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Setup Your Outlook Express Email Account (or Outlook
Internet Only Option):
In
order to set up Microsoft Outlook® to retrieve your email messages from your
pop mail account follow these steps:
- Open
Outlook
- Go
to the menu option entitled Tools, then select
the option Accounts
- On
the Mail tab, select the option to the right
Add, click on
the Mail... selection button.
- This
will bring you to the Internet Connection Wizard. Enter your
name as you would like it to appear to others when you send an
email. Then click Next.
- From
here, you will need to enter your email address for the account
your are establishing. (i.e. yourname@yourwebsite.com). Select
Next to
continue.
- At
this screen you will need to type your pop server mail account
address. This is typically, and for all of our hosting clients: mail.yourwebsite.com.
Enter this address for both Incoming and Outgoing mail server
addresses. After this has been entered, click Next.
- At
this point, you will designate your Account Name, which is the
first part of your email address. (i.e. yourname@yourwebsite.com,
yourname)
Then type in the password that you have established with your
hosting provider.
- The
next screen will ask you how you wish to connect to your mail
account. Select whichever option is appropriate for your situation.
- Almost
Done! The next step is to finish the wizard and log in to check
your mail. Therefore, select Finish on the remaining screen,
then close the Account Setup window.
- You
will then be brought back to the window allowing you to add accounts
as in the first step of these instructions. Click and highlight
the account you have just added, then select Properties.
- At
this screen, click the tab at the top entitled, Servers,
and check the box towards the bottom under Outgoing Mail
Server,
that reads My server requires authentication.
Select Apply then OK.
- Select
the button entitled, Send and Receive, when the system prompts
you for a account name and password, enter your full email
address (i.e. yourname@yourwebsite.com), and then your password.
- At
this point your email messages will begin to populate your inbox,
and your email account setup has now been completed!
If you
are a client hosting your website with us, feel free to contact us if you have any
trouble with setting up your email account. We are always here
to help!
Microsoft Outlook® and Outlook Express® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation and are not affiliated with Support Unlimited or its associates.
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