Chapter 2 Using Your Palm™ Wireless E-Mail Account
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Viewing Palm.com e-mail through Microsoft Outlook
Your Palm.com e-mail account is a POP account. You can access it from a desktop
computer with Microsoft Outlook and an active Internet connection.
NOTE Your Palm.com e-mail can also be viewed through other e-mail applications,
such as Microsoft Outlook Express or Eudora. Refer to the documentation for those
e-mail programs to set up POP mail collection.

To access your Palm.com account with Microsoft Outlook:

1. Start Microsoft Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, select Services.
3. Click Internet E-mail.
4. Click Add.
5. Click OK.
6. Complete the following settings on the General tab:
– Enter a name to describe this e-mail account, such as “Palm e-mail.”
– (Optional) Enter a name or organization in the Useful Info field.
– Enter your complete username, such as username@palm.com or
username@palm.net in the E-mail Address field. The address must include
palm.com or palm.net after your username.
– (Optional) To reply to messages that are received at this account with your
Palm Wireless e-mail address, enter your Palm.com or Palm.Net address in
the Reply Address field.
7. Complete the following settings on the Server tab:
– Enter pop.palm.com or pop.palm.net (depending on your Palm Wireless
e-mail address) in the Incoming Mail field.
– Enter in the Outgoing Mail field the name of the SMTP server your outgoing
mail will use. For example, if you use Earthlink as your home Internet
service provider, your outgoing server might be smtp.earthlink.net. Check
with your e-mail service provider to find the name of the SMTP server.
– Enter your Palm Wireless service username and password in the Incoming
Mail Server field. You must enter your complete username, such as
username@palm.com or username@palm.net in this field.
8. Click OK twice.
Now you can use Microsoft Outlook to access your e-mail from your Palm.com
account.