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Your Account

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Email Clients

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Email Clients

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 == Your Account ==
-All members have a unique user name and password, which are used for all services. Your user name is short and is based on your real life initials. Please do not confuse it with your email address(es).
+All members have a unique user name and password, which are used for all services. '''Your user name is short and is based on your real life initials.''' Please do not confuse it with your email address(es).
 You can [https://www.paddon.org/passwd/ change your password] anytime you like. You will be required to login with your user name/password through several layers of security, and then you will be prompted through the password update process.

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 Make sure you turn on TLS or SSL settings, because we don't support unencrypted connections.
-If you configuyred your email client prior to 2020-12-19, please note that the recommended ports have changed. Please update these values for better security.
+If you configured your email client prior to 2020-12-19, please note that the recommended ports have changed. Please update these values for better security.
 == Instant messaging ==

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 Most email programs can connect to your account, including desktop and mobile email clients.
 We support both the IMAP and POP mail collection protocols. Use IMAP unless you have a special requirement.
 Recommended settings are:
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 |Password||''your-password''
 |-
-|Use SSL (or TLS)||on
+|SSL/TLS||on
 |}
-You '''must''' use our server to send mail from your paddon.org address. If you try to send from anywhere else it will probably be marked as spam.
+You '''must''' use our server to send mail from your paddon.org address. If you try to send through another server, it will probably be marked as spam.
 Recommended settings are:
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 |Password||''your-password''
 |-
-|Use SSL (or TLS)||on
+|SSL/TLS||on
 |}
 Each mail client uses slightly different terminology, but the basic settings are the same. You may need to look under an "advanced" configuration menu for some of them.
 == Instant messaging ==

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 {| class="wikitable"
 |Outgoing (SMTP) mail server||mail.paddon.org
 |-
 |User name||''your-user-name''

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 |Incoming (IMAP) mail server||mail.paddon.org
 |-
 |User name||''your-user-name''
 |-
 |Password||''your-password''
 |-
 |Use SSL (or TLS)||on

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 === Email Clients ===
 Most email programs can connect to your account, including desktop and mobile email clients.
-We support both the IMAP and POP standard protocols.
+We support both the IMAP and POP protocols. Use IMAP unless you have a special requirement.
 Your mail settings will depend on the program you use.
 Make sure you turn on TLS or SSL settings, because we don't support unencrypted connections.
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 |Server type||IMAP
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 |Server name||mail.paddon.org
 |-
-|Port||143 (the default)
+|Port||993
 |-
 |}
-You can also use our system to send mail with the following settings:
+You *must* use our system to send mail from your paddon.org address.
 {| class="wikitable"
-|Outgoing (SMTP) server||mail.paddon.org
+|SMTP server||mail.paddon.org
 |-
-|Port||587 (NOT the default)
+|Port||587
 |-
 |Use name and password||Yes