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Outlook Express Email
Account Setup
To set up your email account on
your computer(s) just step through the following (if you
already know how to set up the basic account, just
scroll down to the final setup portion under the
ADVANCED SETUP section below.
BASIC SETUP
Open Outlook Express
Click on Tools
Click on Accounts
Click on the Mail Tab to
view your email account(s) listing
On the list of option to the left,
click on Add and choose Mail
In the Your Name window,
enter a display name of your choosing
Click Next
In the Internet E-mail Address
window
click on the radio button for I already have an
e-mail address that I'd like to use
and enter
<username>@<your-domain-name>.com
Click on Next
In the E-mail Server Names window
Make sure the "incoming mail server is a POP3
server"
In the Incoming Mail.... Server window enter
mail.<your-domain-name>.com
In the Outgoing Mail... Server
window enter
mail.<your-domain-name>.com
Click on Next
In the Internet Mail Login window
Enter the account name
<username>@<your-domain-name>.com
in the
appropriate place
Enter the Password <password> in the
appropriate place
Click on Next
Click on Finish
ADVANCED SETUP
Now back on the Main Internet
Accounts window, under the Mail tab, select the
new email account by clicking on it to highlight it,
then click on the properties button on the right side...
then in the mail properties window
Click on the Servers tab
Under the Outgoing Mail Server section
Click on the my server requires authentication
option
Click on the Advanced tab
Under the Delivery section
Click on the Leave a copy of messages on server
option
then click on the Remove from server after... days
option
make sure the number of days is at least 3
Click on OK
you should go back to the main Internet Accounts
window
Click on close
FINAL TEST
To test the new account
Click on Tools in Outlook Express
Click on Send and Receive
then click on the new account you just set up
At this point your computer should
access the mail server and check for new mail on the new
account.
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