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1) Left-click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Move to "Settings" and click on "Network and Dial-Up Connections".
2) Double left-click on "Make new Connection".
3) Click "Next" on the Network Connection Wizard.
4) Select the second option ("Dial-up to the Internet") and click "Next".
5) Select the third option ("I want to set up my Internet connection manually...") and click "Next".
6) Select the first option ("I connect through a phone line and a modem") and click "Next".
7) Type in the closest PoP number, including the area code in the telephone number section. Click here for the list of PoP numbers.
If you need to dial a zero (0), or any other number, to access an outside line (e.g. dialing through a switchboard), then the 0 or the other number that you need to dial must be in front of the area code, followed by the PoP number. i.e.: 0, code, number (0,0212345678).
Select South Africa in "Country/region name and code". Uncheck "Use area code and dialing rules" and click "Next".
8) Fill in your username (i.e. your full polka email address) and your password.
Note that the username and password are case-sensitive.
The username is always in lowercase. Click "Next".
9) Type in the connection name of your choice, e.g. ("Polka"). Click "Next".
10) It will then ask you 'Do you want to set up an Internet mail account now?'. Select "Yes".
Click "Next".
11) Type in your name and surname, or your company name (capital letters, or in lowercase).
When someone receives an email from you, this name will appear in the 'From' secion of the email.
Click "Next".
12) Type in your email address in lowercase and click "Next".
13) Select "POP3" as your incoming mail server type.
Type the "Incoming and Outgoing" mail server names in lowercase in the relevant spaces.
Click "Next".
14) Fill in your username (i.e. your full polka email address) your password.
Note that the username and password are case-sensitive.
Selecting "Remember password" is optional.
Do not check "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)".
Click "Next".
15) Click "Finish".
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