Setting Up Outlook Express

1. In the Start menu, choose Email Outlook Express.

2. In the Outlook Express menu, choose Tools -> Accounts. If the Internet Connection Wizard starts up automatically, skip to the next numbered step.

   Click the Mail tab. Click Add, and then click Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.

3. In the Display Name box, enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From line of your email messages. Click Next.
4. In the "E-mail address" field, enter your Email Address from your Login Information. (For example, mary@onlinehelper.info or joe@joesdomain.com.) Click Next.

5. In the menu labeled "My incoming mail server is a ... server," select POP3.

   In the "Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server" box, enter your Incoming (POP) Mail Server from your Login Information.

   In the "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server" box, enter the Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server from your Login Information. (Both the POP3 and SMTP mail servers should be mail dot your domain name. Such as mail.onlinehelper.info)

   Click Next.

6. In the "Account name" box, enter your Email Login (not your Dialup Login. It is your Email Address) from your Login Information. (For example, if your email address is mary@onlinehelper.info, your email login is the same for that email account.)

   In the Password box, enter your Email Password (not your Dialup Password) from your Login Information. (Note that passwords are case sensitive and contain no spaces or dots; enter your password, using capitals and small letters, exactly as it appears in your Login Information.)

   Select "Remember password." Uncheck "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)."

   Click Next.

7. In the Congratulations window, click Finish. Click Close.

Sending and Receiving Email with Outlook Express

1. If you are not already connected to the Internet, connect now.
2. Open Outlook Express. (To do this, either double-click the Outlook Express icon on your desktop, or click Start -> Programs -> Outlook Express).
3. To get your new email messages, click the Send/Recv button at the top of the window.
4. In the Inbox folder, you will see a list of your incoming messages. To preview the contents of a message, select it. To open a message in its own window, double-click it.
5. To send a message, click the Create Mail (in Outlook Express 5, it's called New Mail) button.

6. In the To box, enter the recipient's email address. (As a test example, enter your own email address to send yourself a message).

   In the Subject box, enter a title for this message. (Call it "Test email to myself.")

   In the large pane below, enter the text of the message.

7. When you are finished typing your message, click the Send button.
8. Click the Send/Recv button to check for any new incoming messages. (If you sent the message to yourself, you should then see this message appear in your incoming messages. If it does not appear, wait a few minutes and try again.)