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Here is some information on using your email account and configuring your mail client.

POP/POPS Server: faye.voxel.net
SMTP Server: faye.voxel.net
IMAP/IMAPS Server: faye.voxel.net

You can also use mail.yourdomain.com (where yourdomain.com is your domain name hosted with us). Using this, however, you will receive security warnings from most mail clients when using SSL to secure your communications with the mail server.

Username is your full email address (i.e., user@somedomain.com).

To set or change your password, call us at 623-934-9010 or, establish email communications with us using GPG encryption. Sending passwords in unencrypted email can compromise the security of your email account.

Most mail clients can be configured to connect using SSL to encrypt both sending and receiving mail. The faye mail cluster supports this and, we recommend that you use it. Doing so makes it more difficult for third parties to read your email.

There is a web-based mail client (Squirrel Mail) you may use here:

SquirrelMail Web Mail Client

For a full-featured local mail client, we recommend the free Thunderbird mail client. Thunderbird is available for Windows, MacOS X, and Linux.

Thunderbird Configuration

  1. Add the new account
    1. Choose Tools > Account Settings
    2. Click the Add Account button
    3. Select EMail Account and click the Continue button
    4. Enter your full name and email address in the appropriate fields on the Identity screen and click the Continue button
    5. On the Incoming Server screen, choose POP and enter "faye.voxel.net" as the Incoming Server and click the Continue button
    6. On the Incoming User screen, enter your full email address (i.e. user@yourdomain.com) and click the Continue button
    7. Adjust the account name as you desire and click the Continue button
    8. Click Done
  2. Configure encrypted communication with the mail server
    1. In the left-hand pane of the Account configuration screen, click on the Server Settings section below the account name you just entered.
    2. In the Security Settings section, click on the SSL radio button.
    3. In the Security Settings section, click to check the "Use secure authentication" box.
  3. [Optional] Turn off HTML composition - EMail is a text medium and plain text email is preferred by competent professional users.
    1. In the left-hand pane of the Account configuration screen, click on the Composition and Addressing section.
    2. Uncheck "compost messages in HTML format."
  4. Configure outgoing mail service
    1. In the left-hand pane of the Account configuration screen, click on Outgoing Server (SMTP), usually the bottom-most entry.
    2. If there is already an entry for faye.voxel.net, click on that and click the Edit button. Otherwise, click New and enter "faye.voxel.net" for the Server Name.
    3. In the Security and Authentication section, check "use name and password."
    4. Enter your full email address (i.e., user@yourdomain.com) as your user name.
    5. For "use secure connection," choose the SSL radio button.
    6. Click Ok.