Configuring Outlook 2003

Configure E-Mail Client Outlook for Rediffmail®, Netscape


Incoming Server: pop.rediffmail.com
· Outgoing Server: smtp.rediffmail.com
· Username: Your Rediffmail username
· Password: Your Rediffmail password
How do I configure the email (Outlook Express / Netscape / Eudora) client to read and write my Rediffmail mails?
Set up POP 3 for Outlook Express
Allows you to add a new email account to your existing profile. This means you do not have to replace your current settings in order to send and receive Rediffmail messages.
1. From the Tools menu, choose “Accounts”.
2. Select the “Mail” tab. Click the “Add” button.
3. From the Add menu, click “Mail”.
4. In the text box labeled Display Name, type your name and click “Next”.
5. In the Email Address box, type your Rediffmail address.
6. Select “POP3? to answer the question “My incoming mail server is a…”.
7. In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, type “pop.rediffmail.com”.
8. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type “smtp.rediffmail.com”.
9. Click “Next”.
10. In the Account Name box, type your Rediffmail Email-ID.
11. In the Password box, type your Rediffmail Password.
12. If you want Outlook Express to remember your password, check the “Remember password” box.
13. * Do not check the boxes labeled “Log on using Secure…”·
14. Click “Next”. Click “Finish”.
Set up POP 3 for Netscape Messenger
1. From the Edit menu on the toolbar, select “Preferences”.
2. Under the Mail & Newsgroups category on the left, select “Mail Servers”.
3. Click “Add” to display the Mail Server Properties dialog box.
4. In the Server name box, type “pop.rediffmail.com”.
5. Under Server Type, click the pull-down list and select “POP3 Server”.
6. Under User Name, type your Rediffmail Email-Id.
7. * Important: Please use a ‘+’ sign instead of the ‘@’ in the Email-address.
8. Check “Remember password” so you don’t have to re-enter your password each time you start Messenger.
9. You’ll be prompted for your password initially.
10. Select the “POP” tab and check the box labeled “Leave messages on server”.
11. Click “OK”.
12. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type “smtp.rediffmail.com”.
13. In the Outgoing mail server user name box, type your Rediffmail Email-Id.
14. * Important: Please use a ‘+’ sign instead of the ‘@’ in the Email-address·
15. Click “OK.” · Under the Mail & Newsgroups category on the left, select “Identity”.
16. In the Email Address box, type your Rediffmail address.
17. Click “OK”.