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Instructions on setting a new Auroville email account in Windows Mail (in Windows Vista)

Configure your auroville.org.in email account for the first time in Windows Mail on your PC running Windows Vista.
Account username / email address : username@auroville.org.in (example)
Incoming mail server (POP) : pop.auroville.org.in Port : 110
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.auroville.org.in Port : 25
Alternate Outgoing mail server ports : 587

(Please make sure there are no spaces or typing mistakes in your username, password or the server names)

Start <Mail> from the Start Menu,

If you are prompted to enter‘Your Name’ as show in image 2, then skip to step 2

Step 1 (image 1, 1a, 1b)

Go to >Tools > Accounts as shown in image 1

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Click <Add> as shown in image 1a

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Select Account Type > E-mail Account as show in image 1b and click <Next>

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Step 2 (image 2)

Fill in your ‘Full Name’ as shown in image 2 and click <Next>

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Step 3 (image 3)

Fill in your email address as shown in image 3

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Step 4 (image 4)

Fill in the following information as shown in image 4 and click <Next>
Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server : pop.auroville.org.in
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server : smtp.auroville.org.in
Outgoing server requires authentication : ticked on

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Step 5 (image 5 and 5a)

Fill in your E-mail username and password as shown in image 5
Click ‘Remember password’ ON so you don’t need to type the password every time you check your email.
Click<Next>

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Tick ON ‘Do not download my e-mail at this time’ and click <Finish> as shown in image 5a

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Step 6 (image 6)

Go to >Tools >Accounts as shown in image 6

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Step 7 (image 7)

Select your Auroville email account and click <Properties> as shown in image 7

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Step 8 (image 8)

Click the ‘Advanced’ tab as shown in image 8 and set the following as shown in image 8

- Leave a copy of messages on server (lets you leave a copy of the email on the server so you may download the same email on another computer or view it using webmail access through a web browser e.g. Safari or Firefox)
- Remove from server after <XX> days (set the number of days after which the email is deleted automatically from the server)
- Remove from server when deleted from ‘Deleted Items’ (deletes a specific email from server when deleted from Windows Mail)

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Click <OK> and close the properties box.

Click <Close> and close the Internet Accounts box.

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