Various Tutorials

Setting up your Work Ho e-mail account:

First Method: Online

Probably the easiest to do, but not the best option in the long run. Simply going to workho.org/webmail and inputting your username (which will ALWAYS be yourname@workho.org) and your password. Then you will see an option for one of two online email clients - SquirrelMail and Horde. Click to choose your client (it's mainly based on user preference). Most of it is pretty straightforward from there.

If you have a nice browser, like Opera, you can configure that to automatically check your email when you open the browser.


Second Method: Email Program

In this tutorial, I will only tell how to set up (what I consider) the three standard programs - Outlook Express, Microsoft Office Outlook, and Hotmail. If you have any different ones, you will need to contact me and I will try to walk you through it.

Outlook Express

  1. Along the top of the program, choose the drop-down menu "tools," and click "accounts."
  2. Find a button that says "add," and click that, then if prompted for different types, choose "email."
  3. Enter a display name (this part doesn't really matter, put in what you like). Click next.
  4. Enter your email address (I recommend using your workho one). Click next.
  5. You will see a drop-down menu for POP3, IMAP, and HTTP. Your best bet will be POP3 (IMAP works too, just don't choose HTTP, it won't work). For both the incoming and outgoing mail server use: mail.workho.org. Click next.
  6. Enter your account name (again, yourname@workho.org) and password. Do not check the box for SPA. Click next.
  7. Click finish, then go back to "tools" and "accounts." First, verify that your email is in the list under the "mail" tab, then select it and click properties. Under the "server" tab, check the box under Outgoing Mail Server that says: "My server requires authentication." Click apply and OK. You're done!

Microsoft Office Outlook

  1. Along the top of the program, choose the drop-down menu "tools," and click "email accounts."
  2. A new window will open, make sure there the radio button labeled "Add a new e-mail account" is selected. Click next.
  3. Choose either POP3 or IMAP server and click next.
  4. Enter user information, logon information (username: yourname@workho.org), and server information (both incoming and outgoing: mail.workho.org). Click the "more settings" button. Under the "outgoing server" tab, check the box "My outgoing server (STMP) requires authentication. Click next.
  5. Click finish and you're done!
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