How to add new email accounts in Microsoft Outlook Express.

Step One:
Click on “Tools” in the menu bar and select the “Accounts” option.

Step Two:
Click on “Add” button and select the “Mail” option.

Step Three:
Enter in the Display Name you wish to use. The Display Name is the name that shows up in the inbox of the person receiving your emails. Normally, people use their full name, but you can use a nickname or even just your email address, if you like.

Step Four:
Enter in your email address.

Step Five:
Here, you need to enter in your mail server information. You will need to ensure that you have your incoming mail server set as “POP3”.

Your incoming mail server will always be mail.yourdomainname.com.

The outgoing mail server depends on who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is.

If you are with Earthlink, your outgoing mail server will need to be mail.earthlink.net.

If you are with Bellsouth, your outgoing mail server will need to be mail.bellsouth.net.

If you are with another ISP, your outgoing mail server will generally be the same as the incoming mail server: mail.yourdomainname.com. If you are not sure or if you experience outgoing mail server errors after setting your account up you will need to contact your ISP and ask if you have to list a specific outgoing server.

Step Six:
On this screen you will need to enter in your account name and password for your email. If you do not want to keep having to re-type your password in every time you send or receive an email, be sure to check “Remember Password”.

Step Seven:
Click on Finish and you are all done with setting up your email account information. You will see your email account listed, and from the Internet Accounts window you can add additional email addresses if you wish by following the above steps. Now, there is only one more step to do and you can then send and receive emails.

Step Eight: IMPORTANT - Server Authentication
If your outgoing mail server is mail.yourdomainame.com - you will need to check "My Server Needs Authentication". If your outgoing mail sever is mail.earthlink.net or mail.bellsouth.net, you need to leave this box unchecked.

To check this box you need to repeat Step One to get to the Internet Accounts screen. On this screen, make sure the relevent email address is selected and click on "Properties".

Once you have clicked on Properties - it will open up a new window. You need to click the "Servers" tab which will then show you the information you inputted for your incoming and outgoing mail.

At the bottom of this window there is a line that says "My server requires authentication". You need to check the box. Once you have checked the box - click on the "settings" button.

On this screen - just be sure that your Logon Information is selected as "Use same settings as my incoming mail server". You can then click OK to close this screen. Click OK on the Properties screen and then click Close on the Internet Accounts screen.

You should now be able to send and receive emails withut any problems.

Try sending a test email to yourself, and see if both sending and receiving the email works correctly. If you get an error message, try reviewing the information you have inputted as 90% of the times errors are caused by incorrect information or mail servers specified.

Happy Emailing!