Pegasus Mail

Introduction
Download and Installation
Startup Configuration
SMTP and IMAP Configuration

Introduction

Pegasus Mail is an IMAP- and SSL-compliant, electronic mail program. It is freeware software and is one of the primary email clients used and supported in the Sociology Department.

These instructions guide in the download, installation and configuration of Pegasus Mail on a home or laptop computer.

Download and Installation

1. Browse to the Pegasus Mail website (http://www.pmail.com).
2. Select the downloads tab, then the North America download site.
3. Select the download button for the most current version, 4.xx release (4.12a at the time of this writing).
4. When prompted to open or save the file, select open.
5. A WinZip Self-Extractor window indicates that Pegasus Mail is ready to run a setup wizard to install. Select the Setup button.
6. The Pegasus Mail Installation dialog opens. Select the Next button.
7. You are prompted for an installation directory, which defaults to C:\PMAIL. Select this default or specify an alternative specification such as C:\PMAIL4.12. Select the Next button.
8. A set of pre-selected Other installation options appears. These are:
   • Create 'Start Menu' shortcuts for Pegasus Mail - Leave checked
   • Enable Pegasus Mail for web 'mailto' links - Leave checked if Pegasus is your default mail program
   • Create a Pegasus Mail icon on the desktop - Leave checked
   • Pre-configure a user mailbox - Uncheck
   Select the Next button.
   
9. A Type of installation box appears, with the default set to not installing Novell Netware support. Accept the default and select the Next button.
10. A Ready to install box is displayed. Select the Finish button
11. Setup will complete and so indicate. Select the Exit button in the Setup complete box. Pegasus Mail should now be in your start menu and have a desktop icon.

Startup Configuration

1. Double-click the Pegasus Mail icon. A Setting up mailboxes dialog opens. The One person running Pegasus mail on this computer is usually the appropriate option.
2. A Setup information dialog box opens asking for specification of where to put mail-related files [i.e.; local folders]. The default location is C:\PMAIL\MAIL. Accept this default and click OK.
3. Pegasus Mail opens in the background, with a mailbox open from which the first message is displayed. This is NOT your Sociology mailbox. It is a local mailbox residing on the machine and is not typically used. In the foreground is a Pegasus Mail Internet Setup Wizard dialog box. Select the Cancel button in this dialog, then the OK button in the subsequent box.

   Pegasus Mail is trying at this point to set up a POP mail configuration, which is not the preferred method of mail configuration.

   We will complete configuration by setting options within Pegasus, which should be open on the desktop at this point. If not, launch the Pmail icon.

SMTP and IMAP Configuration

1. From the pulldown menus select [Tools | Internet Options].
2. Under the General tab, fill in your email address - i.e.; mweber@soc.duke.edu.
3. Select the Sending (SMTP) tab and select the Add button.
4. A new SMTP definitions for sending mail box opens. Select the New... option.
5. A Settings for sending mail (SMTP) box opens.
6. Under the General tab, complete as follows (See Figure 1 below):
   • Name for this definition: Sociology SMTP
   • Server host name: smtp.soc.duke.edu
   • Server TCP/IP port: 25
   Under the Security tab, complete (See Figure 2 below):
   
   • Select the Via STARTTLS radio button
   • In the SMTP Authentication section, click the checkbox for the Login to the SMTP server using the following details option
   • Enter your UNIX userid into the Username box and your UNIX password into the Password box

   Click the OK button.

   Figure 1 - General Settings for SMTP
   

   

   Figure 2 - Security Settings for SMTP

   

7. You are now back to the SMTP definitions for sending mail box. Click on the Sociology SMTP entry and click on the Select button.
8. You are now back to the Internet Mail Options box. Click on the Sociology SMTP entry. Then set the checkbox settings as follows:
   • Send mail at once without placing in queue - Checked
   • Use in preference to the LAN mailer for Internet Mail - Checked
   • Use for all outgoing mail, regardless of address - Checked
   • Send any mail in the queue during idle checks - Unchecked
   • Send mail before retrieving mail via POP3 - Unchecked
   Click the OK button.
   
9. From the pulldown menus select [Tools | IMAP Profiles].
10. The Manage IMAP Profiles box opens. Select the New option.
11. The IMAP Mailbox Settings dialog box opens.
12. Under the General tab, complete as follows (See Figure 3 below):
    • Name for this definition: Sociology Email
    • IMAP Server Address: mail.soc.duke.edu
    • Server Port: 993
    • Login Name: Your UNIX userid
    • Password: Your UNIX password
    • Mailbox reference: ~mweber/Mail
      where: mweber is replaced by your UNIX userid
      note: the leading ~ (tilde) sybol and the capital M in Mail
    • Check all of the IMAP settings and behavior boxes
    • Set the INBOX check interval to every 120 seconds
    
    Figure 3 - General Settings for IMAP Configuration

    

13. Under the Security tab (See Figure 4 below):
    • Select the Via direct SSL connect radio button

    Click the OK button.

    Figure 4 - Security Settings for IMAP Configuration

    
    

14. Control reverts to the Manage IMAP Profiles box. To activate the IMAP connection, double-click on the Sociology Email entry.

    The bottom of the Pegasus Mail window should indicate that access to the mail server is taking place. Momentarily the IMAP connnection should establish and [*] should appear to the right of the Sociology Email entry. Your INBOX and a list of any folders will appear on the lefthand of the Pmail window.

    Click the Done button in the Manage IMAP Profiles box.
    
15. From the pulldown menus select [Tools | Options] to open the Pegasus Mail Preferences and Settings box.
    Select Basic Settings and modify as follows:
    
    • For Personal Name: enter your name
    • Automatically open the new mail folder at startup - Unchecked
    Select Copies to self ('outbox') and modify as follows:
    
    • Click on the Select folder button
    • The Select a mail folder window opens. Scroll down through your list of folders under Sociology Email.
    • If you have a folder called sent-mail, double-click it. This selects the sent-mail folder to receive file carbon copies and enters the name sent-mail into the box beside the Select folder button. [Note: if you already use some other folder for copies, select that instead.]
    • If you do not have a sent-mail folder, scroll back up and single-click on the Sociology Email entry, which will highlight it in blue. Select the New... option at the top, left of the Select a mail folder window. This opens the Enter name for folder or tray dialog box. Enter sent-mail into the name field and click OK. This creates a sent-mail folder and adds it to the list of Sociology Email folders. Scroll down to sent-mail. Double-click to select it and place it into the box beside the Select Folder button.
Select Sending Mail and modify as follows:

• For Default "reply-to" address, enter your complete email address
Select Message Reader and modify two entries as follows:

• Where choice of format exists, display the fancy version - Unchecked
• Turn attachment preview off by default in the attachment view - Checked
Click OK to apply the settings and close the preferences and settings box.

16. The Folders window displays in a multi-panel format, with a folder listing on the left, the folder content listing in the upper right and message content in the lower right. We recommend that you switch to the classic single-window mailbox view by clicking the List icon in the Folders window toolbar. This reduces the Folders window to just a list of folders. Folder content is displayed in a separate window by double-clicking a folder name. Message content is displayed in a separate window by double-clicking on a message entry. This we believe is the safest and most deliberate method of handling mail messages, that is least likely to result in inadvertant opening of a virus-laden attachment.
17. Finally, under the My mailbox section of your folder listing, several folders are created in the process of setting up Pegasus Mail. These are by in large extraneous, so you may want to delete them. Every folder under this section except New mail may be deleted. Pegasus mail will not allow you to delete this folder, because it is reserved for local mail delivery under the POP protocol or for messages that bounce back unsent, usually because of some error in addressing.