Cogeco Email Setup – Evolution Mail
Here we will show you how to configure your Cogeco email address in the Evolution Email client.
TIP: You don’t need to use the Cogeco Webmail service to view your Cogeco emails. You can setup your Cogeco email address in just about any email client. There are a wide range of email clients to choose from, Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Evolution and many, many more exist. What one should you use? Whatever one you prefer.
Now that’s enough of this blabber, because you probably already knew that, if not, you do now. Anyway, read below to get what you came here for in the first place.
We hope this tutorial helps you.
1. Open the Evolution mail client and click edit -> preferences.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
2. Click the Add button.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
3. Click Forward on this Welcome screen
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
4. Enter a name and your Cogeco email address on this page.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
5. Choose POP from the top drop down. Enter pop.cogeco.ca for the incoming mail server and enter your full email address for your username.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
6. The options on this screen are optional. Fill them in if you wish.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
7. Here you need to enter the outgoing mail server info. For Cogeco, it is smtp.cogeco.ca
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
8. Enter the name you would like to call this email account. This can be anything you want.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
9. You should now see this screen, congratulating you on setting up your account.
Cogeco Setup in Evolution
10. You can now exit the Account Preferences window.
11. Click on the Send/ Receive button at the top of the Evolution main screen and you should see any new emails pop in. That is if you have any new mail.
Congrats! You should have everything up and running. If not, try following this tutorial again.
