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Getting Started
Outlook Express comes as a bundled application with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. If you need to upgrade or add Outlook Express to your Programs group, you can do so by downloading and installing a suitable version of Internet Explorer from Microsoft's website.
Once installed, open the application by (double) clicking it's icon from the Window's desktop or from the Window's Programs Group by clicking the Start button and then "Programs". The Outlook Express icon looks like this:
The Main Outlook Express Program
When you open Outlook Express, the main screen is displayed. The program interface opens complete with File Menu and Toolbar icons, as in the following diagram:
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Setup a New E-Mail Account
Once you have created a POP account user, you can configure Outlook Express to send and receive E-Mail using this account. To get started click Tools, then Accounts from the File Menu:
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The Internet Accounts dialog box will be revealed, allowing you to add and
edit E-Mail configurations in Outlook Express. Click Add, then Mail:
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The Internet Connection Wizard
The Internet Connection Wizard, launched by the previous step, will
gather the necessary configuration information required to successfully complete
the E-Mail Setup process. Each of the wizard's screens will have a Back, Next and
Cancel button that you can use to navigate forward and backwards in the
configuration process. The wizard begins by asking for a display name - the same name your recipients will see when you send them an E-Mail:
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Put your display name here |
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Click Next.
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The next screen will ask for your Internet E-Mail address. This is composed of two parts: the POP E-Mail username you created in your Control Panel and the Domain Name associated with your Web Hosting account:
Click Next.
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The following screen asks for your E-Mail Server Names. The default settings are fine, so you only need to precede your domain name with "mail." as proposed below:
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mail.yourdomain.com |
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Current SMTP setting - privided by your ISP |
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Click Next.
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The final configuration screen asks for your login information so that your Domain's mail server knows the person checking mail is really you. As above, the username is the POP Account username you created in your Web Hosting Control Panel. The password associated with this account was also decided at this point, so you simply need to insert them in the appropriate fields below.
If you wish, Outlook Express can save your password so you don't have to enter it each time you check or send mail. To enable this, make sure the "Remember Password" box is checked (has a checkmark in it). Do NOT check "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)"; we will configure outgoing
(SMTP) in the next step.
Click Next, then Finish on the final Congratulations screen.
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Configuring Outgoing (SMTP) E-Mail
At this point your Outlook Express client program is ready to receive E-Mail. One last setting must be adjusted in order to securely send E-Mail using your E-Mail server. This is an additional security precaution that uses to reduce spam abuse of our servers and systems, but also to continue to protect our customer's interests wherever possible.
In order to adjust the settings of Outlook Express, we must return to the Internet Accounts screen, found by clicking Tools, then Accounts from the main Outlook window, as described above.
This time, an account already exists, so click the mail account you just created and then click Properties.
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The properties dialog box pops up for this POP account. There are tabs along the top that allow configuration of various settings. Any time a change or addition to your E-Mail settings is required, these steps will be followed to some degree. In this case we wish to configure Outlook Express to authenticate (ask for a password) when you send mail using your account's E-Mail server. Click the Server tab and then check the box next to "My server requires authentication", as shown below:
Click "Apply", then "OK" to exit the Properties dialog box. You will not need to enter the "Settings" configuration unless you have specifically configured a different account username and password than your POP account information. If you do have a specialized setup, this is what the Outgoing Mail Server settings box looks like:
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