Setting up your email account in Outlook Express

NOTE: This procedure is intended for clients who are hosting their site with CyberScribe Web Solutions.

1. Open Outlook Express.

2. Open the Tools menu, and then select Accounts.

3. When the Internet Accounts window opens, click the Add button, and then click Mail...

4. When the Internet Connection Wizard opens, type the name you want to appear on the email messages you send out. Then click the Next button.

5. Enter the email address you want to set up. Then click the Next button.

6. Ensure your incoming mail server is set to POP3.

In the Incoming mail field, type mail.yourdomain.com. Be sure to substitute your own domain for "yourdomain.com". For example, here at cybscribe.net, we would type "mail.cybscribe.net".

And finally, in the Outgoing mail field, type the same thing you typed in the Incoming mail field ("mail.yourdomain.com").

Then click the Next button.

7. On the next page, type your entire email address (the one you're now setting up) in the Account name field.

If you want your computer to remember your password each time you start Outlook Express, check the Remember password checkbox.

Then click the Next button.

8. Click the Finish button.

The wizard will close, and you'll see your account displayed in the Internet Accounts window.

9. Double-click your new account. The email Properties window will open.

10. Click the Servers tab.

11. At the bottom of the Servers tab, under the Outgoing Mail Server section, check My server requires authentication.

12. Click the OK button.

13. In the Internet Accounts window, click the Close button.

Your new email account is now set up. Send yourself a test message to ensure that everything is working properly.

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