IMAP Setup

Configuring Outlook Express or 2000 for IMAP service

1. Click the Tools menu
2. Choose Accounts
3. Click the Add button
4. Choose Mail
5. Type your Display Name (Usually First and Last name) and click Next
6. Type the Email Address assigned to your user name and click Next
7. Verify that IMAP is selected from the drop-down menu
8. For Incoming mail server, type imap.bluetie.com
9. For Outgoing mail server, type smtp.bluetie.com
10. Click Next
11. For Account name, type your user name (username.enterprise) or your email address
12. Type your Password (same one used to login to the web application)
13. Verify that Remember Password is checked and click Next
14. Click the Finish button
15. Double-click on the BlueTie account under either the All tab or the Mail tab
16. Click the Servers tab
17. Check the box for My server requires authentication
18. Click the Apply button, then the OK button, and then Close
19. When prompted with Do you want to download folders from the mail server you added?, click Yes
20. Click the OK button

Configuring Outlook Express or 2000 w/SSL for IMAP service

1. Launch Outlook Express
2. Click Tools --> Accounts, The Accounts window appears
3. Click the Mail tab
4. Click the Add button then choose Mail, the Internet Connection Wizard appears.
5. Add your Display Name. Enter the name you want others to see in the From: field when you send E-mail, then click Next.
6. Enter your E-mail address, then click Next
7. Change the value beside "My incoming mail server is a". to IMAP.
8. Input the IMAP server imap.bluetie.com into the Incoming mail server field.
9. Input the SMTP server smtp.bluetie.com into the Outgoing mail server field. Click Next.
10. Enter your complete E-mail address or User Name (mailboxname@domainname.com) in the Account Name field.
11. Enter your BlueTie account password and click Next.
12. Note: You can set Outlook Express to remember your password if you don't want to type it in every time you check for new messages.
13. Click Finish, the Internet Connection Wizard will close.
14. Click the Mail tab, the Mail Accounts window appears
15. Click the account you just created, then click the Properties button
16. Click the Servers tab
17. Check the box beside My server requires authentication, then click the Settings button
18. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server and click OK
19. Click on the Advanced tab.
20. Check the box, "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" for both the Incoming (IMAP) and Outgoing (SMTP) mail servers.
21. Click Apply, then OK to close the properties window. The Internet Accounts window will reappear.
22. Click OK to exit the Internet Accounts window, your E-mail set-up is complete.