Internet E-mail Providers

		Here are some of the most common internet e-mail providers and tips on accessing them through our e-mailer. AOL BT Connect CompuServe CompuServe2000 Hotmail Lycos Pipex UUNet Yahoo!
		AOL
		At present, AOL does not allow you to send or receive e-mail except through the AOL software.
		BT Connect
		Real name or Alias Enter your real name.
		E-mail address This is your e-mail address ending @btconnect.com. Eg. jennifercox@btconnect.com
		POP Host Enter pop3.btconnect.com
		POP Account name This is the beginning of your BT Connect e-mail address, up to but not including the @btconnect.com. Eg. jennifercox
		POP Password Enter your BT Connect e-mail account password.
		SMTP Host Enter mail.btconnect.com
		CompuServe (versions 3, 4, 5)
		Real name or Alias Enter your real name.
		E-mail address This is your CompuServe user ID in the format xxxxxx.xxx, with the comma replaced by a full-stop, and @cs.com at the end. Alternatively, if you have registered an alias e-mail address you can use that. Eg. 123456.789@cs.com (or an alias such as jennifercox@cs.com)
		POP Host Enter pop.compuserve.com
		POP Account name This is your CompuServe user ID in the format xxxxxx,xxx
		POP Password Enter your CompuServe mail-only password (not your log-in password that you use to get in to CompuServe).
		SMTP Host Enter smtp.compuserve.com
		Click the Advanced view button
		SMTP Connection Choose ESMTP - Authorised login
		CompuServe 2000 (version 6)
		Real name or Alias Enter your real name.
		E-mail address This is your e-mail address ending @cs.com. Eg. jennifercox@cs.com
		POP Host Enter imap.cs.com
		POP Account name This is the beginning of your CompuServe e-mail address, up to but not including the @cs.com. Eg. jennifercox
		POP Password Enter your CompuServe log-in password that you use to get in to CompuServe.
		SMTP Host Enter smtp.cs.com
		Click the Advanced view button
		SMTP Connection Choose ESMTP - Authorised login
		Hotmail
		At present, Microsoft only allow you to use Outlook to access Hotmail (which is owned by Microsoft).
		Lycos
		At present, Lycos do not have a POP or SMTP server so you can only send and receive e-mail through a browser.
		Pipex / UUNet
		Connect via Choose your Pipex dial-up connection.
		Real name or Alias Enter your real name.
		E-mail address This is your e-mail address ending @dial.pipex.com. Eg. jennifercox@dial.pipex.com
		POP Host Enter pop.dial.pipex.com
		POP Account name This is your Pipex User ID, which is a short combination of lower-case letters and numbers. Eg. xyz69
		POP Password This is your Pipex User password, which is 8 random lower-case letters. Eg. dekghtas
		SMTP Host Enter smtp.dial.pipex.com
		Note Pipex allows you to receive e-mail using any dial-up connection, but you must use your Pipex dial-up connection to send e-mail.
		Yahoo!
		Real name or Alias Enter your real name.
		E-mail address This is your e-mail address ending @yahoo.com. Eg. jennifercox@yahoo.com
		POP Host Enter pop.mail.yahoo.com
		POP Account name This is the beginning of your Yahoo! e-mail address, up to but not including the @yahoo.com. Eg. jennifercox
		POP Password Enter your Yahoo! e-mail account password.
		SMTP Host Enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com
		Click the Advanced view button
		SMTP Connection Choose ESMTP - Authorised login
		Note You must be a subscriber to Yahoo! Delivers (which is free) if you want to use our e-mailer with your Yahoo! account.
		Help us to help you! If your e-mail provider isn't listed here but you have set up our e-mailer to work with it, we'd like to hear from you and we'll add it to this help page for future users. Alternatively, is the information here out of date? Please e-mail us at support@aptprojects.com with example settings, and any tips that users would find useful, or corrections if our information is out of date. Thanks in advance!