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Outlook Express 5

Outlook Express 5 is one of many POP3/IMAP email clients available for the Mac OS. The basic setup instruction to work with email here are listed for you to use this email client.

 

From the Tools menu, choose Accounts. This will bring up Account Setup Wizard. You will be presented with several screens.

Screen 1: Your Name

Display name: The name you want displayed for this account
Click Right Arrow

Screen 2: Internet E-Mail Address

E-mail address: Your E-mail Address
Click Right Arrow

Screen 3: E-mail Server Names

My incoming mail server is a(n) POP3 server
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP) server: yoursite.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: yoursite.com
Click Right Arrow

Screen 4: Internet Mail Logon

Account ID: Email Username
Password: Email Password
Save Password: Choose
Click Right Arrow

Screen 5: Congratulations

Account name: The name for this account
Click Finished

Congratulations, you've now setup Outlook Express 5 to use your email account. Repeat the above steps to setup further email accounts.


*After completing these steps you should be able to send and receive email via this account. If you can't send emails that means your ISP is most likely blocking your Outgoing Mail server port 25 (default). You can change that port to 26 if you have Linux hosting with us or to port 465 if you have Windows hosting with us.



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Article No. 175
Created: 03:54 AM 12.26.03
Author: HPU Support

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