Microsoft Outlook Express (PC/MAC)

Microsoft Outlook Express (PC)

1. Select Accounts from the Tools menu.
   
   
2. On the MAIL tab, click ADD, and then select MAIL.The program will then take you through a series of screensentitled the INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD.
   
   
3. In the DISPLAY NAME box on the first screen, type
   your real name the way you would like it displayed in your outgoing
   messages (ex. John Smith)
   
   
4. The next screen will prompt you to enter your full e-mail address (For example, username@domain.com)
   
   
5. On the next screen, select POP3 from the pull down menu. In the INCOMING MAIL box enter "mail." followed by your domain name (ex. mail.example.com)
   
   
6. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, type in the name of your outgoing e-mail server (ex. smtp.myisp.com)
   
   
7. Under the ACCOUNT NAME box, please enter your full e-mail address (ex: john@example.com). Enter your password in the PASSWORD box.
   
   
8. You will be prompted to enter a "friendly name" or "display name" for the e-mail account. You can enter any name you like.
   
   
9. On the last screen, select your method of connecting to the
   Internet.
   
   
10. Exit your all browser windows and restart Outlook Express for the changes to take effect. You are now ready to receive and send e-mail using Microsoft Outlook Express.
    
    

Microsoft Outlook Express for OS 9 (Mac)

1. In Outlook Express, go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.
   
   
2. A window will appear listing the mail, news and directory service accounts you have already setup. Click the button marked New Account.
   
   
3. In the Account name box, enter your full e-mail address (ex. john@example.com). Under Account type the button beside POP should be pressed in, click OK to continue.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Full name box, enter in your first and last name.
   
   
5. Enter in your E-mail address, then click Next to continue:
   
   
6. The SMTP server should be set to your ISP's outgoing mail server. Your SMTP host is generally "smtp." Followed by the domain name of your ISP (ex. smtp.myisp.com).
   
   
7. Your account ID should be your full e-mail address (ex. john@example.com).
   
   
8. The POP server should be set to "mail." Followed by your domain name (ex. mail.example.com).
   
   
9. Your password is your E-mailbox password.
   
   
10. If you want your password to be saved for you every time you check your e-mail then put a check the box beside Save password; however, if there are other people who have access to your computer then you might consider not checking it to increase your security.
    
    
    
    
11. Click on the tab labeled Advanced. If you access your e-mail from more than one location, or if you wish to keep a copy on the server, check the box next to Leave a copy of messages on server.
    
    

Setting POP Frequency in Microsoft (R) Outlook Express

Most e-mail software can be set up to retrieve your messages automatically on a regular interval. Attempting to retrieve new messages on extremely frequent intervals may adversely impact your E-mail performance. Since our systems only query for new messages once every 5 minutes, we recommend you adjust your retrieval settings to check for messages with the same frequency - every 5 minutes.

To improve your E-mail performance, follow the directions below to change your retrieval setting.

1. Open Outlook Express
2. Click on the TOOLS menu
3. Select the OPTIONS sub-menu
4. Click on the GENERAL tab
5. Under the SEND / RECEIVE MESSAGES section, place a check in the box next to "Check for new messages every ___ minute(s)"
6. Type 5 in the minutes box
7. Click APPLY
8. Click OK
9. Close Outlook Express and restart the program