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Set Up Mail Account in Outlook Express
Open Outlook express
Click on tools > accounts
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| Click on the mail tab
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| Click Add > Mail
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| Enter your display name, then click the Next button
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| Enter your email address, then click the Next button
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| Enter the incoming and outgoing mail servers-This will be mail.yourdomain.com where yourdomain.com
represents the domain name after the @ in your email address, click the Next button
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| Enter your Account name. This is the same as your email address. (Make sure you type your FULL email address!) Then type in your email
password. Make sure Remember password is checked. Click next.
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| Click Finish
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| At this point highlight the mail account mail.yourdomain.com and Click the Properties button.
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| Shown below is an example of what the account properties should look like.
Any changes to the mail account need to be made here in the account properties box.
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| Click the Servers tab and verify the spelling for the incoming and outgoing mail servers.
Then check the box for "My server requires authentication"
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| By default the Outgoing port will be 25 and the incoming port will be 110. Leave these settings the same.
Make sure there are NO check marks for This server requires a secure connection(SSL). These
checkboxes should be empty
Click Ok then Close to return to Outlook Express. Note that some changes
require closing outlook express and reopening it before they take effect. |
