McAfee VLF09E002RAA User Guide - Page 65

MSN/Hotmail accounts

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Managing E-mail Accounts and Users MSN/Hotmail accounts Editing MSN/Hotmail accounts 1 Click the Settings tab, and then click E-mail Accounts. The E-mail Accounts dialog box appears and displays all e-mail accounts added to SpamKiller. NOTE If multiple users were added to SpamKiller, the list displays the e-mail accounts of the user who is currently logged on to SpamKiller. 2 Select an MSN/Hotmail account, and then click Edit. 3 Click the General tab to edit the account description and e-mail address. Description - description of the account. You can type any information in this box. E-mail address - e-mail address of the account. 4 Click the Servers tab to edit server information. Incoming e-mail - name of the server that receives incoming mail. Password - password you use to access the account. Outgoing e-mail - name of the server that sends outgoing mail. Use an SMTP server for outgoing e-mail - if you plan to send error messages and do not want to include the MSN signature line in the error message. The MSN signature line makes it easy for spammers to recognize that the error message is fake. Click More to change authentication requirements for the outgoing server. 5 Click the Checking tab to specify how often SpamKiller checks the account for spam: a Select Check every or Check daily at, and then type or select a time in the corresponding box. If you enter the number zero, SpamKiller only checks the account when it connects. b Select additional times for SpamKiller to filter the account: Check on startup - Select this option if you have a direct connection, and you want SpamKiller to check the account every time SpamKiller starts. Check when a connection is dialed - Select this option if you have a dial-up connection, and you want SpamKiller to check the account every time you connect to the Internet. 22 McAfee® SpamKiller® software version 7.0

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Managing E-mail Accounts and Users
22
McAfee
®
SpamKiller
®
software version 7.0
MSN/Hotmail accounts
Editing MSN/Hotmail accounts
1
Click the
Settings
tab, and then click
E-mail Accounts
.
The
E-mail Accounts
dialog box appears and displays all e-mail accounts
added to SpamKiller.
NOTE
If multiple users were added to SpamKiller, the list displays
the e-mail accounts of the user who is currently logged on to
SpamKiller.
2
Select an MSN/Hotmail account, and then click
Edit
.
3
Click the
General
tab to edit the account description and e-mail address.
³
Description
- description of the account. You can type any information in
this box.
³
E-mail address
- e-mail address of the account.
4
Click the
Servers
tab to edit server information.
³
Incoming e-mail
- name of the server that receives incoming mail.
³
Password
- password you use to access the account.
³
Outgoing e-mail
- name of the server that sends outgoing mail.
³
Use an SMTP server for outgoing e-mail
- if you plan to send error messages
and do not want to include the MSN signature line in the error message.
The MSN signature line makes it easy for spammers to recognize that the
error message is fake.
Click
More
to change authentication requirements for the outgoing server.
5
Click the
Checking
tab to specify how often SpamKiller checks the account for
spam:
a
Select
Check every
or
Check daily at
, and then type or select a time in the
corresponding box. If you enter the number zero, SpamKiller only checks
the account when it connects.
b
Select additional times for SpamKiller to filter the account:
Check on startup
— Select this option if you have a direct connection, and
you want SpamKiller to check the account every time SpamKiller starts.
Check when a connection is dialed
— Select this option if you have a dial-up
connection, and you want SpamKiller to check the account every time you
connect to the Internet.