Creating an email account using:

Outlook Express 6.0, Outlook XP, Netscape 7.0,  Thunderbird,  Opera 6

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Outlook Express 6.0

Click on the Windows Start button and then click on the email (Outlook Express) icon.

Under the listing for Email click on “Set Up a Mail account”, to open up the Internet Connection Wizard.

Enter your name, for Display Name.  Click the Next button.

Enter your RAIN email address.  Click the Next button.

Make sure POP3 is selected for “My Incoming Mail server is”.

Enter  rain.org  for the Incoming mail server name.

Enter  mail.rain.org  for the Outgoing mail server name.  Click the Next button.

Enter your RAIN username and password.  Click the Next button.

Click on the Finish button.

(If this information varies from what shows on your computer, then you should use the Help menu for your email program).

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Outlook XP

Open the Outlook program.  Select Tools and choose Accounts from the drop-down menu.  The Internet Accounts window will open.  If you do not have an Accounts option, select Services.

Once the Internet Accounts window opens, click on the Add button and choose Mail, from the drop-down menu.
The Internet Connection Wizard will open.  Enter your RAIN email address.  Click on the Next button.

Choose POP3 for "my incoming mail server is a".  Enter rain.org for Incoming mail.  Enter mail.rain.org for Outgoing mail.
Click on the Next button.

Enter your RAIN username for "Account name".  Enter your RAIN password for "Password".
Click on the Next button, then click on the Finish button.

(If this information varies from what shows on your computer, then you should use the Help menu for your email program).


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Netscape 7.0

Open the Netscape Mail program.

Choose the Edit menu, and then choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.

Once the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings window opens, click on the New account button.  If you have already
created an account in this program, click on the Add account button.

This will open the Account Wizard.  Click the button next to Email account.  Click on the Next button.

The Identity window will open.  Enter your name and your RAIN email address.  Click the Next button.

The Server window will open.  Choose POP and enter rain.org for Incoming  Server.  Click the Next button.

The username window opens.  Enter your RAIN username.  Click the Next button.

The account window opens.  Enter whatever name you wish for the account name.  Click on the Next button.

(If this information varies from what shows on your computer, then you should use the Help menu for your email program).


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Thunderbird


Open the Thunderbird program.

If this is the first email account you have created, then the Account Wizard window should open. 
Make sure the "Email account button" is selected.
(If you have already created other email accounts, then click on the Tools menu and then select Account Settings.
Next click on the Add account button.

You should now be at the Identity window.  Enter your name and RAIN email address.  Click on the Next button.

Once the Server window opens, select POP and enter  rain.org  for the Incoming server, and  mail.rain.org  for the
Outgoing server.  Click on the Next button.

On the User Names window enter your RAIN username.  Click the Next button.

On the Account Name window you may enter whatever you wish to name your account.  Your email address may already
be shown.  Click the Next button.

Click the Finish button on this last screen.

(If this information varies from what shows on your computer, then you should use the Help menu for your email program).


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Opera 6

Open the Opera program.
Choose the Mail menu, and then choose New Account from the drop-down list.
The New account wizard will open.  Select Regular e-mail (POP).  Click the Next button.

On the next screen, enter your name, and your RAIN email address.  You may skip the Organization entry if you wish.
Click on the Next button.

Enter your RAIN username for "Login name", and then enter your RAIN password.  Click on the Next button.

On this last screen, enter  rain.org  for Incoming server and  mail.rain.org  for Outgoing server.  Click the Finish button.

(If this information varies from what shows on your computer, then you should use the Help menu for your email program).



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                                                                   Last updated 3/18/05