Configuring Microsoft Outlook Express

Summary

How to configure the Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail program to access your POP account.

If you have already set up your account in Outlook Express and are having trouble sending and/or receiving e-mail, go to Troubleshooting Microsoft Outlook Express.

To configure Microsoft Outlook Express, perform the following steps:

From the Tools menu, click Accounts.

From Internet Accounts, select Add, click Mail.

From the Internet Connection Wizard dialog box, in the Display name text box, enter the name that you want to display on sent messages (e.g., Your name). Click Next.

From the E-mail address text box, enter your e-mail address. Click Next.

Verify that I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use is selected.

In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server text box, enter the incoming mail server (e.g., mail.your-domain.com), and in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server text box, enter the outgoing mail server (e.g., mail.your-domain.com).

Click Next.

In the Account name text box, enter your account name (e.g., POPID), and in the Password text box, enter your password. Click Next.

Click Finish.

Click Close.

After configuring Outlook Express for your POP account, it is recommended that you disable the option to store copies of messages on the server. An e-mail overflow situation occurs if these copies occupy too much space. For more information on how to prevent copies of e-mail messages from being left on the server for your particular mail client, go to How do I prevent copies of my messages from being left on the server?