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by shanghai sam

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Compuserve is my E Mail server and I wish to use Outlook E Mail. What should I put in for type of server POP3,IMAP or HTTP? Also what should be put in Incoming mail and outgoing mail spaces? If you can tell me where in my computer I can resource this info I may be able to figure it out. Thank You

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by pan 13 x

Start Outlook, and on the Tools menu, click Accounts.
In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then click Mail.
Type a Display Name to identify your mail to recipients, and click Next.
Example: John Doe
In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail address, and click Next.
Example: johndoe@cs.com
In the "My incoming mail server is a" box, click to select IMAP.

Type the Incoming and Outgoing server names in the appropriate boxes, and
click Next.
Incoming: imap.cs.com
Outgoing: smtp.cs.com
NOTE: IMAP4 is a retrieval protocol. SMTP is still needed to send mail.
In the Account Name box, type your account name. Press the TAB key, type your
password, and then click Next.
Example:
Account Name:johndoe
Password: yourCS2000logonpassword
Click to select a Connection type. If you select "Connect using my phone
line," you will be given the opportunity to select an existing Dial-up
Networking connection or create a new one. For CS2000 select the LAN option.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Close Internet accounts box
Click Yes to download folders from the mailbox you added.
IMPORTANT! You must run the CS2000 program and make a connection before doing this.
ClickOK.
The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article may prove useful as well.
How to Configure Outlook 2000 with CompuServe 2000 Mail
PLEASE NOTE! There is an error in this article. Step 6 says:

"Type your CS2000 member name in the Account name box, type the password for your CS2000 account in the Password box, and click to select Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA). You may also want to click to select Remember Password. Click Next"
DO NOT SELECT LOGON USING SECURE PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION.

by pan 13 x

Outlook Express
CompuServe 2000 now uses Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) for e-mail.
To configure Outlook Express to access your CompuServe 2000 IMAP account, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Accounts .
On the Mail tab, click Add , and then click Mail .
Type your name in the Display name box, and then click Next .
Click to select the I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use check box, type your CompuServe 2000 address in the E-mail Address box, and then click Next .
For the incoming mail server type, click IMAP . For the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server, type your IMAP server name (imap.cs.com). For the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server, type the IMAP SMTP server name (smtp.cs.com), and thenclick Next .
Type your CompuServe 2000 member name in the Account name box.
Click Next , click Finish , and then click Close to exit the Internet Accounts dialog box.
Although the preceding steps allow you to receive mail from the IMAP server,you may encounter problems when you try to send mail. To configure validation of your sending (SMTP) e-mail server, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Accounts .
Select the account that you just configured, and then click Properties .
On the Servers tab, select the My server requires authentication check box. This option sets your SMTP server validation to use the same user name and password that you previously set for your IMAP server. The Settings button allows you to set a different user name and password, if it is different from your IMAP server.
Click OK , and then click Close to close all dialog boxes.
For questions and answers about using your CompuServe 2000 e-mail account, please visit the CompuServe Web page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/iain_noble/imap.htm

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