Configure Outlook Express Tutorial

     This is a tutorial that shows you how to configure the e-mail program Microsoft Outlook Express 5 so that you can connect to your e-mail account setup with your hosting account at www.your-site.com. I should note that although Outlook and Outlook Express are very similar ... they are not the same program. If you are configuring Outlook rather than Outlook Express please visit the Configure Outlook Tutorial. If you find problems with this tutorial or need assistance call me or e-mail me at robb@datamenus.com.

What you will need to complete this set of steps is:
  • Outlook Express on your computer
  • Your Your-site e-mail address
  • Your Your-site password associated with the e-mail address
  • Your Domain name and extension
  • Possibly your ISP's SMTP server address (call or search their Web site)
  • Possibly your ISP username (usually a full e-mail address)
  • Possibly your ISP password


1) Open Outlook Express

2) On the Tools menu, click Accounts

3) Click Add, and then click the Mail tab

4) Enter your full name and click Next

5) Enter your full e-mail address which should be of the form USERNAME@DOMAIN.EXT. Where USERNAME is your username assigned by your-site, DOMAIN is your domain name and EXT is your extension such as .com, .org, .net or .biz. Then click Next.

6) Enter your
incoming mail server
address which is
pop.DOMAIN.EXT
where DOMAIN is your domain name and EXT is your extension such as .com, .org, .net or .biz.

Enter your outgoing mail server address. Because of varying levels of support by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and different kinds of connections (DSL or Cable or dialup) determining the outgoing mail server can be difficult.

Firstly, try
smtp.DOMAIN.EXT
If that doesn't work then contact your ISP support line and ask them the SMTP server address. For example Earthlink uses smtpauth.earthlink.net.

Then click Next.

7) Enter your full e-mail address in the Account name field. Enter your password associated with your e-mail address. Check Remember password if you do not want to type it in each time you access your e-mail. Do not check SPA. Then click Next.

8) Click Finish.

9) At this point you would be finished configuring an e-mail account that say is for your ISP e-mail account ... a situation where the incoming mail server is the same as the outgoing mail server but as you know in this case they are different servers. Therefore, we need to enter some additional information. Highlight the mail account and hit the "Properties" button on the right.

10) Click the "Servers" tab and check "My server requires authentication" and then click the Settings button.

11) If you are using an outgoing smtp mail server address of the form
smtp.DOMAIN.EXT
then follow 11i) but if you are using your ISPs outgoing smtp mail server address follow 11ii).

11i) Select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server". Click Ok.

11ii) Select the "Log on using" radio button. Enter your ISP username which for many ISPs is the full e-mail address associated with your ISP. Enter your password for your ISP account and check Remember password. Click Ok and click Ok again.

12) Optional: Technically you are actually finished configuring your e-mail account but you can do additional things such as setting an account as a default (because you may have more than one account that you have configured within Outlook Express) by highlighting the Mail account and clicking "Set as Default" or you may want to alter other "Properties".
For example:
You may want to rename the Mail account name because they use the mail server name which isn't overly user friendly
or
maybe you want to uncheck the "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing" option so that you will only connect to this mail server when specifically asked. These changes can be made by clicking the "Properties" button and then clicking the "General" tab.

13) Connect to the internet if you are not already connected and click the "Send/Recv" button on the main Outlook Express window.









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