Setting up your website email in Outlook Express

Verifying Your Email | Setup Your Email

Before you begin you should have the following information ready to use:

  • your email address, password, and your domain name (your domain name is the part of your email address that comes after the @ sign. If your email address is bob@mediaservices1.com, then your domain name is mediaservices1.com)
  • your incoming (POP3) mail server, this will be mail.mywebsite.com (replace mywebsite.com with your domain name)
  • your outgoing (SMTP) mail server. You can use mail.mywebsite.com here also, but if it does not work you will need to check with your ISP or your office's Network Administrator

 
1. In Outlook Express click Tools > Accounts...
2. The Internet Accounts window pops up, click Add > Mail...

3. The Internet Connection Wizard opens asking you to enter your name, enter your name as you want people to see it when they get your emails. For example:

Bob Smith

After entering your name click Next

4. Type in your email address*, then click Next

 

 

 

 


* use all lowercase letters.


5. On the next screen leave POP3 selected at the top and enter your incoming (POP3) mail server name* and outgoing (SMTP) mail server name*, then click Next.

 

 

 


* use all lowercase letters.


 

6. Enter your email address in the account field*. You can choose to enter your password and save it here, but it is better to leave the password field empty and the Remember Password checkbox will be unchecked. This will require you to enter your email password when you check mail.

Do not check Log on using Secure Password Authentication. When you are done, click Next

* use all lowercase letters.


7. You have almost completed setting up your email account, click Finish.

 

8. Click Tools > Accounts... and double-click on the email account you want just created. In the Email Properties window you can type in something like "My Email" in the top box, if you like.

 

9. Click the Servers tab at the top of the Email Properties window. Click the My server requires authentication checkbox, then click Apply and OK.

10. Now send yourself a test email. When you have sent and received your email, you know your account is set up correclty.