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Email Account Set-up
Outlook 2003 | Outlook Express |
Setting Up A New Account | Setting Up A New Account |
Changing An Existing Account | Changing An Existing Account |
Outlook 2003: New Account
Step 1:
In Outlook's menu,- Click on Tools,
- Then click on Email Accounts.
Step 2:
- Click on Add a new e-mail account.
- Click on Next.
Step 3:
- Click on POP3.
- Click on Next.
Step 4:
Write in account information:- Under User Information write in your name and email address.
- Under Login Information for the User Name, make sure to write in the full email address, like bobsmith@xyz.com . Then write in your password below.
- Under "Incoming Mail Server (POP3):" and " Outgoing mail server (SMTP):" write in mail.xyz.com . Replace xyz.com with your own domain name.
Step 5:
- Click on More Settings.
- Click on Advanced.
- Set the Outgoing server (SMTP): to 587.
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
Step 6:
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select My outgoing Server Requires (SMTP) requires authentication.
- Click on OK.
Step 7:
- Click on Next.
Step 8:
- Click on Finish.
Step 9:
- Test your new account by clicking on Send/Receive.
Outlook 2003: Changing An Existing Account
Step 1:
In Outlook's menu- Click on Tools,
- Then click on Email Accounts.
Step 2:
- Click on View or change existing e-mail accounts.
- Then click on Next.
Step 3:
- Select the existing account that you wish to use.
- Then click on Change.
Step 4:
- Under User Information write in your name and email address.
- Under Login Information for the User Name, make sure to write in the full email address, like bobsmith@xyz.com .
- Then write in your password below.
- Under "Incoming Mail Server (POP3):" and " Outgoing mail server (SMTP):" write in mail.xyz.com . Change xyz.com to your own domain name.
Step 5:
- Click on More Settings.
- Click on Advanced.
- Set the Outgoing server (SMTP): to 587.
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
Step 6:
- Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
- Select My outgoing Server Requires (SMTP) requires authentication.
- Click on OK.
Step 7:
- Click on Next.
Step 8:
- Click on Finish.
Step 9:
- Test your new account settings by clicking on Send/Receive.
OutlookExpress: Setting Up A New Account
Step 1:
- In Outlook Express"s menu, click on Tools.
- Click on Accounts.
Step 2:
- Click on Add.
- Click on Mail.
Step 3:
- Write in your name.
- Click on Next.
Step 4:
- Write in your email address.
- Click on Next.
Step 5:
- If your domain name is like mydomain.com
under "Incoming Mail(POP3, IMAP or HTTP) Server:" and "Outgoing mail(SMTP) server:" write in mail.mydomain.com. - Change mydomain.com to your own domain name.
- Click on Next.
Step 6:
- In Account Name, write in your FULL email address. If your email address is bobsmith@xyz.com write in bobsmith@xyz.com as the Account Name and NOT just bobsmith.
- Write in your password in the password field.
- Click on Next.
Step 7.
- Click on Finish.
Step 8.
- There's one more thing to change. Under the All tab, click on the name of the new account you just created. Click on Properties.
Step 9.
- Click on Advanced.
Step 10.
- In Advanced, change Outgoing mail (SMTP) to 587. Click on OK.
Step 11.
- Test your new account by clicking on Send/Receive.
OutlookExpress: Changing An Existing Account
Step 1:
- In Outlook Express's menu
- Click on Tools
- Click on Accounts.
Step 2:
- Under the All tab, click on the account you're trying to set up.
- Click on Properties.
Step 3:
- Click on Servers.
Step 4:
- If your domain name is like mydomain.com : In Incoming mail (POP3): write mail.mydomain.com In Outgoing mail (SMTP): write mail.mydomain.com In Account Name: write in your FULL email address. If your email address is like bobsmith@xyz.com write in bobsmith@xyz.com as the Account Name and NOT just bobsmith.
Step 5:
- Click on Advanced.
- In Outgoing mail (SMTP) write 587.
- Click on OK.
Step 6:
- Click on Close.
Step 7:
- Test your new account settings by clicking on Send/Receive.