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| Setting up email accounts in Outlook and Outlook Express |
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| The Basic Setup.......... | |
| Step 1. To Add a new account to your Outlook or Outlook Express email client access the Internet Accounts dialog box by selecting 'Tools | Accounts...' from the menu bar. |
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| Step 2. Choosing 'Add' from the Internet Accounts dialog box will expand a sub menu. From this menu select 'Mail' this will start the Internet Connection Wizard. |
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| Step 3. Your Name: When you send e-mail, your name will appear in the From field of the outgoing message. In the text box enter your name. |
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| Step 4. Internet E-mail Address: Enter your email address. This will be the reply to address seen from recipients of your emails. Note: If you are using Outlook express, at this time you have the option of setting up an email account from sources such as Microsoft's Hotmail. |
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| Step 5. E-mail Server Names: Here is where you enter in the names of the email servers that you will be using to send and receive your messages. This information should be supplied to you by the company hosting your email. |
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| Step 6. Internet Mail Login: To be able to collect your mail from the hosting companies POP server, you must first authenticate with it. Your hosting company supplied you with a username and password, enter that information here. Note: Some servers require the use of a Secure Password Authentication for added security if yours does place a check in the (SPA) check box. |
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| Step 7. Congratulations: Your finished, if you would like to make any changes before saving this account you can choose to go Back and make those changes now. |
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| Step 8. Clicking Finish at the congratulations window will bring you back to the Internet Accounts Window. You can Add more accounts, Remove accounts, edit the Properties of an account, Import accounts, Export accounts, or Close the Internet Accounts Window. |
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| The Advanced Setup.......... | |
| Coming soon | |