adding email account from foreign country

[LTom]

how do you add email address accounts that are setup in a foreign country

 

[Vince Averello]

Your query is a little vague since Internet email addresses should be
accepted the same way no matter what country the user is in.

 

[LTom]

Ok. I'll try to be a little clearer, but I'm not a savy internet user. I
work for a company based in a foreign country. They have set me up with a
company email account with @companyname.com address. I access it through a
webpage that has "http://wm.263xmail.com" in its address. When I try to add
the email account to Outlook, it cannot find the server automatically. When I
try to manually enter server info I am choosing "HTTP" as the account type,
"other" for the service provider, and typing in "http://wm.263xmail.com" for
the server URL.

I have no idea if this is the right input for the server information.

Thanks

 

[Tom Willett]

You can't add that http account to your email. It must be a POP 3 or IMAP
account.

: Ok. I'll try to be a little clearer, but I'm not a savy internet user. I
: work for a company based in a foreign country. They have set me up with a
: company email account with @companyname.com address. I access it through
a
: webpage that has "http://wm.263xmail.com" in its address. When I try to
add
: the email account to Outlook, it cannot find the server automatically.
When I
: try to manually enter server info I am choosing "HTTP" as the account
type,
: "other" for the service provider, and typing in "http://wm.263xmail.com"
for
: the server URL.
:
: I have no idea if this is the right input for the server information.
:
: Thanks
:
: "Vince Averello" wrote:
:
: > Your query is a little vague since Internet email addresses should be
: > accepted the same way no matter what country the user is in.
: >
: > : > > how do you add email address accounts that are setup in a foreign
country
: >
: >

 

[N. Miller]

"Vince Averello" wrote:

Ok. I'll try to be a little clearer, but I'm not a savy internet user. I
work for a company based in a foreign country. They have set me up with a
company email account with @companyname.com address. I access it through a
webpage that has "http://wm.263xmail.com" in its address. When I try to add
the email account to Outlook, it cannot find the server automatically. When I
try to manually enter server info I am choosing "HTTP" as the account type,
"other" for the service provider, and typing in "http://wm.263xmail.com" for
the server URL.

I have no idea if this is the right input for the server information.

The only time a URL works as a mail server is for a service using either the
WebDAV, or DeltaSynch protocols (and even then, requires specific MS
clients). Both are proprietary to Microsoft, and the only non-MS mail
service I know of using either is Lycos Mail, in the U.K.; and they are only
using WebDAV. All other email services that allow client access are using
either POP3, or IMAP.

 

[LTom]

Thanks for responding.

I guess my first question should have been "how do you know what type of
email account do you have (POP3, IMAP, HTTP, etc)?" As I mentioned
previously, at login the address bar has "http://wm.265xmail.com/etc...." ,
so I assumed it was a HTTP account. But I know my yahoo mail account does
not have "POP3" in the address bar at login, but it is a POP3 account. So
now I'm thinking my assumption is not right at all.

 

[Tom Willett]

Your situation is an http email that doesn't have POP 3. Yahoo is another
story.

: Thanks for responding.
:
: I guess my first question should have been "how do you know what type of
: email account do you have (POP3, IMAP, HTTP, etc)?" As I mentioned
: previously, at login the address bar has "http://wm.265xmail.com/etc...."
,
: so I assumed it was a HTTP account. But I know my yahoo mail account does
: not have "POP3" in the address bar at login, but it is a POP3 account. So
: now I'm thinking my assumption is not right at all.
:
: "Tom Willett" wrote:
:
: > You can't add that http account to your email. It must be a POP 3 or
IMAP
: > account.
: >
: > : > : Ok. I'll try to be a little clearer, but I'm not a savy internet
user. I
: > : work for a company based in a foreign country. They have set me up
with a
: > : company email account with @companyname.com address. I access it
through
: > a
: > : webpage that has "http://wm.263xmail.com" in its address. When I try
to
: > add
: > : the email account to Outlook, it cannot find the server automatically.
: > When I
: > : try to manually enter server info I am choosing "HTTP" as the account
: > type,
: > : "other" for the service provider, and typing in
"http://wm.263xmail.com"
: > for
: > : the server URL.
: > :
: > : I have no idea if this is the right input for the server information.
: > :
: > : Thanks
: > :
: > : "Vince Averello" wrote:
: > :
: > : > Your query is a little vague since Internet email addresses should
be
: > : > accepted the same way no matter what country the user is in.
: > : >
: > : > : > : > > how do you add email address accounts that are setup in a foreign
: > country
: > : >
: > : >
: >
: >
: >