How do I send outgoing mail from my domain ?

You can configure your email client to send email from your domain name by creating a new user account, the new user should be configured with:

username@yourdomain.com

Then when you send mail from the new user account (configured with your domain name in the username) the outgoing mail will come from your domain name.

For this to work, your ISP must allow Mail-Relaying. Some ISPs will support Mail-Relaying, but others will not.

There are instructions below on configuring "Outlook Express" for sending outgoing mail:

1. Configure your email program (in this case - Outlook Express) to receive mail for your POP account which you should have already created with an ISP (virgin.net or btinternet.com will do this free online). You have probably already done this or it has been done for you.

2. Start Outlook Express.

3. In the menus (File - Edit - View - Tools - Message - Help) - go into the Tools menu.

4. In the Tools menu select Accounts.

5. On the Accounts page there are usually 4 tabs across the top (All - Mail - News - Directory) - select the All tab from these four.

6. In the Mail main window select your email account and click Properties.

7. Half way down the Mail Properties box you should see User Information with 4 boxes.

8. The Name box can be whatever you like (mine is James Morrison).

9. The Organisation box can be anything (mine is usually BB Online).

10. The Email box should be something @ your new domain name (eg.info@yournewdomain.com) - this will show as your sender address when you send mail

11. The Reply-To box must be left BLANK! - do not enter anything here - if this box has contents then you should delete them.

12. Click OK - then close all the windows and you will be able to send mail from your new domain name.

13. Test it by sending an email to yourself (to both your REAL address and info@yourdomainname.com) - you should receive 2 copies - check the headers of the email to see if your email address (sender) is being displayed correctly.

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How do I set up email to show my email alias in outgoing messages ?

This feature is only available with Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 (and is not possible with Webmail or Microsoft Exchange).

• How to configure an email alias in Outlook Express / Windows Mail:

  1. Open Outlook Express or Windows Mail and then click on Tools.

  2. Select Accounts from the drop down menu. You may need to expand the menu by clicking on the double arrow heads at the bottom of the menu.

  3. Click on the Mail tab (Outlook Express only)

  4. Click on your account name.

  5. Click on Properties.

  6. Under the General tab type your email alias in the E-mail address box.

  7. Click on OK.

  8. Click on Close.

• How to configure an email alias in Outlook 2003 (using IMAP only):

  1. Open Outlook and click on Tools.

  2. Click on E-mail Accounts in the drop-down menu.

  3. Select to View or change existing e-mail accounts and click on Next.

  4. Click on your account name.

  5. Click on Change.

  6. Under User information type your email alias in the E-mail address box.

  7. Click on Next.

  8. Click on Finish.

• How to configure an email alias in Outlook 2007 (using IMAP only):

  1. Open Outlook and click on Tools.

  2. Click on Account Settings.

  3. Click on Change.

  4. Under User information type your email alias in the E-mail address box.

  5. Click on Next.

  6. Click on Finish.

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