Configure Outlook Express

Microsoft Outlook Express is an e-mail application that you can use to configure your POP3 e-mail accounts. This software is usually pre-installed with most MS Windows based computers or gets installed when MS Internet Explorer is installed.

Please follow the given steps to configure Outlook Express with your POP3 e-mail account. Before you start the configuration, you will require:

1. E-mail address
2. Password for your E-mail account
3. POP3 address (usually mail.yourwebsitename.com where 'yourwebsitename' is your actual domain name)
4. SMTP address (usually mail.yourwebsitename.com where 'yourwebsitename' is your actual domain name)

Alternately, you can also contact your Service Provider to get the Email account, password, POP3 and SMTP addresses.

Configuring Outlook Express

1. Launch Outlook Express
2. Click on Tools menu
3. Click on Accounts

4. Click on mail menu
5. Click on Add » New mail

6. Enter Your Name

7. Enter your existing email ID

8. Enter your mail server and SMTP details
   Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: mail.yourwebsitename.com
   Outgoing (SMTP) Server: mail.yourwebsitename.com

9. Enter your full email ID [i.e.,] email ID @ your domain name .com

   For example : info@yourwebsitename.com
   Enter the password.
   If you are the only user of your computer, check the "Remember password" option. In case you are using a public computer or if your computer is shared by multiple persons, you can uncheck the "Remember password" option. Unchecking will prompt for password to check for emails.

10. Click on finish
11. Click on properties
12. Click on servers
13. In out going mail server ››› Check My server Requires Authentication

14. Click OK
15. Click on close
16. Click on SEND/RECEIVE menu » Choose Receive All
17. Click on unread messages to read your mails