Setting up an Outlook Express Email Account

Setting up an Outlook Express Email Account (p2)

In the last part, we left it at the point where the Email Account Wizard pops up. We'll continue right now.

When the Wizard first starts, it will look like this:

Type a Display name

Type in a name you want for display purposes. You can type in anything you like here. It doesn't really matter because Outlook Express will completely ignore the name you pick!
Click the "Next" button when you're done. The screen will change:

Type your email address

You need to type in an email address. Type in the email address you got from your Internet Service Provider.

Once you have entered the email address, click Next. You'll get the following screen

Type your server details

It looks a very daunting screen, so let's break it down.

Your Incoming mail server is probably a POP3 one, so leave the drop down box as it is. The first text box is Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server. You can usually get these details from your Service Provider's homepage. But yours will probably be a POP or POP3 address. This is a method used to receive emails. The format to type into the text box is this

pop.provider.com

So if your Service Provider was Home and Learn, you'd enter this

pop.homeandlearn.co.uk

The next text box to fill in is "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server". SMTP is the method used for sending emails. The format to use is

smtp.provider.com

So if your Service Provider was Home and Learn, you'd enter this

smtp.homeandlearn.com

In the picture below, we have entered some fake POP and SMTP details

Some server details

Click the "Next" button at the bottom when you are finished
The next screen is this one:

Type your username and password

The Account name is the one you got from your Service Provider. They might have given you a password, too. If they did, enter your Password in the text box. Unless your Service Provider has told you otherwise, DON'T put a tick in the box for Log on using Secure Password Authentication.
When you're done, click the "Next" button
There's nothing left to fill in, and you are invited to click the Finish button. Click the Finish button and you'll return to the Internet Accounts dialogue box
Your new Account will be there:

The email account has been set up

The Account name is a bit messy. Outlook Express has simply taken the name of the Incoming Server - pop.type_your_isp_here.com. To change this to something more memorable, click the Properties button to the right, or simply double click the name of your account. You'll see this dialogue box:

Change that Display Name!

Delete the text at the top, the one highlighted in blue in the image. Then type something of your own:

Type your Display Name

Click OK and you'll get back to the Internet Accounts screen. You should see your new name appear, under Account:

Finally - a name of our own!

When you're done, click the Close button on the Internet Accounts dialogue box. You'll be taken back to the main Outlook Express screen. To check if the account has been set up, we can click on the Send/Recv icon in the main Outlook Express screen.

Our new account appears on the menu

As you can see, our new account has been added at the bottom. It was a success!

In the next lesson, we'll have a look at email attachments.

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