OutLook Express Setup

We will create your e-mail account(s) on the web server but you’ll need to setup your e-mail client software on your PC to retrieve the mail from the server.  The most popular e-mail client is Microsoft’s Outlook Express which is bundled with Internet Explorer.  The following is an outline of the steps necessary to setup Outlook Express.

Account Information You Will Need 

The following items are required by ALL e-mail clents in order to access your account(s):

  1. EMAIL ADDRESS

    Your email address is in the format, account name@domain name.  The account name is chosen by you for each account and then setup by us.  The domain name is the one you registered for your web site.  We need all names before we can setup the accounts.  An example of a complete e-mail address would be sales@cruzconsulting.com. 
     
  2. PASSWORD

    A password is required for every account.  It is case sensitive and should consist of a combination of letters and numbers.  Choose one that you will remember but one that cannot be guessed by others (i.e. birth dates, names of family members, etc).  We will need all passwords before we can setup the accounts.
     
  1. MAIL SERVER NAME

    The mail server name is in the format, mail.domain name.  For example, Cruz Web Design’s mail server is mail.cruzwebdesign.com

 Steps to setup your account 

  1. From the desktop, click on Start, All Programs and select Outlook Express.
     
  1. On the Tools menu, select Accounts.
     
  1. With Mail tab selected, click on Add button then select Mail.
     
  1. On the Your Name page, type in your name as how you would like it to appear with all messages you send, click Next.
     
  1. On the Internet Email Address page, type in your EMAIL ADDRESS, click Next.
     
  1. On the E-mail Server Names page, type your MAIL SERVER NAME in both Incoming and Outgoing mail blocks then click Next.
     
  1. On the Internet Mail Login page, type your EMAIL ADDRESS in the Account name block, type in your PASSWORD in the Password block. Check the Remember Password box if you don't want to type in your password every time then click Next.
     
  1. On the Congratulations page, click Finish.

You should be able now to send and receive messages using your new account!

 For complete information on using Outlook Express, go to:

 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/oe/default.mspx