Microsoft Outlook Express
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Table of Contents
Foreword
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Part I HOME
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Part II Step 1: Accounts Screen
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Part III Step 2: Add Account
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Part IV Step 3: Setup Wizard
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Part V Step 4: Properties
Index
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HOME
Welcome to our Microsoft Outlook Express User Guide User Guide! This user guide will step you
through all the steps required to quickly setup your POP email account using Microsoft Outlook
Express.
You may download a PDF of this User Guide.
You will need Adobe Reader to access this User Guide.
Following is the screenshot of the window that you see when you start your outlook express for the
fisrt time:
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Step 1: Accounts Screen
Email Accounts Setup Screen
(a) Click on the "Tools" drop down option and then go to "Accounts"
(b) After clicking on "Accounts" in the previous step, you will see a screen like the one shown below.
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Step 2: Add Account
Add Email Account
(a) Click on the "Mail" tab as shown below
(b) Click on "Add" and then click on "Mail" to start adding your email account
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Step 3: Setup Wizard
Email Setup Wizard
(a) After clicking on the "Mail" option in the last step, you will be taken to an email setup wizard as
shown below. Please enter the name that you would like to associate with your email account while
sending and receiving emails. Click on "Next" to move on to the next step
(b) In the next screen, please enter your full email address. Click on "Next" to move on to the next
step
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(c) In the next screen please choose "POP3" as your incoming mail server and then enter the names
of your incoming and the outgoing mail servers as shown below. Click on "Next" to move on to the
next step
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(d) In the next screen, you will be required to enter your Account name and the password.
(Note:- Your account name is of the format youremail_username. For example, if your email is
abc@yourdomain.com and your username is yourdo, your Account name would be abc_yourdo
You can choose to check the "Remember password" option if you don't want to enter your
password every time you access your email using Outlook Express. Click on "Next" to move on to
the next step
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(e) Clicking "Next" in the previous step will take you to the end of the wizard. Click on "Finish" to
save and exit the wizard
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(f) After clicking on "Finish" in the previous step, you will see a screen as shown below. Please don't
close this screen
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Step 4: Properties
(Note: This is an important step)
Email Account Properties
(a) Select your email account by clicking on it once (it will turn blue) and then click on "Properties"
(b) After clicking on "Properties" in the last step, you will see a screen as shown below
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Step 4: Properties
(c) Click on the "Servers" tab
(d) You will see the following screen when you click on the "Servers" tab in the previous step
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(e) In the "Outgoing Mail Server" section (at the bottom of the window as shown below), please
check the option "My server requires authentication" and click "Apply"
(f) Click on "Close" as shown below
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Step 4: Properties
** This completes the process of setting up your email account using Outlook Express
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