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Options or Network and Dial Up Connections , Set Up,
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Double Click on Make A New Connection
Click "Next on the Welcome screen.
The next
screen is titled
Setting Up Your Internet Connection.
You will be asked to choose between using a modem or a LAN to
connect to the internet. Click the round button beside the first
option, I
connected through a phone line and a modem
and click [Next] to continue.
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Select "I connected through a phone line and a
modem".
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At this stage the Install New
Modem wizard will pop up if no modem is
installed yet; follow the instructions and all should be
well. If it does not appear, even better, just continue.
Under Choose Modem,
your modem should already be selected (if you have more
than one choose the one your internet connection will go
through). Click [Next] to continue.
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Under Step 1 of 3:, type in
your local number under
Telephone number,
click here to see the
list
of available phone numbers and click [Next] to continue.
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In Step 2 of 3:, beside
User
name: enter the username you selected from your
subscription form. It will be all lowercase and make
sure to add @idomail.net at the end of your username.
username@idomail.net. Type carefully: if you do not
get this right, you will not be able to log in until it
is fixed.
For convenience you may wish to enter your password
now. If you do, be very careful: you will not be able to
see what you are typing, and you need to get upper and
lower case exactly right. If you enter your password
now, it will be permanently stored and anyone who can
use your computer will be able to log on and use your
internet account. If that is not what you want, leave
the password blank, and you will be prompted to enter it
each time you connect.
Click [Next] to continue.
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If you do not enter a password, you will be warned
that you may not be able to connect. Don't worry, you'll
be able to enter it later.
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In Step 3 of 3:, beside
Connection
name: enter IDOMAIL
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If you did not want or have an POP3 email set up at
the time of your account set up, click "No". Click
[Next] to continue if you wish to set up your
existing IDOMAIL Email account.
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This is where you choose, "log on using" and enter your
dial up
username@idomail.net and dial up password. Click Next to
continue.
This is where you enter the Email Address and Password that
you signed up for. This is different than your Internet Access
Account information.
It may ask that you restart your system before it will
allow you to dial up. Click Ok Below.
To set up a Dial Up connection on your desktop,
click here.
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