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Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

These directions are intended for web hosting customers. 1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools and then E-mail Accounts 2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select “Add a new e-mail account” and click the Next button. 3. For your (incoming) server type, select “POP3” and click the Next button. 4. On the Internet E-mail Settings […]

Phishing Attempts

There’s been a recent influx of phishing attempts against our subscribers. If you receive a message like the one below, please delete it immediately! We will NEVER send any such messages to our subscribers. In addition, please do not ever send your login and password to ANYONE, including us. We will not request it by […]

Why I’ll never send confidential email to anyone at AOL

AOL has something they call an Email Feedback Report. ISPs can register with AOL so they’ll be notified any time an email message is reported as spam. Unfortunately for the sender, the entire contents of the message are left intact for the ISP to review. The Email Feedback Report protects the identity of the recipient, […]

Someone used my email address to send spam!

This is a common situation these days. Malicious code has been developed to allow spammers to distribute their junk mail a variety of ways. In the old days, we’d tell people just to be careful about posting their email addresses on web sites or newsgroups. Today, all it takes is an infected machine on which […]

What are my incoming and outgoing mail server names?

For @connectnc.com & @pinehurst.net email, please use the following mail servers. Incoming (POP) mail server: mail.connectnc.com Outgoing (SMTP) mail server: mail.connectnc.com For @connectnc.net email, please use the following mail servers. Incoming (POP) mail server: mail.connectnc.net Outgoing (SMTP) mail server: mail.connectnc.net For hosting clients, please use the following. Incoming (POP) mail.domainname.com (be sure to replace domainname.com […]

Verify Your Email Account – Is it Phishing?

If you receive an email like this – YES it is PHISHING. Please delete it and never reply to an email like this. We have reported it so there is no need to forward it on to us but please do delete the phishing email immediately. Thank you!! From: “Web Master-Help Team” <belindab@gam.co.za> To: <users@pinehurst.net> […]

Set up your iPhone email app

  ConnectNC users Your login is your email address. Your password is secret. Please never share that with anyone! POP (incoming mail server) mail.connectnc.com Port for POP is 110 IMAP (incoming mail server) mail.connectnc.com Port for IMAP is 143 SMTP (outgoing mail server) mail.connectnc.com Port for SMTP is 25 No SSL Hosting customers Your login […]

Password Policy

User Password Policy For your protection, we require you to create passwords with a combination of alpha (mixed upper and lower case), numeric and special characters. Passwords comprised entirely of common words in the dictionary, numbers only, names or identical to your ConnectNC userid are not acceptable. New accounts with insecure passwords will be disabled […]

My email keeps saying invalid username or password

If you have more than one device checking your @connectnc.com, @pinehurst.net emails at the same time, the device which logged into your account first has locked your email box during that time. Either shut off the second device or set the email check times to be at separate intervals. This happens frequently with devices like […]