Operating System: Windows 95/98, 2000, XP Application: Outlook Express Application Version: 6.0

1. Open Outlook Express

2. Configure Mail Settings

3. From the Outlook Express Tools menu, select Accounts.

4. Click on the Mail tab, highlight the account that you wish to change and click on the
   Properties button
   
   

5. 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.
   
   
   
6. Servers tab
   
   • Server Information:
     • Incoming mail server type: POP3
     • Incoming mail (POP3): mail.domain.com (for example: mail.xyz.com)
     • Outgoing mail (SMTP): mail.domain.com (for example: mail.xyz.com)
       
       
   • Incoming Mail Server
     • Account name: Your e-mail address in this field. For example someone@xyz.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
     
     
     
     
7. Logon Information:
   
   • Select Log on using
   • Account name: username@domain.com (for example someone@xyz.com)
   • Password: password
   • Check Remember password
   • Select OK
     
     
     
     
     
8. When you are finished making changes, click Apply
9. Click OK to close the Properties window.
10. Select File, Exit to close Outlook

 ADVANCED OPTIONS :

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