AutoPilot Documentation

Email Accounts Tab

The Email Accounts Tab is NOT created by default.  Follow the Setup Instructions below to create the tab.

NOTE: You must be using the default mail daemon for this tab to be of any use to you.

This tab provides quick access to all your POP3 email accounts using the default mail daemon and an email reader such as BeMail.  It allows you to check for email for all of your accounts at one time or individually, and to schedule them to be periodically checked.  It also allows you to set the current account so, when you send new email, it will be sent from this account.  This is very handy when you send email from work but want to use you personal email account or vice versa.
 

Special Note

Be certain your email reader (ie. BeMail) is closed before changing the default account from the tab.  Some errors have been encountered when sending mail if this is not done.  We are looking into this.

How To

How do I setup the Email Accounts tab ?
Follow the Setup Instructions below.
How do I set the current email account for writing new email ?
Click and hold the secondary mouse button directly on the account tab item.  From the popup menu, highlight the Set as Default menu option and release the mouse.  Only this account will be checked for mail.
How do I manually check email for an account listed in the tab ?
Click and hold the secondary mouse button directly on the account tab item.  From the popup menu, highlight the Check for mail menu option and release the mouse.  This account will now be set as the default BeMail account.
How do I check email for all of my accounts listed in the tab ?
If you created a schedule for the accounts (see the setup instructions below) and you checked the Support Quick Access checkbox in AutoSchedule, then the item will be listed in the Quick Access tab.  Simply click on the item in the Quick Access tab and all of the accounts will be checked for mail.  You can also wait for the schedule you setup to run.



Email Accounts Setup Instructions

  1. First, make certain AutoPilot is running.
  2. Move the mouse to the Preferences tab. Click (or double click) the My POP3 E-Mail Accounts item. This will open AutoSchedule and display the Universal Preferences tab for setting up the POP3 email accounts and creating the tab.
  3. Click the Add BeMail Account button to add the default BeMail account to the list.  This just saves having to type in the information again.
  4. To add additonal accounts, fill in the POP3 Account Information (Host Name, User Name, Password (saved encrypted), and SMTP Host (red fields) are required) and click the Add/Update Account button.
  5. You can setup an optional schedule to tell AutoPilot when to check all of the accounts for mail.
  6. When you have entered all your accounts, close AutoSchedule.
  7. Your Internet E-Mail tab is now ready to use.  Click the secondary mouse on an item in the tab for a list of availble menu options.
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