porchlight.ca

Open the Internet Connection Wizard

To load the Internet Connection Wizard click Start

Run.

The window that opens allows you to manually enter a command to load a program. Before typing in the command to load the Internet Connection Wizard ensure that this box is blank.

Type in inetwiz and press enter or click Ok.

Internet Connection Wizard

You should now be presented with the Internet Connection Wizard. The first step will have two choices on it. Select the first choice which says, "Connect using my phone line". Click Next to proceed.

Click the Next button to continue.

The dialup access number

First, click on the telephone number field and type in the full ten digit dial-up access number for the city that you are currently local to. These are listed in a table below. Make sure you use the number that is local to you.

Although an area code field is provided, we recommend you not use it. Type the dial-up access number including the area code in the telephone number field. By doing it this way you reduce the risk of entering in the wrong area code and inadvertently incurring long distance charges.

The area code and country code fields will default to the values determined by your computer's dialing rules (they may be incorrect). Uncheck the box that says "Dial using the area code and country code" to ensure that these fields are ignored.

Click Next to continue.

Calling Area	Phone Number
Chatham	5193880100
Guelph	5198380110
Hamilton	9054814299
Kingston	6138870104
Kitchener	5195798612
London	5194884244
Oshawa	9056740202
St. Catharines	9053780110
Toronto	4168480008
Windsor	5199680194

User name and password

Now enter your porchlight.ca user name and password. Both are case-sensitive.

Connection name

Now specify a name for the connection. "porchlight.ca" is recommended. Click Next to proceed.

Internet mail account

Select Yes, then click Next to begin setting up your porchlight.ca email account.

Create a new account

Note: You will only see this step if you already have an email account set up on your computer.

Select "Create a new Internet mail account", then click Next.

The display name

Now enter the name that you wish to appear on your outgoing emails. You can use spaces and mixed case here. Click Next to proceed.

Email address

Now enter your porchlight.ca email address. This will be your user name@porchlight.ca. Click Next to proceed.

Email server names

First ensure that the mail server is a POP3 server, then enter the incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP) server names. The incoming mail server is pop.porchlight.ca and the outgoing server is mail.porchlight.ca.

Click Next to proceed.

Account name and password

Now enter your porchlight.ca user name and password. Be sure to leave "Log on using secure password authentication" unchecked.

Finish

Now simply uncheck "To connect to the Internet immediately..." and click Finish. This completes the Internet Connection Wizard.

Enabling SMTP authentication

The final step involves enabling SMTP authentication for outgoing mail. This tutorial assumes that you will be using Outlook Express for email. If you are using another supported program, visit the associated tutorial using the menu on the left.

First open Outlook Express.

Click Tools

Accounts.

pop.porchlight.ca

Switch to the Mail tab and highlight pop.porchlight.ca by clicking on it. Then click the Properties button.

pop.porchlight.ca properties

First switch to the Servers tab, then check "My server requires authentication" under the Outgoing Mail Server heading.

Click Ok to finalize the setting.

Connecting

Now open Dial-Up Networking to create a shortcut to the connection on your desktop.

Click Start

Programs

Accessories

Communications

Dial-Up Networking.

Create shortcut

Right-click on porchlight.ca and choose Create Shortcut.

Confirmation

You should be presented with a confirmation pop-up. Click Yes to have the shortcut placed on the desktop.

Finished

You should now have a shortcut to your porchlight.ca connection on your desktop. You can connect to the Internet by double-clicking on it.