Gopher King

Version 1.91

Gopher King Personal Email, Gold Email and Redirect Email User Manual


Table of Contents


What is Gopher King?  3

Why Use Gopher King?  3

What information can I get with Gopher King?  4

What Email systems/protocols are supported by Gopher King?  5

What devices/browsers are supported by Gopher King?  5

What is SSL and why is Gopher King using it?  9

What’s the difference between Gopher King Personal Email Service and Gold Email Service?  9

What is Gopher King Redirect Email Service?  12

How much does it cost and how about a free trial?  12

I would like to sign up for the paid service, how?  13

How to Pay for Gopher King’s Service through Paypal?  13

Sorry, I don’t want to stay for the paid service after the trial, and I would like to more all my information from your site, how?  15

No Spam Policy is strictly enforced! 16

How do I contact you if I have a question not covered by this manual?  16

Gopher King Personal Email  17

Sign Up  17

Customize Service  19

Set up your device(s) 25

How does the Gopher King Personal Email System work (and why it’s different)?  34

Email Main Screen   34

Compose  35

Notify   36

Edit  37

Del  40

Spam   40

Add new Email Account  41

Guaranteed Emails  43

Folder View (except Spam folder) 44

Message View (except Spam Messages) 45

Spam Folder View    49

Spam Message View    50

My Emails Summary   51

Gopher King Gold Email  53

What is included in the Gopher King Gold Email Service?  53

How to Sign Up for Gold Email Service?  54

Customize Service  55

Set up your device(s) 62

Email Main Screen   71

Mode (the Big Switch between One-box and All-box) 73

Compose  73

Edit (One-box Mode) 75

Rules (One-box mode only) 77

Add New Rule (One-box mode only) 78

Edit Rule (One-box mode only) 78

Email Accounts and Sync Settings (One-box mode only) 78

Spam in One-box Mode  81

@gopherking.net Folder Structure  82

Email Templates (only in One-box Mode) 83

Email Folder View in One-box Mode  84

Email Message View in One-box Mode  85

Using Your @gopherking.net Account with Other Email Clients  89

Gopher King Redirect Email  92

What is Gopher King Redirect Email Service?  92

Sign Up  93

Customize Service  94

Redirect Emails Page and Test Your Accounts  98

Using Other Functions  100

My Newsgroups  100

My Calendar   101

My Addressbook   102

My Files  104

My FTP Sites  105

My Bookmarks  106

Headline News  107

Stocks  107

Weather   108

Send Message to Cell Phone/Pager   108

Send ICQ Message  109

Find ICQ User   110

Polls  110

Browse Internet  111

Search Internet  112

Maps/Directions  112

Starbucks  112

Local Info   113

Whois/Domain Lookup  113

DNS Lookup  114

Dictionary   115

Translate  115

My Accounting   117

Tech Support  117

eBay   117

Log out  117

Troubleshooting   118

General Questions  118

Emails  120

Device Specific   126

Newsgroups  130

Recommended FREE ISPS  130

Connection Guide  132

Low Cost Palm   132

Simplest Palm   133

Pocket PC in US  133

Pocket PC in other Countries  133

Kyocera Smart Phone QCP 6035 with Sprint/Verizon Service  134

Samsung SPH-I300 PDA Phone with Sprint Service  134

Handspring Treo with Cingular/VoiceStream Service  134

Terms and Conditions  136

Privacy Statement  144

 


Chapter

1


What is Gopher King?

T

he Gopher King Email Service™ is an information service that delivers  messages from all your Email accounts along with desired information anytime, anywhere, through any Internet enabled device.

Gopher King's multiple device support allows you to access your Email and information from anywhere. For example,

Ø      At the airport, you can log onto Gopher King with your handheld PDA.

Ø      At a client's office, you can log onto Gopher King using one of their computers.

Ø      At home, you can log onto Gopher King from you home WebTV.

Ø      On the road, you can log onto Gopher King with your WAP-enabled cell phone.

Why Use Gopher King?

Ø      With Gopher King's unique Single User Interface (SUI) technology, you always see the same user interface no matter what device you use. You don't have to learn all different programs to or interface.

Ø      Use any Internet enabled device: Palm, PocketPC, WAP Cell Phone, Blackberry, even pagers, all with the same account.

Ø      Broad Email protocol support, from POP, IMAP, Hotmail, to AOL, MSN and S-POP, S-IMAP.

Ø      Access all your existing Email accounts (business, home, hotmail, etc), without having a new “gopherking.com” account

Ø      Broad information services including stocks, weather, Internet search, newsgroups, headline news, etc.

Ø      The freedom of information: Get the information you want, anywhere, using any device.

What information can I get with Gopher King?

Ø      Access Your Email Anywhere, Anytime!

Ø      Receive Emails from all your Email accounts (Corporate, ISP, AOL, Hotmail, MSN) on any mobile device (Palm, PocketPC, cell phone, Blackberry, NTTDoCoMo, pager), or any PC

Ø      Reply, send, and forward from anywhere while your recipient sees your primary (Corporate, ISP, AOL, Hotmail, MSN) Email account

Ø      Smart Authorization Technology (SAT) works with virtually every Email system. POP/IMAP/S-POP/S-IMAP/MSN POP/MSN Web Mail/Hotmail/AOL Email Support, GSSI/CRAM-MD5/APOP and Exchange NTLM Support

Ø      Smart Spam Filter and anti-virus protection

Ø      Notification of new Emails via any SMS cell phone or pager

Ø      Preview/convert attachments (Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF, zip, tar, and pictures)

Ø      Calendar, Address Book, and 15MB of file storage space

Ø      Completely customizable interface, users only see the functions they need

Ø      Always see the same familiar interface on any device with our Single Interface Technology (SIT)

Ø      Multi-language and international support with translation between languages

Ø      NNTP news group accounts

Ø      Headline News

Ø      Read, send, reply to newsgroup messages

Ø      Send ICQ Messages

Ø      Find ICQ Friends

Ø      Send Message to Cell Phone/Pager

Ø      Browse/Search Internet

Ø      Get stock quotes

Ø      Get Maps and Directions

Ø      Whois/Domain Name Lookup

Ø      Find Starbucks

Ø      Get Local Information

Ø      DNS Lookup

Ø      Dictionary Lookup and more

Ø      Weather Information

What Email systems/protocols are supported by Gopher King?

Ø      POP including APOP and KPOP

Ø      IMAP (all versions)

Ø      S-POP, also known as SSL over POP

Ø      S-IMAP, also known as SSL over IMAP

Ø      Hotmail

Ø      MSN POP and MSN Web Mail

Ø      AOL Email (America Online)

Ø      Microsoft Exchange NTLM

Ø      GSSI/SASL/CRAM-MD5 for secure password authentication

What devices/browsers are supported by Gopher King?

Ø      Note on devices not listed here - even if your device is not listed, as long as it can connect to Internet and has a browser, it should work fine with Gopher King.

Ø      All desktop computers, PC, Macintosh, Unix, Linux, BeOS, with any browser, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mosaic, Opera, Lynx, on any OS

Ø      Palm VII and i705 with Palm.net service, through Web Clipping Application PQA

Ø      Handspring Visor and Palm V with Earthlink Wireless (formerly OmniSky) service, through the bundled Blazer Browser

Ø      All Other Palm OS devices with direct modem connection, any standard web browser

o       Palm m100, m105, m500, m505 III, IIIx, IIIxe, IIIc, V, Vx series handheld

o       Handspring Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Platinum, Treo 180, Treo 180g

o       Handera

o       Symbol SPT1500, 1700 and 1740

o       IBM Work Pad PC Companion

o       Kyocera pdQ smart phone 800 and 1900, and 6035

o       Samsung SPH-I300

o       TRG TRGpro

o       PageMart Synapse PagerCard

o       Sony CLIE

o       LG Info Comm LGI-3000W Smartphone

Ø      All Palm OS devices without direct connection through Avango hot sync (same list as above)

Ø      All Pocket PC and Windows CE devices with Internet Explorer or other browsers, include,

o       Handheld PC Pro

§         Casio Casseopeia E15/E100/E105

§         Funitsu PenCentra 130

§         Sharp Mobilon Pro PV-5000

§         Sharp TriPad PV-6000

§         Vadem Clio C-1000 & C-1050

§         Nec MobilPro 770, 780 and 800

§         IBM Workpad Z-50

§         Husky Field Explorer FX21

§         Hitachi HPW 600ET

§         LG Electronics Phenom Express

§         Itronix T5200

§         NTS Dreamwriter I.T.

§         Samsung eGO-note

§         Scout HPC

o       Palm-size PC (Windows CE 2.11)

§         Casio Cassiopeia E-15

§         Compaq Aero 21xx and 15xx and 80xx

§         HP Jornada 420/430

§         Everex Freestyle 540

§         Philips Computing Nino 500

o       Terminals (Windows CE 2.11)

§         Acer WT 300

§         Boundless Technologies Capio 325

§         Compaq T-1000

§         HP NetVectra GT 310

§         HP NetVectra GT 210

o       Pocket PC (Windows CE 3.0)

§         Casio E-115

§         Compaq iPaq H3600

§         HP Jornada 540

§         HP Jornada 545

§         HP Jornada 548

§         HP Jornada 680/690 & 820

§         Symbol Technologies PPT 2700

Ø      Blackberry with service activated and GoAmerica or other browsers installed

Ø      Psion handheld devices, include,

o       Psion Revo and Psion 5MX series (any ISP with the infrared travel modem)

o       Psion 7 series with built-in modem card

Ø      All internet appliances, include,

o       AOL TV

o       Web TV

o       Interactive TV

o       WebPad

o       eVilla, etc.

Ø      All WAP-compatible cell phones and devices

o       Alcatel OneTouch 701

o       Audiovox CDM-9000

o       Benefon Q

o       Ericsson A2228z, A2628s, R380, R320, R300, and T20

o       Mitsubishi MobileAccess T250

o       Motorola P7389, StartTac ST7867W, T250, T2288, V50 and V2288; Timeport 260 and P8767

o       Nokia 3330, 6210 and 7110

o       Panasonic GD93

o       Philips Azalis 238, Ozeo 8@8 and Xenium 9@9

o       Qualcomm QCP-860

o       Samsung SCH-850, SCH-3500, SCH-8500 and SGH-N100

o       Siemens C35, S35 and SL45

o       Sidetouch Multimedia phone

o       Sanyo SCP-4500

o       Sony Z5

o       Trium Cosmo-@

Ø      All NTT DoCoMo devices in Japan that supports web browsing, including the 209 series, 502 series and 821 series

What is SSL and why is Gopher King using it?

Short for Secure Sockets Layer, it is a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL works by using a public key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, Web pages that require an SSL connection start with https instead of http.

Gopher King uses SSL (Security Socket Layer) to transmit data whenever possible, this includes the following browsers and devices,

Ø      Palm clipping on Palm VII

Ø      Eudora Web for Palm browser

Ø      Web TV

Ø      Internet Explorer

Ø      Netscape

Ø      Opera

Ø      Pocket PC

Ø      Microsoft Mobile Explorer on Cell Phones

FNote: Avantgo already has its own SSL encryption (certicom) built-in, so Gopher King does not provide the extra encryption.

*          When your browser is in SSL mode, you will see this icon in the status bar.

If your device has trouble using SSL, please let us know at service@gopherking.com.

What’s the difference between Gopher King Personal Email Service and Gold Email Service?

See Chapter 3 for a complete description of the Gold Email Service.

Features

Personal Email

Gold Email

Access Your Email Anywhere, Anytime!

Y

Y

Receive Emails from all your Email accounts (Corporate, ISP, AOL, Hotmail, MSN) on any mobile device (Palm, PocketPC, cell phone, Blackberry, NTTDoCoMo, pager), or any PC

Y

Y

Reply, send, and forward from anywhere while your recipient sees your primary (Corporate, ISP, AOL, Hotmail, MSN) Email account

Y

Y

Smart Authorization Technology (SAT) works with virtually every Email system. POP/IMAP/S-POP/S-IMAP/MSN POP/MSN Web Mail/Hotmail/AOL Email Support, GSSI/CRAM-MD5/APOP and Exchange NTLM Support

Y

Y

Smart Spam Filter and anti-virus protection

Y

Y

Notification of new Emails via any SMS cell phone or pager

Y

Y

Preview/convert attachments (Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF, zip, tar, and pictures)

Y

Y

Calendar, Address Book, and 15MB of file storage space

Y

Y – 50MB of file storage space

Completely customizable interface, users only see the functions they need

Y

Y

Always see the same familiar interface on any device with our Single Interface Technology (SIT)

Y

Y

Multi-language and international support with translation between languages

Y

Y

NNTP news group accounts

Y

Y

Headline News

Y

Y

Read, send, reply to newsgroup messages

Y

Y

Send ICQ Messages

Y

Y

Find ICQ Friends

Y

Y

Send Message to Cell Phone/Pager

Y

Y

Browse/Search Internet

Y

Y

Get stock quotes

Y

Y

Get Maps and Directions

Y

Y

Whois/Domain Name Lookup

Y

Y

Find Starbucks

Y

Y

Get Local Information

Y

Y

DNS Lookup

Y

Y

Dictionary Lookup and more

Y

Y

Weather Information

Y

Y

Your own @gopherking.net Email address. You can use the Gopher King Email interface or any other Email client (like your desktop PC's Outlook) to access this account.

N

Y

POP, IMAP protocols to retrieve your messages (IMAP is recommended for multiple folder access). SMTP relay allow you to send messages through our gopherking.net server.

N

Y

Send Receive using Gopher King or any other standard IMAP clients when you are at home and use Gopher King when you are on the road

N

Y

150MB of Email storage space to build your own Email archive system and store all your Emails - new and old.

N

Y

Consolidate and sync all your existing Email accounts into one single account (also known as one-box solution)

N

Y

Choose between one-box solution and all-box solution (more on this in Chapter 3)

N

Y

Email Rules allow you to process incoming and outgoing (sent) Emails (move, delete, copy, etc)

N

Y

Define Email templates and use them when you write a new Email, or reply or forward Emails.

N

Y

Save to Drafts, and edit and send from Drafts folder

N

Y

What is Gopher King Redirect Email Service?

Gopher King Redirect Email Service is for users who would like to consolidate all Emails from their existing Email accounts into one or more Email accounts. It includes all features of the Gopher King Personal Email service, plus it redirects Email from any of the existing Email accounts to another. The Redirect Email Service includes all mobile access features of the Personal Email Service.

Who needs the Redirect Email Service? For example, John Doe has five Email accounts,

Ø      john_doe@mywork.com

Ø      johnd@hotmail.com

Ø      jdoe@msn.com

Ø      johnd@netscape.net

Ø      john_doe@earthlink.com

John can setup a Gopher King Redirect Email account and redirect all his Emails from various accounts into his earthlink.com account.

Ø      john_doe@mywork.com -> john_doe@earthlink.com

Ø      johnd@hotmail.com -> john_doe@earthlink.com

Ø      jdoe@msn.com -> john_doe@earthlink.com

Ø      johnd@netscape.net -> john_doe@earthlink.com

Different from other Email redirection services, Gopher King gives you the option to,

Ø      Remove or keep the original Email message on the Email server

Ø      Redirect the Email “as is” or “text-only” (for cell phones etc)

Ø      Redirect the Email with attachments “as is” or “removed”

How much does it cost and how about a free trial?

Service Type

Personal Email Service

Gold Email Service

Redirect Email Service

Free Trial

14 days

N/A (*see note below)

14 days

Pricing

$39.95 per year, $24.95 for six months or $4.95 per month, all with no setup fees

$99.95 per year, $54.95 for six months or $9.95 per month, all with no setup fees

$69.95 per year, $39.95 for six months or $7.95 per month, all with no setup fees

 

Trial: for all new registered users - you have complete access to all functions, after that your account will expire automatically. You should take advantage of the free trial period and try out all the functions you will use with Gopher King. You may sign up for the paid service during or after the trial period (up to 60 days).

Paid: you have complete access to all functions in the Gopher King service; the length is determined by the subscription you choose. Please see the two questions above for details and differences between Personal, Gold and Redirect Email Services.

Expired: After your trial or subscription has run out and you didn’t renew the subscription or the automatic renewal failed, your account will be in “Expired” status for 60 days. During the time, all Email, file, FTP functions will be disabled. If the account is still not paid after 60 days, the account will be removed automatically from the system.

* There is no trial on the Gopher King Gold Email Service to avoid Spammer abuses.

I would like to sign up for the paid service, how?

First, you need to register with Gopher King for an account, https://www.gopherking.com/register.html

Second, you need to pay for the subscription here, https://www.gopherking.com/logingeneric.html?option=pay

Or by clicking on the “Subscribe Now” in the main menu after you log in.

How to Pay for Gopher King’s Service through Paypal?

All the steps here are done on your PC or Mac, NOT on your mobile device.

Step 1. Sign Up with Paypal – If you are not a current member of Paypal, if you are, skip to Step 2.

a. Using your PC or Mac, go to https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=paypal%40gopherking.com

And click on the “Sign up for your FREE PayPal Account!” link.

b. Follow the instructions on the next page. Note that accounts with an international address are different from accounts with a US address. Please use the appropriate form. If you confirm a checking account with Paypal, you will get a $5 sign up bonus from Paypal (limited offer from Paypal, not affiliated with Gopher King).

c. Once you have your Paypal account registered, go to Step 2 to pay for Gopher King’s service.

Step 2. Pay for Gopher King Service

a. Using Your PC or Mac, go to http://www.gopherking.com and log in with your user name and password. This should take you to the main screen (like the following).

Welcome Your Name, Refresh
Sat 2/9/2001 16:47 EST  Edit Profile
Trial member - valid until 11/15/01 Sign up for paid service

b. Click on “Sign up for paid service” link. It should take you to a new page, which looks like this,

Payment via Paypal

Thank you Your Name.

Optional - If you are not a current member of Paypal, please register with Paypal, registration is free. Then come back to this page and select your subscription.

Please choose your subscription and click on the corresponding button.

Gopher King Personal Email Service Annual Subscription at USD 39.95

Gopher King Personal Email Service 6-Month Subscription at USD 24.95

Gopher King Personal Email Service Monthly Subscription at USD 4.95

Gopher King Gold Email Service Annual Subscription at USD 99.95

Gopher King Gold Email Service 6-Month Subscription at USD 54.95

Gopher King Gold Email Service Monthly Subscription at USD 9.95

We use the Paypal payment system, we accept major credit cards (Visa, Master, ATM/Debit that supports Visa/Master), and direct transfer from bank accounts.

c. Select your Subscription and click on the Subscribe button next to your selection. This will take you to a Paypal page that looks like this,

 

Payments Powered by PayPal 

Payment Details

Pay To: Gopher King 

User Status: Verified Business Member (308) 

Subscription To:  Gopher King Gold Email Service Annual Subscription 

Amount Paid Today:  $99.95

Subscription Details

Terms: $99.95 per year

Login

Welcome, Your Name!

Email Address:

PayPal Password:

d. Since you have already signed up with Paypal in Step 1, your Email address should have been filled in automatically. If not, enter it manually. Enter your Paypal password and click on “Submit to Secure Server” button to continue.

e. Follow the instructions on the Paypal page. Depending on the payment method you choose, Paypal will have different instructions. Click on “Pay” when you are ready.

f. Once you have paid and the payment has been accepted by Paypal, your account should be activated with in one hour. You can verify by this by logging onto Gopher King and in the main menu it should say “Paid Personal Member –valid until xx/xx/2001” (Or Paid Gold Member if you are a gold member, and Paid Redirect member if you are a Redirect Email service member). Please contact us if this does not happen after 24 hours.

g. Done

Sorry, I don’t want to stay for the paid service after the trial, and I would like to more all my information from your site, how?

Follow this link,

https://www.gopherking.com/logingeneric.html?option=deleteall

And you can remove ALL your information from our system. All your data stored on Gopher King will be lost.

No Spam Policy is strictly enforced!

Spam is strictly prohibited on the Gopher King service. Any user who sends Spam Emails through Gopher King will have their account terminated immediately and will be liable for the cost and damaged caused by the Spam. This is especially important to our Gold Email members because we do allow the Gold Email members to relay through our SMTP servers. To report Gopher King users who send out Spams, send us an Email at abuse@gopherking.com.

How do I contact you if I have a question not covered by this manual?

You may use the online Tech Support Form at

https://www.gopherking.com/gksupport.html

Or send us an Email at service@gopherking.com.

 

Chapter

2

Chapter

2


Gopher King Personal Email

T

O use the Gopher King Personal Email Service,  follow the three step process.

 

Ø      Sign Up

Ø      Customize Service

Ø      Set up your device(s) and start using it

Sign Up

FNote: Although the signup process works on all devices, we recommend you to do it on your regular computer for the best experience.

From you computer, go to http://www.gopherking.com. Click on the link "Sign Up" or “Register”. You can either choose to register for the 14-day free trial or become a paid member directly (see Chapter 1 for payment details).

You will need to select a username, a password and enter your real name (optional). That’s all the information required to register!

Ø      User Name - This is you unique username on Gopher King service. Choose one that you can easily remember and easy to type especially if you use a handheld. If the username you choose already exists in the system, it will prompt you to choose another one.

Ø      Password – The password should be at least six characters, or numbers, choose something the you can easily remember, do NOT use "password" or your username as the password.

Ø      Real Name (optional) - this is the name that will appear in all your communications, it doesn't really have to be your real name. It could be a company name, a service name, or something funny.

Once you have registered,

·        If you registered for a trial, you will be taken directly the main menu page, and your membership status will show up as “Trial”.

·        If you registered directly for a paid membership, you will be taken to the payment page. Once the payment process is finished, you will be taken back to the main menu page, and your membership status will show up as “Paid”.

In the main menu, you can see something like this, and this is where we start the next step.

Welcome Test User, Refresh
Mon 07/23/2001 05:00 GMT+12 Edit Profile
Trial - Valid until 10/10/02, Become a Paid member now
My Emails
My Emails Summary
My Newsgroups
My Calendar
My Addressbook
My Files
My FTP Sites
My Bookmarks
Headline News
Stocks
Weather
Send Message to Cell Phone/Pager
Send ICQ Message
Find ICQ User
Internet Relay Chat (Alpha)
Polls
1 of 2 (Next)
Log out
Tell Your Friends

FNote: Your screen may look slightly different from this example because

a.       We keep adding new features and making improvements.

b.      Your trial/subscription may have a different main menu

FNote: The text under the date indicates your account type and expiration date,

·        Expired – your account has expired and you should make payment as soon as possible. Expired account without a payment 60 days after the expiration date will be removed automatically from the system.

·        Trial – your account is a trial account and it will expire on the expiration date. At any time during the trial, you can click on the “Become a paid member” link to pay and become a paid member.

·        Paid – your account is a paid account and it will expire on the expiration date (if you paid your payment through Paypal, the payment will recur automatically every period).

Customize Service

FIf you closed your browser after signing up, you may come back by logging in with your username and password from the front page.

Once you see the main menu, you can start customizing.

Ø      To add your Email accounts, click on "My Emails" link.

Ø      To enable/disable functions on the front page, click on "Edit Profile" Link.

Ø      To subscribe to newsgroups, click on "My Newsgroups" link.

FNote: You can always modify/change/add services in the future by going to the same links. So if you missed something, don't worry, just come back and change it.

FNote: If you are a new trial user signed up for Gopher King service, you have 14 days to try it for free. You may choose to pay for the full service during the trial or after it’s over. However, after 14 days of trial, the Email, Address book, File storage and FTP functions will be disabled and your account will be converted into a temporary expired account.

My Emails

Add Email Account Wizard

The first time you enter the Emails page, there is only one Email link available - "Add new Email Account". This is where we will start.

Click on the link, you will get to the Add Email Account Wizard Page. If you prefer to enter your Email account settings manually, click on the “manual” link and follow instructions in the following section (Add Email Account Step 1 of 3).

With the wizard, Gopher King will auto-detect the best settings based on your Email address and password. You only need to enter your Email address and Email password. If the auto-detection works, it will show “success” and go back to the “My Emails” main page. If not, you can add it manually following instructions in the next section.

Add Email Account Step 1 of 3

Select your Email provider from the drop down list. If your provider is not in the list, select "None of the following".

FNote about MSN: Pay extra attention if you use MSN. There are two types of MSN Email accounts, POP Mail and Web Mail. If you are an old MSN user who always uses Outlook or Outlook Express to get your Emails, your account is POP Mail; if you use the MSN Web Mail Interface to retrieve your Email, your account is Web Mail.

Click on "Submit" when you are done.

Add Email Account Step 2 of 3

Now you are at Add Email Account Step 2 of 3. If you chose one of the pre-selected providers in step 1, most of your settings will show up here automatically. If not, you need to fill in the settings yourself.

FNote: Pay attention to the bold explanations, you might need to go some extra settings with your Email providers.

These are the standard settings in any Email client program.

Ø      Mail Server - This is your POP (POP3 or incoming message) server, ask your ISP or system admin for POP server address. You can also look it up in Outlook Express by going to Tools -> Accounts -> Mail Tab -> Select Your Email Account -> Click on Properties button -> Servers Tab -> It's the setting under Incoming Mail (POP3).

Ø      Protocol - 99% of ISPs uses POP protocol. Use POP if you are not sure, our system will verify it before accepting it. Some corporate accounts and Compuserve 2000 (NOT Compuserve classic) supports IMAP. Do NOT use SPOP or SIMAP unless you know exactly what you are doing or the system pre-selects the setting for you.

Ø      User Name - 99% chance your User Name is the portion before the "@" sign of your Email address, for example, if your Email is johndoe@yourdomain.com, then your user name is johndoe.

Ø      Password - Your Email password. This is the password you use to get your Emails.

FNote about AOL password: You should use your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) password instead of your screen password. If you have AIM running on your desktop computer, you should turn if off before attempting to add the AOL account in Gopher King. For more tips on AOL errors and problems, see the Troubleshooting Chapter.

Ø      Reply-To - You can define a different address for the recipient to reply to. This field is optional. Leave it empty if you are not going to use it.

Click on "Submit" when you are done. The system will check the entries and try to connect to your Email server and verify the settings.

Ø      If you get an error saying "Unable to log in to server", it means either the server is down (unlikely) or your username/password is wrong (likely). Check your username/password and try again later.

Ø      If you get an error saying, "This Email account already exists in your profile", it means that the Email account has already been added, and you are trying to add it again. Stop and go back.

FNote that Gopher King does not require your SMTP server setting for outgoing Emails. For Hotmail and MSN outgoing messages, they are sent through Hotmail and MSN’s Email system. For other type of Email systems, outgoing messages are sent through Gopher King’s own Email gateway. The gateway works as a replacement of your own SMTP server.

FIf you encounter any problem here, see the Troubleshooting Chapter for help.

Add Email Account Step 3 of 3

If everything checks out OK in Step 2, you will be taken to Add Email Account Step 3 of 3 - Success!!! Click on "Go back to Emails page" link and your new Email account will be listed there.

FMore Email Accounts? Repeat Step 1 to 3 for all other Email accounts you have.

FFor more ways to customize your Email account (like My Emails Summary) check the later part of this chapter.

Edit Profile

These are the basic settings you can change to customize the look and navigation structure of your service.

Basic information

Ø      Password - this is where you can change your login password, don't change it unless you intend to.

Ø      Real Name - this is where you can change your name that will show up in outgoing messages.

 Auto Refresh

Ø      Auto Refresh – this only works on browsers that supports the auto-refresh tag and it works on the Email pages.

Look and Feel on All Pages

Ø      Default Language Encoding – Choose the default language encoding, this is useful when you most of your Emails are not in English. Default is “UTF-8”.

Ø      Default Font Size - Choose your favorite font size. Note that font size vary greatly between devices. "Normal" is recommended.

Time Zone

Ø      Time Zone - Choose your local time zone, all messages/notifications/calendar entries will be processed according to this setting.

Advanced Email Options

Ø      After sending Email, Confirm - if you would like to a confirmation when you send an Email, change this to “Yes”, default is “No”. To save bandwidth on mobile devices, change this option to “No.”

Ø      After Deleting/Moving Email, Go To Previous/Next Message – you can choose to go to the previous or next message after deleting or moving an Email, default is “Next”.

Ø      Navigation Links - Navigation links are the Previous/Next links on Email folder view, Email message view pages, default is "Top of Page Only".

Ø      Email main view, folder view and message view options – these are used to control how many headers/listings/entries/characters are displayed on those pages. Different devices/platforms could have different numbers. You may experiment with these settings to achieve the best combination for your device. Do NOT alter these settings if you don’t understand what they do.

Redirect After Login

Ø      After login, Send me to - if you only want to see a particular page after you login, for example, Emails, change this to the page you would like to go to, the default is the front page.

Customize Frontpage

FAvantgo or other offline (when you are using a sync to get your information, you are an offline user) users should disable the links that they do not use by choosing “No” in the options below. This will make the sync much shorter.

Ø      Email Summary – this is the page where your Email summaries will be shown.

Ø      Address Book   Only available in paid and trial accounts. Your online address book. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      File Storage   Only available in paid and trial accounts. Your online file storage (15MB). Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      FTP Site   Only available in paid and trial accounts. FTP sites where you can download and upload files. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Polls - See results and participate in Gopher King polls. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Headline News - US Headline News. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Newsgroups - Usenet NNTP Newsgroups. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Calendar – Your online calendar. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Bookmarks – You may save books of sites of that you visit often here, this is useful with mobile devices where typing or writing is hard. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      IRC - Internet Relay Chat. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      ICQ - Send ICQ messages and find ICQ friends. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Send Message to Pager/Cell Phone - Send messages to pager, SMS cell phone. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Browse Internet - Browse Internet. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Search Internet - Search Internet. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Stocks - Stock quotes. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Personalized Stocks - Enter your own stock tickers separated by comma (,), these will show up first when you go to the "Stocks" page.

Ø      Maps and Directions - Find maps and directions. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Starbucks - Find Starbucks locations. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Local Information - Find location information, e.g., population, city name, time zone, etc. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Personalized Local Info - Enter your own local zip code (in US, only one allowed) and your local information will show up first when you go to "Local Information" page.

Ø      Whois Lookup - Lookup domain names, InterNIC handles. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Weather - Nationwide and local weather information and lookup. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø      Personalized Weather - Enter your own local zip code and your local weather will show up first when you go to "Weather" page. This is currently only available in the US.

Ø      Dictionary - Currently English only, look up words in dictionary. Select "Yes" to show this link on the front page, select "No" to hide it, default is "Yes".

Ø &nbs