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How do I setup my e-mail software to send and receive mail?
If you want to receive and send mail from Alphalink (or other ISPs) using mail software like Eudora or Pegasus or the mail capability of Netscape or MSIE, you need to enter the correct addresses, your username, and your password. For Alphalink, the address to receive mail from is pop.alphalink.com.au. Some software will have you add your username to that address, so that you list [email protected]. The address to send mail through is smtp.alphalink.com.au. The pop and smtp prefixes are common, and to collect mail from other addresses, you often use the same form. If in doubt, check with your provider.
Recent versions of Eudora Pro and Pegasus allow you to set up more than one receive address, so you can collect mail from different accounts. Most providers will let you collect mail from a different address, but not all do.
How do I address mail?
To send mail, you must know the correct address and fill it in at the To: prompt. Simple Internet mail addresses consist of a Username, an @ symbol, and the address, which will consist of at least two words, separated by periods. For example, this is a correctly formatted address:
To: [email protected]
There is never more than one @ symbol in an address. Occasionally, you will encounter an alternate form of address that uses exclamation points instead of an @ symbol or one in which there are several levels of addresses in which one or more % symbols act as secondary @ functions.
