Free Email from cranbury.org

Overview
Instructions
Request Your Free Email Account

Overview

If you live in Cranbury we'll give you a free email account! Your email address will be name@cranbury.org where "name" is anything you choose. Please, only one email account per person.

In order to use this email account, you have two options:

  1. Configure your mailtool to use this account to send and receive email
  2. Use this account to receive email only (Ask us to forward all email received by this account to another email account you already have.)

If you choose #1, you'll need to configure your mail tool so that it knows where to go to retrieve your email, what server to use to send your email, and the name of your email account. If you already have another email account, you can switch back and forth using your current email account and using the cranbury.org account. Or, you can configure one specific browser to retrieve your cranbury.org email. Instructions for using your cranbury.org email are below. (Don't worry, it's much easier than it sounds :-)

If you choose #2, you'll need to tell us your current email address so we can forward your email. For example, if you already have an account with aol (e.g., joe@aol.com) we will create a cranbury account for you (e.g., joe@cranbury.org) and all mail sent to your cranbury email account will be automatically forwarded to your aol account.

To request an email account, fill out this form.

Instructions for using your cranbury.org email account

General Instructions
Having your email forwarded to a current email account
Configuring your mail tool to use your new cranbury.org account

General Instructions

EMAIL (Electronic Mail) is used for communicating by "mail" with other people on the Internet. There are 2 different ways you can use your cranbury.org email.

  1. We can forward all email sent to your cranbury.org email account to another email account. For example, Bob has an email account with AOL. (bob@aol.com). Bob requests a cranbury.org email account and is given bob@cranbury.org. We can forward all email sent to bob@cranbury.org TO bob@aol.com. OR
  2. You can change 3 settings in your mailtool to use the cranbury.org email account.

Having your email Forwarded

When you request your cranbury.org email account indicate, on the form, that you want your email forwarded. All email sent to your cranbury.org email account will be forwarded to the email account you indicate.

Configuring your mail tool to use your cranbury.org Account

General Information
Configuring the mail tool in Netscape
Configuring the mail tool in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
Configuring the mail tool in Outlook Express

General Information about Configuring your Mail Tool

When setting up your e-mail program(s), the following settings will most likely be used when configuring the program.

  1. Incoming (POP3) Server: cranbury.org (NOTE: DO NOT put 'www' or 'pop', etc. in front of the domain!)
  2. Outgoing (SMTP) Server: cranbury.org (NOTE: DO NOT put 'www' or 'smtp', etc. in front of the domain!)
  3. POP3 account/user name: youraccountname (This would be the "Name" you requested. For example, if Daniel requested an account with the name "daniel" then his accountname would be "daniel" and his email address would be "daniel@cranbury.org")

You will most likely be prompted for your password when you first try to login to your mail server.

Netscape 3.x and 4.x

The following instructions are good for configuring email in Netscape version 3 and 4.

NOTE: If you already have Netscape configured to receive email on another account (e.g., daniel@home.com) and you want to continue to do so, you'll need to create a second User Profile to receive email to daniel@cranbury.org. To create a new User Profile select Netscape -->Utilities-->User Profile Managerfrom your Start menu.

  1. Click Edit and select Preferences.
  2. Double-click Mail & Groups or Mail & Newsgroups.
  3. Click Mail Server.
  4. In the field for Mail Server User Name enter your account name (e.g., daniel or nick or irene).
  5. In the field for Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server enter cranbury.org
  6. In the field for Incoming Mail Server enter cranbury.org
  7. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

You may also have to edit your identity.

  1. Click Edit and select Preferences.
  2. Double-click Mail & Groups or Mail & Newsgroups.
  3. Click Identity
  4. Make sure the Email address field has your new cranbury email address (e.g., michele@cranbury.org).
  5. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x

The following instructions are good for configuring email in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3. If you have version 5 or above, you'll need to configure Outlook Express (see below)

  1. Click Go and select Read Mail.
  2. In the Internet Mail window select Mail and then Options....
  3. Select the Server tab.
  4. In the field for Outgoing Mail (SMTP) enter cranbury.org
  5. In the field for Incoming Mail (POP3) enter cranbury.org

If you choose to log on using Secure Password Authentication then you will be prompted for your account and password each time you log on. Otherwise, choose Logon Using and enter your account name and password.

Outlook Express / Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x

The following instructions are good for configuring email in Outlook Express.

  1. Open Outlook Express from your Start menu.
  2. Click on Tools -->Accounts.
  3. Click the Mail tab.
  4. Click the Add button and select Mail.
  5. Enter your name in the Display name field and click Next.
  6. Select the top option "I already have...." and enter your cranbury.org email address (ex. michele@cranbury.org) and click Next.
  7. Enter 'POP3' as the server, and enter 'cranbury.org' as the Incoming and Outgoing server and click Next.
  8. Enter an account name that you'll remember (ex. cranbury) and enter a password and click Next.
  9. Click Finish.

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