Adding / Configuring POP Email Profile in Vista Mail

Attention: Perform the above configuration on one of your email accounts first before applying the configurations to all of your computers.

1. Open Windows (Vista) Mail , go to Tools menu and select Accounts...

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2. Click the "Add..." button.

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3. Make sure 'Email Account' is selected and click on "Next" button.

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4. Enter your Display Name. (This is your full name as you would like it to appear when you send messages to other people.) Then click Next.

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5. Enter your E-mail Address.

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6. This is the address that your contacts' email program will reply to your messages. This is also the address that will get recorded in your contacts' address book if they add you as a contact.

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NOTE: "yourdomain.com" is an example, if your domain name were "ABCcompany.com", you would enter "ABCcompany.com" into the field.

7. Click next.

8. Within the 'Setup e-mail servers' screen:

Select POP from the list of server types.
Enter pop.mailnexus.com in the "Incoming Mail Server" field.
Enter smtp.mailnexus.com in the "Outgoing Mail Server" field.

If you discover your ISP is blocking port 5125, chances are they are also blocking port 25. Either one should work, though it is more common that port 25 be blocked. You will need to call your ISP and ask them to open port 5125 for you. Otherwise, you will have to change back to using your ISPs outbound email server.

9. Click Next.

10. Enter your full email address ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) in the "Account Name" field, and your password in "Password" field if you wish.

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