Setting up your email in Outlook Express

The instructions are for setting up your email account in Outlook Express.

It will only take you 5 minutes to set up your email account so that you can send and receive emails with you new email address.

When you email account was set up, I will have emailed you certain details:

These are:

• Your website address (URL)
• Incoming mail server (POP3) details
  
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP) details
• Your newly setup email address
• Your username (quite often the same as your email address
• Your password

For clarity, the following instructions will use the following made up details.

• Your website address (URL) : www.yourdomain.co.uk
• Incoming mail server (POP3) : pop3.yourdomain.co.uk
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP) : smtp.yourdomain.co.uk
• Your email address : james@yourdomain.co.uk
• Your username : james@yourdomain.co.uk
• Your password : james45

All you need to do is follow the instructions below and substitute the details given above for the details that I have emailed you.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS

1) Open Outlook Express and click on 'Tools' in the top menu

2) From the drop down menu - select 'Accounts...'

If you are setting up your email account for the first time then go to step 3, if you are updating the existing details of an email account, then go to step 12 now.

3) From the dialogue box that is displaying now, select the 'Mail' tab at the top of the page

4) Now click on the 'Add' button on the top right of the Internet Account dialogue box and select 'Mail...' - type in your name (this is the name that recipients of your emails will see). Once you have typed in your name, click the 'Next >' button.

5) On this page now fill in your email address as below. The demonstration email address is shown below, then click the 'Next >' button.

6) On the 'E-mail Server Names' page (seen below), put in your POP3 and SMPT server details as sent to you. (Ensure POP3 is selected from the drop down at the top of this page as seen below). Now click the 'Next >' button.

7) On the 'Internet Mail Logon' page (seen below) - enter your Username (quite often this is your full email address) and Password as sent in the details of your new email account. Ensure the 'Remember password' box is ticked as below. Click 'Next >' and then click 'Finish'

8) Now select the email account that you've just set up (as seen below) and click on the 'Properties' button to the right.

9) This page will open with the the 'General' tab selected. In the 'Mail Account' box (as seen below), you may wish to rename this to something useful such as you full email address. Once you have done this, select the 'Servers' tab at the top of the page.

10) As seen below, you will see details that you've already enter. Now make sure you tick the box by 'My server requires authentication' as seen below. Once you have done this, click on the 'Settings' button to the right of the text that says 'My server requires authentication'.

11) As seen below, ensure that the 'Use same setting as my incoming mail server' button is selected. Then click 'OK'. The click 'APPLY' and then click 'OK' on the page that appears underneath that one, then click 'Close' on the 'Internet Account' dialogue box to close the last window. Now please go to Step 17 to test your account settings

12) From the 'Internet Accounts' dialogue box (seen below), select the email account that you wish to change and then click on the 'Properties' button to the right.

13) This page will open with the the 'General' tab selected. In the 'Mail Account' box (as seen below), you may wish to rename this to something useful such as you full email address. Once you have done this, select the 'Servers' tab at the top of the page.

14) As seen below, now enter your 'Incoming mail (POP3)' and your 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' information as detailed for your new email address.

In the 'Incoming Mail Server' enter your Account name (this is your username) and your password for your email account.

Now make sure you tick the box by 'My server requires authentication' as seen below. Once you have done this, click on the 'Settings' button to the right of the text that says 'My server requires authentication'.

15) As seen below, ensure that the 'Use same setting as my incoming mail server' button is selected. Then click 'OK'. The click 'APPLY' and then click 'OK' on the page that appears underneath that one, then click 'Close' on the 'Internet Account' dialogue box to close the last window.

16) Now please read on to do a test of your email account to test it's all working OK.

Testing your email account in Outlook Express

17) Open Outlook Express and click on 'Create Mail' (highlighted in red below)

18) At this point (as below), please fill out an email to james@blueskysolutions.co.uk as below and send me an email so that I know you've set everything up right. Important: If you have multiple email accounts set up in Outlook Express, use the drop down (shown in red) to select which email account you will be sending the email from. Ensure you send this test email from the account corresponding to the details you have just been setting up.

Click the 'Send' button when you're done.

19) All being well, you should get an email back from me shortly confirming that I have received your email. Now go and have a nice cup of tea!