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Email Setup

Prairienet offers various email options.

Our full-featured Webmail lets you log and check your email anywhere you have access to the Web.
You can use SSH or dialup to log in to Prairienet Classic use the text-based email client PINE [off-site link] from the Prairienet Classic menu or the UNIX shell.
You can set up your Windows or Mac email program like Outlook or Outlook Express, Eudora, or Apple Mail.
You may request to have your email forwarded to another address. Please email with specifics.

The following general information applies to the setup of PC or Mac email program, as well as handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones.

If the email program asks for...

then enter the following:

Your username, user id, or login Your Prairienet username

Your password Your Prairienet password

Your email address Your username@prairienet.org email address

Your incoming mail server pop.prairienet.org

Your outgoing SMTP server The outgoing SMTP server of your computer's Internet Service Provider (ISP).
If you are using Prairienet's dialup access, then use mail.prairienet.org

Your security settings:
Secure Socket Layers (SSL) Enable Secure Socket Layers (SSL) for your incoming mail server only.
Note: some ISPs require you to authenticate with their outgoing SMTP server in order to send mail. This means that you need to provide the username and password that you have with that ISP, not your Prairienet username and password. Please see your ISP's Web site for details on setup with your email program.

Setup Instructions for:

Macintosh Mail
Macintosh Eudora 5.1 and up, see Eudora Support Site
Microsoft Outlook 2002
Microsoft Outlook Express v. 5 and 6
Netscape 7.1
Eudora (Windows)

Macintosh Mail

These instruction outline how to set up Macintosh Mail to use the new SSL email connection. (Based on Mac OS-X v.10.3).

If you already have a Prairienet account set up:

Choose Preferences in the Mail menu on the menu bar.
Select your Prairienet account in the left window.
Click on the Advanced tab on the right side of the window.
Click the Use SSL checkbox near the bottom.
Close the preferences window and try receiving mail from your Prairienet account.
If you get a popup message saying the server's certificate has problems, click on the connect anyway option and you should be in business.

If you haven't already set up your Prairienet account, go back to step 2 and click on the + (plus) sign at the bottom, then set up the account the way you want it. See the above for server address information. When the account is set up, proceed to steps 2-6 above.

Thanks to Rick Martin for writing up these instructions.

Microsoft Outlook 2002

Email settings for Outlook are managed under Tools on the Outlook Menu Bar. Under Email Accounts, select View or change existing e-mail accounts, and select your existing Prairienet email account. Alternatively, select Add a new e-mail account.

The following settings should be configured in order to check your email properly on Prairienet:

Under Server Type, choose either POP3 if you plan to keep all your email on your local drive, or IMAP if you plan to keep all your email on the Prairienet mail server. (If you choose the latter, you will be able to view all your email later using other clients, but you will need to be careful not to exceed your mail quota.)
Under Internet E-mail Settings, you will need to enter in the server information listed above in addition to your username and password information.
After filling out account information, click on More Settings under the "Internet E-mail Settings" window. Select the Advanced tab and place a check mark next to the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) under the Incoming Server section. Do NOT put a check mark for SSL under the Outgoing server.

Netscape 7.1

Open Netscape.
Click on Window at the top of the Netscape window and click on Mail and Newsgroups.
Next click on the Edit option at the top of the window and select "mail and Newsgroup Account Settings".
On the left-hand side of the screen click on server settings, which is listed under your login.
Mark the box that reads Use secure connection.
When you log back in a window will pop up labeled website certified by unknown authority. In this case it is Prairienet and it is safe to accept.
Click to accept this certificate permanently and you should be back in business.

Outlook Express

Open Outlook Express, but work off-line. (Tested with versions 5 and 6)

Click on Tools in the top toolbar.
Click on Accounts near the bottom of the menu.
Click on Mail tab. Make sure that Prairienet is highlighted.
Click on Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab. Look for the Incoming mail line
Put a check in the box UNDERNEATH where it says, "This server requires a secure connection."
Click OK. Close and try checking your mail connection online.

It will ask you to accept a new host or registry key. Answer Yes

Windows Eudora

These instructions have been tested with Eudora 6.2 but should work with Eudora versions 5.1 and up. They apply to existing accounts that have been previously set up for Prairienet POP email.

Open Eudora and go to Tools, Options
Go to Getting Started, make sure that Allow authentication is UNchecked.
Go to Checking Mail, under Secure Sockets when Receiving, select Required, Alternate Port

Before you check your mail for the first time, go to Tools, and click on Task Errors. This will display a window which will show you any errors you may receive.

Now check for new email.