Accounts
Clicking on the accounts tab on the right-hand side allows you to define all your e-mail accounts.

A Help button can be found in the lower left corner of the screen.

First up is the account management buttons:
Add a new account. First press this button, a new account tab will appear, then fill in all the required fields.
Delete the currently selected account from PopTray. You must have at least 1 account defined.
Test your account parameters by connecting to the server. Also tries to identify the server software and show UIDL support. UIDL support is needed for Quick-Checking and Safe Delete.
Save the account information. If you don't press this button the new account info, or account changes won't be saved to the PopTray.ini file.
Cancel the changes you have may made to the account settings.

For each account you define you have to fill in the following fields:
Enabled Checkbox that selects whether PopTray will check this account when doing an periodic check or when you click the Check All button.
Name The name you want to give this account. This is the name that will appear on the account tabs.
Server The address or ip of your POP3 server (eg. mail.isp.com).
Protocol PopTray only supports the POP3 protocol by default. By installing protocol plug-ins PopTray can also support other mail protocols (eg IMAP4, POP3SSL, HTTPMail, etc.)
Port If your server uses a different port than the default POP3 port (110), you can specify it here.
When using protocol plug-ins, they may also change the port value.
Login The login name you use on your E-mail Account (Usually the part before the @ in your e-mail address).
Password Your E-mail Account password.
E-Mail Program The e-mail program to run for this account. You may leave the field blank and the default e-mail client set in the options screen will be used.
Sound The sound to play when you receive new mail in this account. You may leave this field blank and the default sound set in the options screen will be used.
Color The color to be used in the Tray to indicate you have mail in this account. Use a different color for each account.
Timer Interval If you set the Timer Interval per Account option, you must set the interval between mail check for each account here. Set time interval in minutes using the up-down buttons or typing in a number.