Outlook Express

Add New Account

1. Tools  Menu

From Outlook Express Tools menu, select Accounts...

2. Internet Accounts

When the Internet Accounts window appears, click the Add button and select Mail... from the list to continue.

3. Display Name

Enter your name as you would like it to appear in outgoing e-mail and click the Next button.

4. Internet E-mail Address

Enter your full email address and click the Next button.

5. E-mail Server Names

Your incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP) mail servers should both be set to mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is your e-mail domain name.

Click the Next button.

6. Internet Mail Logon

Under your logon information, you must enter your full e-mail address for the Account name, and your password. If you are the sole user of your PC, we recommend checking the "Remember Password" checkbox. If you share your PC with other users, we strongly advise against checking this setting as other users will have access to your e-mail account.

Be sure that you do not check the setting for "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)". This feature is not currently supported.

Click the Next button.

7. Finishing up

Click the Finish button to complete the setup of your new e-mail account.

8. Setup complete

Click the Close button to exit the setup of your new e-mail account.

Edit Existing Account

1. Tools Menu

From Outlook Express Tools menu, select Accounts...

2. Internet Accounts

When the Internet Accounts window appears, click once on the name of the configuration you wish to edit so that the configuration is highlighted. (For most users only one configuration will be listed. If you have old unused accounts listed you will want to delete the accounts, Outlook Express may encounter an error when trying to check an old unused account.) Then click the Properties button to continue.

3. Account Properties, General

For your mail account, type in the name which you would like to call your mail account in Outlook. Under User Information, enter your name as you would like it to appear in outgoing e-mail, your organization name (optional) and your full e-mail address. We recommend setting the e-mail address and the reply address the same.

Click the Servers tab.

4. Account Properties, Servers

Your incoming (POP3)and outgoing (SMTP) mail servers should both be set to mail.yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is your e-mail domain name. Under incoming mail server, you must enter your full e-mail address for the Account name, and your password. If you are the sole user of your PC, we recommend checking the "Remember Password" checkbox. If you share your PC with other users, we strongly advise against checking this setting as other users will have access to your e-mail account.

Be sure that you do not check the setting for "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)". This feature is not currently supported.

Under Outgoing Mail Server, you must check "My server requires authentication".

Click on the OK button.

5. Setup complete

Click the Close button to complete the changes to your existing e-mail account configuration.