Smartalyx Computer Musings

Hello and welcome.
This is a second post regarding using some of the online EMAIL providers to access separate existing EMAIL accounts. The first post covered GMAIL . This post will cover another provider called ZOHO . Looking at ZOHO’s homepage you will see they provide a lot of great tools (many I will be covering over the next few posts). This post will focus on ZOHO Mail.

To make any of this work you will need the POP server settings from your current EMAIL provider- look at the FAQs or give Smartalyx a nudge and we may be able to help. Remember, not all providers have this ability (Yahoo! Basic Email, as an example, does not). You will also need to sign up for a ZOHO mail account. You can create a brand new account with new user and password or you can use your Google credentials if you have them. I like this feature- allows me to use the same user+password combo across two different sites. Google will confirm ZOHO access to your Google account.

Once you get the POP server settings and signed up for ZOHO- let’s add an account.

There is a menu at the upper right labeled “Settings”.

Next window choose “Mail Accounts”- again up and to the right.

Choose “Add mail account”. Choosing “Add mail” account will take you to a page where you fill in various bits of information. The first two options are how the newly created account will be displayed in ZOHO. The other information is what your EMAIL requires you to use in order to receive and send your email.

After you enter all the information, choose “Save” at the bottom. In the upper right, you will see an option that says “Back to Mail”. ZOHO mail is still your default and will be shown when you are looking at your mail. However to see the email from the account you just added, look above the folder list on the left and you will see a downward pointing arrow:

When you click on the down arrow, you will see all your available accounts:

Choose the account name you just created and:

Now you can read your EMAILs that are sent to your ZOHO address or the second EMAIL account just by switching between them using the menu. This can be a great time saver since it allows you review multiple accounts at one place. ZOHO is also web based so you can access the accounts anywhere and with any OS that has web access. Yes, you can also send a reply to an EMAIL and choose which address it is sent from. Specifics coming soon so subscribe to my blog to get it hot off the presses.

ZOHO mail has many more features which will be covered in future posts. Let me know how you use ZOHO or other online email accounts in the comments. As always, I look forward to your comments and have a great day.