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Setting up E-Mail on a POP3 Client
Configuring Outlook Express
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Operating
System: Windows
95/98, 2000, ME
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Application:
Outlook Express
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Application
Version: 5.0
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Q: How do I configure Outlook express?
A:
Proceed as follows:
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Open Outlook Express
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Configure Mail Settings
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From the Outlook Express Tools
menu, select Accounts as shown on the graphic below.
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Click on the Mail tab, highlight
the account that you wish to change and click on the Properties button
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General tab
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This tab contains the basic
information for your e-mail account.
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Mail Account - You can put
whatever you wish in this field. If you have more than one e-mail
account, you can put a "friendly" name here. It makes it
easier to identify each individual account.
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User Information:
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Name: Your Name. For
example John Doe
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Organizaiton: You can
leavethis blank.
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Email: Your email
address. For example mary@abc.com
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Reply address: Your
email address. For example mary@abc.com
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Check the box if you
want this account included everytime you check for email.
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Servers tab
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Server Information:
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Incoming mail server
type: POP3
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Incoming mail (POP3):
mail.domain.com (for example: mail.abc.com)
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Outgoing mail (SMTP):
mail.domain.com (for example: mail.abc.net)
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Incoming Mail Server
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Account name: Your
e-mail address in this field. For example mary@abc.com
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Password: Your e-mail
password in this field.
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Check the Remember
password box if you do not want to have to type in your password
whenever you check your e-mail.
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Outgoing Mail Server
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When you are finished making
changes, click Apply
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Click OK to close the Properties
window.
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Select File, Exit to close
Outlook
Leaving
a Copy of E-mail in the Server
At
the e-mail properties window select the Advanced
tab
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Leave
a copy of messages on server: This
will cause the server not to remove e-mails from storage once they
have been downloaded to your computer. You can check all your e-mail
from your computer or from anywhere in the world through the web. (Use
mail.yourdomain.com)
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Remove
from server after X days:
(Optional) Select to have the server automatically remove all e-mails
that are X days old. If the e-mail was not downloaded to your computer
in the time specified by X, the mail will be lost. Please exercise
caution when using this option.
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Remove
from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items:'
(Optional) This will synchronize Outlook with the e-mail server.
Select to have Outlook delete e-mails in the server when you delete
e-mails in Outlook.
Click on OK
for settings to take effect |
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