Internet Email Configuration – Outlook Express

How to configure Outlook Express to send and receive Internet Email: 

1) Open Outlook Express

2) Go to Tools->Accounts->Mail

3) Click on Add->Mail. A dialog that looks like this will display:

4) Enter your name for display name – example, John Smith, then click Next 

 5) A dialog looking like this will display: Enter your email address – example, john.smith@mydomain.com, then click Next.

 6) The following dialog will display. For “My incoming mail server is a “ pull down, select POP3. Enter the POP3 server supplied to you with your emailbox information as the “Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server”. Enter the SMTP server supplied to you with your emailbox information as the “Outgoing mail (SMTP) server”. Click next after filling in all values. 

 

7) A dialog requesting user id and password information will display: Enter the user id supplied to you with your emailbox information for “Account name:”. Enter the password supplied to you with your emailbox information as the “Password:”. Make sure “Remember password” is checked otherwise you will need to supply your password every time you start up Outlook Express. Click on Next after you’ve entered this information. 

 8) A dialog will display congratulating you on successfully entering in all information and to click on Finish to save these settings. Click on Finish. You are nearly finished. 

 9) You will need to turn on one more check box in order to start using Outlook Express to send and receive email. From the main Outlook Express window, click on Tools->Accounts->Mail. You will see a list of email accounts. There will be an account named after the POP3 server you supplied in step 6. Click on this account, and then click on Properties. A dialog similar to this will display: Click on the “Servers” tab (second from left) at the top of the dialog box. 

 

10) Make sure the “My server requires authentication” check box is checked: Then click on OK. 

11) You will now be back at the dialog titled Internet Accounts. Click on Close. This will take you back to the Outlook Express main window.  

   12) You may now start sending & receiving email.