Setting Up Your E-mail in Microsoft Outlook Express

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook Express

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1.  In Microsoft Outlook Express, select Tools > Accounts.

2.  Select the "Mail" tab in the Internet Accounts window and click "Add."

 

3.  Enter your full name and click Next.

 

4.  Enter your e-mail address and click Next.

 

5.  On the E-mail Server Names window, enter your Information as follows:
     My incoming mail server is a
     POP3 server

     Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server
     mail.coolexample.com, where coolexample.com is your
     domain name.

     Outgoing mail (SMTP) server
     smtpout.secureserver.net

     Click Next

Note: "smtpout.secrueserver.net" is an SMTP relay server. In order to use this server to send e-mails, you must first activate SMTP relay on your e-mail account. Log onto your Manage Email Accounts page to set up SMTP relay.  If you do not have SMTP relay set up and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allows it, you can use the outgoing mail server for you Internet Service Provider.  Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.

 

6.  Enter your e-mail address for your account name and enter your password. 

Click Next

 

7.  Click Finish

 

8.  Select the mail account you just created and click "Properties."

 

9.  In the Properties window, select the Servers tab.
 

10.  At the bottom of the window, select "My server requires authentication."

 

11.  Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" server port number 80.

Click OK.