Microsoft Outlook Express
This document will help you configure Microsoft Outlook express to manage your e-mail account.
 

Step 1
Open Microsoft Outlook Express.  Likely, you will have a screen that looks something like this:


Step 2
On the Tools menu, select Accounts.  The Internet Accounts dialog will appear.

Go over to the Mail tab to see if any accounts are already set up.  If you aren't going to be using this software for any other e-mail service, remove any accounts that are there so the window is blank as shown here.


Step 3
Click the Add button and select Mail.  You will be prompted to enter your name.  Enter your name as you would like it to appear on messages you send out.  When someone receives your mail, it will show that it came from whatever is entered here.  When you're done, click Next.


Step 4
Enter your e-mail address.  Do this in the format username@domainname.com and click next when finished.


Step 5
Now, you'll be asked to provide the names of the mail servers you use.  Here is the information you need to know:

  • Your incoming mail server is a POP3 server.
  • Both incoming and outgoing mail server names are your-domain-name as shown below.

Enter the information as shown here and click Next when you've done this:


Step 6
Now you'll need to enter the following

  • Your Account name (username) and password.  These are the same ones you use to sign on. 
  • We do not use Secured Password Authentication, so do not check this box.


Step 7
Now, click Finish to save all of your information!  That's all you needed to do.


Step 8
You'll notice that the Internet Accounts dialog box now shows our mail server as being installed.  You can click Close to get back into Outlook Express.


Helpful Pointers for using Outlook Express:

  • Outlook Express (OE) automatically checks for new messages periodically while the program is open and you are connected to our service.  If at any given time you want to force the software to check for messages immediately, simply click the Send and Receive button in Internet Mail. 
  • If OE seems to hang while sending and receiving messages, you can restart that process by telling it to Stop and then click Send and Receive again.
  • To write a new message, simply click on the New Mail button.  Make sure you enter in the full Internet e-mail address correctly to ensure the message gets where it's supposed to go.
  • When replying to a message, just click the normal Reply button.  This will send your reply to the author of the message that you're replying to. 
  • If a message you're replying to was sent to a group of people, you can click the Reply to All button to send your reply to everyone on the list, but it is advised that you do this only when necessary.