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

  1. Go to https://webmail.dreamhost.com

  2. Enter your email address and password, as in the screenshot below

Screenshot of dreamhost login page

  1. Your mail box looks will look like this

Screenshot of Dreamhost mailbox

Thunderbird

  1. Open Thunderbird Mail, then go to File -> New -> Existing Mail Account

  2. Enter your full name, email address and password as shown in the screenshot below

Screenshot of Thunderbird mail account setup

  1. Click on Continue

  2. The configuration parameters should be picked up automatically. If not, click on manual configuration and enter the following:

  • INCOMING (IMAP)

    • server host name: mail.rladies.org
    • port: 143
    • SSL: STARTTLS
    • Authentication: Normal password
  • OUTGOING (SMTP)

    • server host name: mail.rladies.org
    • port: 587
  • USERNAME

  1. Finally click on Done

Screenshot of Thunderbird mailbox

Gmail

  1. Go to your gmail account, then click on the Settings (cog) icon on the top-right corner.

Screenshot showing Gmail settings icon in the top-right corner

  1. Select the Account & Import, then click on ‘Add another email address that you own’ (Send mail as section)

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for Account & Import

  1. Insert your name and email address, then click on ‘Next step’.

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for ‘Add another email address that you own’

  1. Insert SMTP (smtp.dreamhost.com), port (465), username (here you should enter the entire email address!!!), password and select ‘secure connection using SSL’.

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for SMTP settings

  1. Finally click on ‘Add account’.

  2. On the same screen as 2, Account & Import, now click on ‘Add a mail account’ (Check mail from other accounts section).

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for Account & Import

  1. Insert your email address, then click on ‘Next’.

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for ‘Add an email account’

  1. Select ‘Import emails from my other account (POP3)’, then click ‘Next’.

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for ‘Import emails from my other account (POP3)'

  1. Insert username (here you should enter the entire email address!!!), password and select your preferences.

Screenshot of Gmail’s menu for editing mail account

  1. Finally click on ‘Add account’.

Outlook

  1. 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

Setting -> Connected accounts

  1. Choose Other email accounts/Otras cuentas de correo electrónico.

Another mail account

  1. 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

Full name, emal address ans password

  1. Choose Setting IMAP or SMTP connection/Configuración de conexión de IMAP o SMTP and click OK/Aceptar

Select IMAP or SMTP

  1. 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.

Account information

  1. In the Server Information/Información del Servidor section use these data

    • Incoming IMAP server/Servidor entrante (IMAP): mail.rladies.org

    • Incoming server port/Puerto de servidor entrante: 143

    • Authentication/Autenticación: Basic/Básica

    • Encryption/Cifrado: TLS

and click OK/Aceptar

Outlook menu for ‘Connect your email account’

  1. Outlook shows a message telling you that the account was successfully connected. Click OK/Aceptar. You see the account as in the screenshot below.

Account conected

Mac Mail

  1. Click on Mail > Add Account …

  2. Choose “Other Mail Account”

Mac Mail menu for choosing what type of accounts to add

  1. Enter email address and password.

Mac Mail menu for entering email address and password

  1. Choose POP and enter “mail.rladies.org” for both servers. Click “Sign In”

Mac Mail menu for server settings