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Setting up E-Mail on a POP3 Client

Configuring Outlook Express

Operating System: Windows 95/98, 2000, ME
Application: Outlook Express
Application Version: 5.0

Q: How do I configure Outlook express?
A: Proceed as follows:

Open Outlook Express
Configure Mail Settings
From the Outlook Express Tools menu, select Accounts as shown on the graphic below.
Click on the Mail tab, highlight the account that you wish to change and click on the Properties button
General tab
- This tab contains the basic information for your e-mail account.
- 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.
- User Information:
  - Name: Your Name. For example John Doe
  - Organizaiton: You can leavethis blank.
  - Email: Your email address. For example mary@abc.com
  - Reply address: Your email address. For example mary@abc.com
  - Check the box if you want this account included everytime you check for email.
Servers tab
- Server Information:
  - Incoming mail server type: POP3
  - Incoming mail (POP3): mail.domain.com (for example: mail.abc.com)
  - Outgoing mail (SMTP): mail.domain.com (for example: mail.abc.net)
- Incoming Mail Server
  - Account name: Your e-mail address in this field. For example mary@abc.com
  - Password: Your e-mail password in this field.
  - Check the Remember password box if you do not want to have to type in your password whenever you check your e-mail.
- Outgoing Mail Server
  - Check the My server requires authentication box in order to send mail out.
  - Select the Settings Button
Logon Information:
- Select Log on using
- Account name: username@domain.com (for example mary@abc.com)
- Password: password
- Check Remember password
- Select OK
When you are finished making changes, click Apply
Click OK to close the Properties window.
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

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)
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.
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