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To set up your email client, for example, Thunderbird, here are the detailed steps for Thunderbird, with screenshots:

NOTE: Since these screenshots were created, we have moved mail servers, so please replace any occurrence of a server name that begins with northcarolina with the one I will provide to you privately.  The new servername begins with timeus, but I don't list it here for privacy and security reasons.

Download and install Thunderbird if you don't already have it installed

Upon first run, it will prompt you to set up a new account.  If you already have it installed and have accounts set up, select File, New, Account to add another account.



choose Email account and click Next



Fill in your name, and your email address, click Next



Choose IMAP, and enter northcarolina.network**.** as the incoming server name, and also use the same server name for the outgoing server, click Next.  If you already have an smtp server setup in Thunderbird, it will be noted here, and it will not ask you for the outgoing server name.




Enter your email address as your Incoming User Name, click Next



Here just leave the default account name, or change it if you wish, click Next




This is just a summary screen, click Finish



It will now ask for your password, enter it, and click the checkbox if you want to save it and not have to type it every time you start Thunderbird Mail.



If you choose to save the password, you will get this warning.

Recommended settings (optional)



Click on the account name in the left panel, and choose "view settings for this account"



On the "Server Settings" screen, you may use secure SSL connections to retrieve your mail from the server, if you wish to do this, choose SSL under "Security Settings"



On the "Composition and Addressing" screen, you may wish to change "start my reply below the quote" to "start my reply above the quote".  Most people today prefer this way of sending email; writing your reply below the quote is the "old school" way to do it.




Under "outgoing server" you may also wish to change this to use SSL for security of your outgoing mail.

Click Edit on your smtp server



Then change "No" to "SSL" if you wish to secure your outgoing mail

Another configuration change you may want to make is under the general Thunderbird options screen.

Click OK until the configuration screens above go away and you are back to the main Thunderbird screen.

Then select Tools, then Options.



Select "composition" at the top



Then click "send options"


 
And change "ask me what to do" to "send the message in both plain text and html".  This will ensure that everyone can read your messages, regardless of the type of mail program they use to read their mail.

Click OK on this screen, then go to "spelling"

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And check "check spelling before sending", if you want Thunderbird to alert you to misspelled words before sending the mail

Call, email, or fill out the contact form if you need any assistance setting up your email.

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