Email Help

'Email Setup and Configuration'

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Greetings.

Email for Occupy Boston is provided though MayFirst.org. They have some support documentation and FAQs, so if your questions are not answered here you might want to visit their support pages here: https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/faq but generally speaking the documentation you are viewing here is more current and tailored for OccupyBoston users.

Quick Start (for experienced users)

Configuring email just entails a certain set of options in which you tell servers where to send things andf how to send them (e.g. encrypted or not...) So the short version of options for people who know how to set them:

POP and IMAP settings

• Server: boggs.mayfirst.org
• Encryption: SSL
• Port: 995 (for POP) or 993 (for IMAP)

SMTP(Outgoing mail) settings

• Server: boggs.mayfirst.org
• Encryption: TLS (or STARTTLS)
• Login method: plain or login
• Port: 587
• Requires authentication: yes

Creating a New Account

This process is very similar whether you are setting up the email for your smart phone or a laptop/desktop computer. You start by opening your email program and creating a new account (This example is from an excellent free email software client called Thunderbird, but it's similar to for example, an iPhone.)

Configuration for Receiving Mail (POP vs. IMAP)

stuff...

Configuration for Sending Mail (SMTP)

Thunderbird Example

Configuration for Receiving Mail

POP vs. IMAP

Configuration for Sending Mail

SMTP

Other Considerations