- You can open Outlook Express
on your computer by going to Start ->
Programs -> Outlook Express.
If you are automatically directed to the
Internet Connection Wizard, select
Use an existing Internet mail account and
click on the Next button. This will
open a window called Your Name. You
can now skip to the next bullet.
If the Wizard does not begin automatically, select
the Tools menu, then
Accounts. This will open a window called
Internet Accounts. In this window,
select the Mail tab and click on
Add -> Mail. This will activate the
Internet Connection Wizard, and you
will see the window called Your Name.

- On the Your Name screen,
enter your first and last name. Click
Next to move on to the next screen.

- On the Internet E-mail Address
screen, enter the e-mail address you would like
to set up on Outlook Express.
Click Next to move on to the
next screen.

- On the E-mail Server Names
screen, select POP3 from the pull-down menu.
(POP3 will likely be the default setting.)
Then enter pop.yourdomain.com in the box
labeled Incoming mail server and
smtp.yourdomain.com in the box labeled
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server Click
Next.

- On the Internet Mail Logon
screen, enter your e-mail address as the
Account name. Then enter the
password that corresponds to that
mailbox and click Next to move
on.
NOTE: Enter the e-mail address of your
actual mailbox, NOT a forwarding address. Once you
have configured Outlook Express to this mailbox,
Outlook Express will receive mail sent to all
forwarding addresses associated with this mailbox.
If you have previously configured e-mail programs to
your mailbox using only the name of the mailbox
("mailbox_name" with no "@domain.com"), continue to
use that mailbox name.

- You have successfully entered all of the
information required to receive e-mail from the
mailbox.
Click Finish to move on. You
will still need to set up your account
properties.

- If you are brought back to the
Internet Accounts window, you will see
the e-mail account you just created listed as
pop.yourdoman.com. Select your
account and click on the Properties
button to set up your account properties.
If you are not brought back to the Internet
Accounts window, you can open it by
selecting first the Tools menu and
then Accounts. Click on the
Mail tab, select your account and click on
the Properties button to set up
your account properties.

- Under the General tab, fill
out all the User Information.
The Name and E-mail
Address fields should already contain
the information you entered previously, but you
can use this screen to enter your
Organization (your company,
association, etc.) and Reply Address.
NOTE: Your reply address is the address
to which messages will be sent when people reply to
your e-mail messages. It is usually the same as your
e-mail address.

- Click on the Servers tab
and you will see the account information you
entered previously. Select the My server
requires authentication check box under
the Outgoing Mail Server
heading as show below. Then press the "Settings"
button.

- By default, the Use same settings as
my incoming mail server should me
marked. In the event that it is not, click on
that radio button.

Press OK. Press OK on the remaining screen as
well and finally close the Internet Accounts
dialog box.
Testing Your Account
- Create an email using the Create
Mail button and send an email it to
yourself. If you have entered all the
information correctly then you should not get
any errors. Wait a few minutes and press the
Send/Recv button to make sure
you receive the email that you just sent
yourself.

If you do not receive an error message when you
receive or send mail, you can begin using Outlook
Express.
If you would like Outlook Express to receive mail
from more than one mailbox, select first the
Tools menu and then Accounts
to reopen the Internet Accounts
window. Click on Add -> Mail to add
another mailbox and continue along with the steps
outlined in this tutorial. |