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Before you setup SurfBuddies Mail for the first time, you'll need to gather some information.
· An email account name. -- The log in name required to access the email account. Often it is the part of the email address preceding the @ sign. Also it is often the entire email address. Check with your service provider.
· An email account password. -- The password required by the email account provider or ISP to log in to the email server to receive and send messages.
· An email address.
· The names of the incoming and an outgoing mail servers. -- These can be obtained from your ISP or email account provider. These server names are usually found on the service provider's web site in the Support section.
After installing SurfBuddies Mail, start the program by clicking its icon on the Windows desktop.
The first screen you will see is the No Children Defined notification dialog. It explains the information you will need to complete the configuration of SurfBuddies mail. Click the OK button.
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The next page you see is the Child Maintenance page. From here you can Add children and Edit existing children's information.
You'll notice that, in addition to the currently active Children tab, there are two other tabs at the top of the window titled General and Banned Words. The General tab will be explained later.
To add a child click the Add Child... button.
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Configuring a Child's Identity.
The first pane presented is where a child's SurfBuddies Mail identity is entered.
Nickname: This is the name within SurfBuddies Mail by which this child is identified. It is also used as the "display name" within email messages. It has no relation to the email account name which is used to log into email servers. It can be any fun name you or your child wish.
Reply-To Address: Ignore this for now.
Email Address: Enter the child's full email address here. For example: mary@yourisp.com.
The next task is to enter the information for the email servers you will use.
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Entering Email Server Information.
To enter the email server information click on the tab at the top of the window labeled Servers.
Account Name: Enter the account name assigned by your email account provider or ISP to log in to the email system. Often it is the part of the email address preceding the @ sign. Also it is often the entire email address. Check with your service provider.
Password: Enter the password assigned to you by your email service provider to access the mail servers.
Remember Password Checkbox: If this box is checked, SurfBuddies Mail will remember the password so that when it access the mail servers the child will not be prompted to enter it. We recommend that this box be marked with a check.
Incoming (POP3) Server: Enter the incoming (POP3) server name which you obtained from your service provider.
Leave Mail On Server Checkbox: Unless you are sharing an email account with your child this box should be cleared.
Outgoing (SMTP) Server: Enter the outgoing (SMTP) server name which you obtained from your service provider.
Use Authorization for Outgoing Server Checkbox: Some email service providers require that the user log in with their account name and password before sending mail. Mark this box with a check if your provider requires this.
Next task is to set up the parent configuration.
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This pane is where the options which pertain to all children are set.
Parent Password: Set the password used by SurfBuddies Mail to protect the program settings and configurations. Set this password to something you will remember. There is no default password defined so if you choose not to set a password, just click OK in those places where you are prompted for a password to access parental configuration functions.
Parent Email Address: This address is the target email address used when the checkbox labeled Copy all emails sent by children to this address is selected.
Copy all emails sent by children to this address Checkbox: If you desire, you can choose to have copies of all emails sent by children using SurfBuddies Mail to be copied to your own email address. Check this box if you wish to enable this feature. If enabled, be sure to enter a valid email address in the Parent Email Address field.
Save a copy of messages sent in "Sent Emails" folder Checkbox: Check this box if you wish to save copies all emails sent by children using SurfBuddies Mail in the Sent Emails folder within the program.
Check for new mail at startup Checkbox: Set this if you wish to automatically check for new messages every time the program starts.
Check for new messages every __ minutes: Check this box if you would like to have SurfBuddies Mail periodically check for new messages. Set the time interval in the "spinner" box.
That is it. Click the OK button at the bottom of the window to complete the configuration.
Please note that it is recommended that you exit the program after configuring SurfBuddies Mail for the first time. If you want to try it just run it from its icon on the Windows desktop.
