POP3 EMAIL CONFIGURATION - OUTLOOK EXPRESS / WINDOWS

These directions should work for most recent Microsoft Outlook Express versions, running on Microsoft Windows 98 and later.

Step by Step Connection Help
  • Launch Outlook Express

  • Under "Tools" select "accounts..."

  • Select the "mail" tab.

  • From the "Mail" tab, click on the "add..." button, and select "Mail".

  • Input these settings:

  • Display Name: Your name
    (i.e. John Doe or ACME Sales)

  • Email address: Alias-you-chose@your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. john@thedoes.com or sales@acme.com)

  • Incoming email server type: POP (not IMAP)

  • Incoming mail (POP) server: mail.your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. mail.thedoes.com or mail.acme.com)

  • Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mail.your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. mail.attbi.com or mail.msn.com)

  • Account ID: Your full email address: alias-you-chose@your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. john@thedoes.com or sales@acme.com)

  • Password: password-you-chose (case sensitive.)

  • Account Name: Enter what you would like to identify this account
    (i.e. thedoes.com POP mail or acme.com POP mail)

  • Outgoing mail server authentication is required. Same settings as above for incoming mail server (POP).

  • Click "Finish".