you are a user or our ad-free version of Email Automator,
then you can watch the
video that shows how to do this task.
If you are not a
user of the ad-free version, click
here to upgrade for only $34.95 (one time). Our ad-free
version does not put the Email Automator signature file link in
your outgoing messages.
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