| When configuring an email client it is | | | | Email Address: Reply address: Set up for new |
| important to set up the correct email | | | | ISP |
| addresses. Here we will look at email address | | | | |
| set up that is generally applicable to all | | | | DISplay Name: steve |
| email clients (outlook express, IncrediMail) | | | | |
| and all email providers -POP3 mailboxes, | | | | Email Address: Reply address: Notice that in |
| Yahoo email, Msn Hotmail | | | | either case the reply address is the same and |
| | | | it is your lifetime or permanent address. |
| When you set up an email client like outlook | | | | Anyone replying to email from you will reply |
| express for accessing POP3 mailboxes, Yahoo | | | | to the reply address (). You will need then |
| email, Msn Hotmail or any other service | | | | to make arrangements with your email address |
| provider you will be confronted with a screen | | | | provider to forward this email to your new |
| asking for display name, email address,reply | | | | mailbox. |
| address. | | | | |
| | | | Email Forwarding |
| The important fields are : | | | | |
| | | | Email forwarding allows you to continue to |
| Display Name: This is usually your name or | | | | use an existing email address e.g. an email |
| nickname and will appear on your email in the | | | | account provided by your lifetime email |
| from address. In the Example above steve | | | | address provider regardless of which ISP |
| | | | (Internet service provider) you use. |
| Email Address: This is the email address | | | | |
| given to you by your email provider. In the | | | | If we continue the example of oldISP and |
| example above steve@....... (left bank here | | | | newISP then any email messages that are sent |
| because of email harvesting). The email | | | | to need to be forwarded to either the oldISP |
| address is usually associated with a physical | | | | address or the newISP addressoldISP |
| mailbox. | | | | |
| | | | Your ISP or email provider is oldISp your |
| Reply address: This is the email address That | | | | email address and physical mailbox is |
| the recipient will reply to and is either | | | | |
| blank or set to the same address as the Email | | | | You arrange with the lifetime email address |
| address-The effect is the same. In the | | | | provider (usually you do it yourself through |
| example above it is set to be the same as the | | | | a control panel) to forward email sent to to |
| Email address. | | | | your mailbox newISP |
| | | | |
| Reply Address Different From Email | | | | You then decide to change your ISP or email |
| | | | provider to newISp your new email address and |
| Normally you set up the email and reply | | | | physical mailbox is now |
| address to be the same. There is however a | | | | |
| case for setting them to be different and | | | | You now arrange with the lifetime email |
| that is normally when you have changed email | | | | address provider (usually you do it yourself |
| providers but have retained your old email | | | | through a control panel) to forward email |
| address. In order to retain your email | | | | sent to to your mailbox |
| address you need to own the domain name and | | | | |
| this is covered in more detail in a guide to | | | | Catch-All Email Addresses |
| email addresses and lifetime email addresses. | | | | |
| Assuming for now that your addresses are as | | | | A catch all address is a special case of |
| follows:old: new: lifetime email address: You | | | | email forwarding. With a catch all email |
| would set up your email client (outlook | | | | address then all email sent to will be |
| express , IncrediMail) as follows: | | | | forwarded to a single mailbox.-----> -----> |
| | | | -----> Mailbox1 |
| Set up for old ISP | | | | |
| | | | When retrieving email you only need to |
| DISplay Name: steve | | | | connect to mailbox1 to retrieve email sent to |
| | | | any of the addresses. |