kidd.id.au

How to set up your email program

The problem: your kidd.id.au email address forwards email sent to it to the other email account you specify, but messages you send out still come with your ugly old address – something like dragons_fan_88@hatmail.com or s7866523@students.university.egu. You want to set up your email program so that messages you send appear to come from your kidd.id.au address.

The solution: follow the instructions below for your email program. If the program you use isn't listed, you can probably figure out the appropriate steps as they are similar for most email programs.

Outlook Express (version 5, 6 or 7) and Outlook (2000)

  1. Select Accounts from the Tools menu, then select the Mail tab.
  2. Select the email account you use and click Properties.
  3. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Email address field.
  4. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Reply address field.
  5. Leave everything else as-is. Click OK, Close, or whatever.

Outlook (2003 or XP)

  1. Select Email Accounts from the Tools menu.
  2. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.
  3. Select the email account you use and click Change.
  4. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Email Address field.
  5. Click More settings and, if necessary, select the General tab.
  6. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Reply E-mail field.
  7. Leave everything else as-is. Click OK, Next and Finish.

Eudora/Eudora Lite

  1. Select Options from the Tools menu (or Settings from the Special menu in earlier versions).
  2. Click on Personal Information (scroll down if you can't see it).
  3. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Return Address field.
  4. Leave everything else as-is. Click OK.

GMail

  1. Select Settings from the menu at the top right of the screen.
  2. Click the Accounts tab.
  3. Click Add another email address.
  4. In the pop-up window, enter your kidd.id.au address in the Email address field.
  5. Follow the instructions given to verify your kidd.id.au email address.
  6. Once it's verified, repeat steps 1 and 2, then click the make default link next to your kidd.id.au address.

Yahoo!

  1. Select Options from the Mail drop-down menu (it's the top left item on your mail screen).
  2. Click on General Preferences.
  3. Enter your kidd.id.au email address in the Reply to field.
  4. Leave everything else as-is. Click Save.

Hotmail

  1. Select Options from the menu at the top right of the screen (next to Help).
  2. Click the Mail tab at the left of the screen.
  3. Select Message replies.
  4. In the Reply-To address section, select the option Identify the address below as the reply-to address and enter your kidd.id.au email address in the field.
  5. Leave everything else as-is. Click OK.