OUTLOOK EXPRESS Set Up


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Setting Up a New E-mail Account

Use the following steps to add and configure a new Internet e-mail account with Outlook Express:

1.      In Outlook Express, click Accounts on the Tools menu.

2.      In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then click Mail.

3.      In the Display Name box, type the name that you want others to see when you send a message, and then click Next.

4.      In the E-mail Address box, type the e-mail address for the account that you are using (for example, "janedoe@microsoft.com"), and then click Next.

5.      Under E-mail Server Names, click the appropriate incoming e-mail server type (Post Office Protocol version 3 [POP3] is the default type), and then type the names of your incoming and outgoing e-mail servers.  Both of which are post.ol-i.com. Click Next.

NOTE: Your ISP provides this information. If you do not know this information, contact your ISP.

6.      Type your POP account name and password in the POP Account Name and Password boxes. Click Next.

7.      In the Internet Mail Account Name box; type a name to identify the mail account that you are configuring. This is known as the "friendly" name for the account. Click Next.

8.      Click the connection type that you use to connect to the Internet, and then click Next.

NOTE: This step does not apply to Outlook Express 5.

If you click Use my phone line to connect, you are prompted to either create a new Dial-Up Networking connection or use an existing one. If Dial-Up Networking has been configured for your ISP, click Use an existing dial-up connection, click the name for your Dial-Up Networking connection in the list INET, and then click Next.

      9.      Click Finish.

To test e-mail create a new message and send it to test@ol-i.com

 

After the message has been sent wait for a few seconds and then hit 'send and receive' again, a test message should be returned.

 

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