How to access your rladies.org email address
General info about emails for R-Ladies chapters.
If you want to change your email password, set an out-of-office auto-responder or setup email filters, you can do that here.
Smartphone
Here are instructions for adding an email account to an iPhone and Android.
Webmail
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Enter your email address and password, as in the screenshot below
- Your mail box looks will look like this
Thunderbird
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Open Thunderbird Mail, then go to File -> New -> Existing Mail Account
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Enter your full name, email address and password as shown in the screenshot below
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Click on Continue
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The configuration parameters should be picked up automatically. If not, click on manual configuration and enter the following:
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INCOMING (IMAP)
- server host name: mail.rladies.org
- port: 143
- SSL: STARTTLS
- Authentication: Normal password
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OUTGOING (SMTP)
- server host name: mail.rladies.org
- port: 587
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USERNAME
- incoming: Use the full email address (e.g. name@rladies.org)
- outgoing: Use the full email address (e.g. name@rladies.org)
- Finally click on Done
Gmail
- Go to your gmail account, then click on the Settings (cog) icon on the top-right corner.
- Select the Account & Import, then click on ‘Add another email address that you own’ (Send mail as section)
- Insert your name and email address, then click on ‘Next step’.
- Insert SMTP (smtp.dreamhost.com), port (465), username (here you should enter the entire email address!!!), password and select ‘secure connection using SSL’.
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Finally click on ‘Add account’.
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On the same screen as 2, Account & Import, now click on ‘Add a mail account’ (Check mail from other accounts section).
- Insert your email address, then click on ‘Next’.
- Select ‘Import emails from my other account (POP3)’, then click ‘Next’.
- Insert username (here you should enter the entire email address!!!), password and select your preferences.
- Finally click on ‘Add account’.
Outlook
- Go to your Microsoft account (e.g.: hotmail, msn, outlook,etc), then click on the Settings (the gear)/Configuración (el engranaje) icon on the top-right corner and select Connected accounts/Cuentas conectadas
- Choose Other email accounts/Otras cuentas de correo electrónico.
- On the Connect your email account page, enter your full name, email address and password as shown in the screenshot below. Also select the option Manual configuration/Configurar manualmente las opciones de la cuenta (cuenta POP, IMAP o Solo envío) and then click OK/Aceptar
- Choose Setting IMAP or SMTP connection/Configuración de conexión de IMAP o SMTP and click OK/Aceptar
- At the New IMAP account connection/Nueva conexión de cuenta IMAP page, enter the email address of the account you’re connecting in the email address box. In the user name box, enter the email address again, and then enter your email password in the Password box as shown in the screenshot below.
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In the Server Information/Información del Servidor section use these data
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Incoming IMAP server/Servidor entrante (IMAP): mail.rladies.org
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Incoming server port/Puerto de servidor entrante: 143
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Authentication/Autenticación: Basic/Básica
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Encryption/Cifrado: TLS
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and click OK/Aceptar
- Outlook shows a message telling you that the account was successfully connected. Click OK/Aceptar. You see the account as in the screenshot below.
Mac Mail
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Click on Mail > Add Account …
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Choose “Other Mail Account”
- Enter email address and password.
- Choose POP and enter “mail.rladies.org” for both servers. Click “Sign In”
