Archive for the ‘E-mail’ Category

Configuring Your Email Client

There are essentially 2 types of email programs you will encounter with hosted mail: Webmail and Email clients. Some of us prefer to use webmail (Horde) when accessing our email accounts. Webmail is useful when traveling or when you don’t have access to your own computer, but Horde can cause delayed mail and is not designed to store large amounts of email. For this reason, I always suggest to our customers that they download and configure one of many free email clients. Windows computers now come preloaded with Windows Mail, which has a clean and familiar feel to it (the layout and navigation are very similar to Outlook). If you prefer to use another email client, here are a few links +Continue Reading

Common Email Issues & How to Resolve Them

While maintaining or operating a website, many of us will eventually experience a problem with sending or receiving email.  When faced with these  various issues, we will need to differentiate between Webmail (via Horde) problems and mail server problems.  Webmail’s ease-of-use and reliability can act as a backup if you’re having the problem when sending through your email client (such as Outlook/Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or Thunderbird). For this article, we will assume that we are not experiencing difficulties through Webmail, but rather through your mail server in an email client.

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