To Setup Microsoft Outlook
Express to retrieve your email:
1) Double click the "Outlook Express" icon on your desktop.
2) On the text menu at the very top of the Outlook Express
window,
click "Tools" then click "Accounts"
3) Click the "mail" tab then look for the add button to the
right of the window. Click "Add" then click "Mail".
4) The first window will ask you for a name. Put any name in
here you would like the person receiving your
email to see. Click "Next"
5) Next is where you type in your new email address. Enter
your complete email address here
Click "Next"
6) Email servers are as follows:
Incoming and outgoing mail servers are the same:
mail.yourdomain.com
Substitute your domain for "yourdomain.com" for example
if your email is
msample@howdydodit.com
then your mail server will be mail.howdydodit.com
Click "Next"
7) Your account name is your complete email address. The
password is the one assigned to you.
Click "Next"
8) Click "Finish" But you are not done quite yet. Highlight
the account you just created in the Mail window
and click the Properties button.
9) On the general tab, enter your Organization name if you
like. Enter your email address as the
"Reply" address. Click the Servers tab
10) Place a check in the box indicating "My outgoing server
requires authentication". Click Ok.
Then "Close". Look for the "Send & Receive" button in
the Outlook Express tool
bar at the top of the window and click it to test your
connection.