There is no denying that for a professional business set up you need a company e-mail. yourname239@gmail.com simply wont do when you are looking to go down a corporate route. A business e-mail is not only professional but you can synchronie it to your outlook for ease of organisation and e-mail creation.
Setting up a company e-mail is easy and straight forward. You just need to get your head round a couple of Jargon terms and collect the right information from the company that holds your domain.
In the area of your domain you will have the option for setting up a POP3 account. This is where your incoming messages go. Users can access and down load there messages from this account. You will need to make a note of the Server direction and the username and password.
SMTP is what delivers your mail to the recipient. Some people may have problems setting up SMTP from their computer due to the network settings and may need to use a 3rd part to send their e-mails. Here you need to know your outgoing mail server information which is available from your ISP. Once you have this information you can enter it in to your programme to receive e-mails to begin to start to send and receive.
You may be asked about which port to use – the default ports are as follows:
POP3 – port 110
IMAP – port 143
SMTP – port 25
HTTP – port 80
Secure SMTP (SSMTP) – port 465
Secure IMAP (IMAP4-SSL) – port 585
IMAP4 over SSL (IMAPS) – port 993
Secure POP3 (SSL-POP) – port 995