Email Account Setup - Outlook Express

Once you have Microsoft Outlook Express loaded, go to menu bar at the top of the window, select Tools > Accounts... and choose the Mail tab. Click on the Add > button, select Mail..., and go to step 2.

Note: If you have previously set up the account, you can select an email account from the list of accounts (highlight the account by clicking on it) instead, click on the Properties button, and go to step 7.

Enter your full name as you want it to appear, e.g., Bob Smith, and click on the Next > button.

Enter your email address, e.g., bob@company.com, and click on the Next > button.

Set the incoming mail server to POP3 from the drop-down menu.

For the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: enter the mail server. e.g., mail.company.com

For the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: enter the mail server. e.g., mail.company.com
Note: You might have a different outgoing mail server than then incoming mail server. Please consult your Internet Service Provide (ISP).

Click on the Next > button.

For the Account Name: enter your username, which is your email address, but replacing the at-symbol (@) is replaced with an underscore (_). e.g., bob_company.com

For the Password: enter your password that was given to you.

Note: Make sure that Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is not checked.

Click on the Next > button, then click on the Finish button to complete the initial portion of the accoutn setup.

Once you have created a new email account, you will have to change some of the additional settings. Select an email account from the list of accounts (highlight the account by clicking on it), and click on the Properties button.

Click on the General tab, and enter the general settings for the account:

Mail Account

• Account name: The name that is attributed to this account setup, which would be used in step 6. By default, the mail server name is used. e.g., mail.company.com

User Information

• Name (optional): Your name, which was set up in step 2. e.g., Bob Smith.
• Organization (optional): The name of your organization. e.g., The Company, Inc.
• E-mail address : Your email name, which was set up in step 3. e.g., bob@company.com.
• Reply address (optional): If you would like any replies to the emails that you send from this account to go to another email address. e.g., other@company.com

Note: Make sure that Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing is checked.

Click on the Servers tab, and enter the server settings for the account:

Server Information

• Incoming mail (POP3): The mail server, which was set up in step 4. e.g., mail.company.com
• Outgoing mail (SMTP): The mail server, which was set up in step 4. e.g., mail.company.com

Note: You might have a different outgoing mail server than then incoming mail server. Please consult your Internet Service Provide (ISP).

Incoming Mail Server

• Account name: Your username, which was set up in step 5. e.g.,bob_company.com
• Password: Your password, which was set up in step 5.
• Note: Make sure that Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is not checked, which was set up in step 5

Outgoing Mail Information

• Note: Make sure that My server requires authentication is checked.

Click on the Settings... button.

If your Internet Service Provider (ISP, e.g., Verizon, Road Runner) does not require you to use their outgoing mail server, then you can select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

If you do have to use your ISP's outgoing mail server, then you must select Log on using, and enter the information they have provided to you.

Click on the OK button, and then on the main account properties screen, click on the OK button.

Once you have set up your account, you can make this account the default email account. This means that it is the first email account that is checked when receiving email and it's also the email account that is used by default for sending an email.

To set a default email account, highlight the account by clicking on it, then click on the Set as Default button.

Click on the Close button.

In the main Microsoft Outlook Express application window, click on the Send/Recv button to get your emails.