Configuring the Email Connector

In this mini-tutorial, you configure the Email Connector.

Configuring the Email Connector consists of three steps:
  • Specify Outgoing Message Info that should appear on your email.

  • Provide the Email Setup Info for the outgoing email server.

  • Set up an Address Book that the Livescribe Connect smartpen app can use.

  1. Click the Email icon on the Connectors tab of the Livescribe Connect computer app.
  2. In the Outgoing Message Info section, do the following:
    1. In Your Name, enter the user-friendly name you wish to display in the From line of your emails. This setting is required.
    2. In Your Email Address, enter the email address from which you are sending emails. This setting is required.
    3. In Default Subject, enter a default subject that for Subject line of your emails.

      This setting is required; the default value is Note. You can override this value when you create a custom shortcut.

    4. In Always BCC emails to, enter an email address to which the Email Connector should send a copy of all your emails. For example, you might wish to send copies to yourself at another email address. Your recipients do not see the BCC line. This is optional.
    5. In the Signature, enter text you wish to display at the end of your email, as a closing. This setting is optional.
  3. In the Email Setup Info section, provide the setup information for the outgoing email server.
    The following table indicates the information required for common mail servers:
    Mail Server Required Information Example

    aol, gmail, hotmail

    Email Address

    Password

    johndoe@gmail.com

    shribleTy471

    Email Desktop Client No additional information required. If you have set up a default email program on your computer, Email Connector will use it. This is the email program that starts up when you click a mailto: link (such as Contact Us) on a web page. Not all users have a default email program.

    Microsoft Exchange Server

    Username

    Password

    Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)

    Port

    Use a secure connection (SSL)

    johndoe

    re73bQnT

    mail.mycompanydomain.com

    587

    Check the box for yes

    Other (SMTP)

    Email Address

    Password

    Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)

    Port

    Use a secure connection (SSL)

    johndoe@xyzcompany.com

    iu8e30o

    mail.xyzcompany.com

    ask your administrator

    ask your administrator

    For Microsoft Exchange Server and other SMTP servers, please ask your domain administrator for details.

  4. Click Test Connection to make sure that the Email Connector can connect to the email server. A green light on the button indicates that the connection is successful.
  5. Click the triangle next to Address Book to expand the section in which you can add and modify contacts.
    1. In Name, enter the user-friendly name of the contact.
    2. In Email Address, enter the email address of the contact.
    3. Click the Add button. The new name and email address disappear from the text boxes and appear in a list directly below.
  6. If you wish to correct or remove entries in the list: Click the check box in front of the contacts, and then click Delete.
  7. If you wish to retrieve contacts from an external, non-Livescribe address book, click the Import Contacts button.
    1. In the Import Contacts dialog, browse to a text file containing a list of contacts in CSV (comma-separated-value) format. Many address books can output a CSV list of contacts.
      Note: You can import a maximum of 200 email addresses from an external address book.
  8. Dock your smartpen to transfer your email address book to your smartpen. On the smartpen, you will select contacts from the Address Book when you are using the default Email shortcut.