Adding new email accounts in Outlook Express

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To use Outlook Express to send and retrieve your emails, you have to set up a new email account with your POP and SMTP settings for your new email account.

A POP server is used to retrieve email, and an SMTP server is used to send email. The respective server names will have been provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or email service. Below are the steps to add new email accounts (POP and SMTP only) in Outlook Express (r).

If you already have settings then make a note of them before you change anything

First, open the Outlook Express program by either double clicking the icon on your desktop, or clicking the Start button and selecting it from the Programs (Windows XP), or All Programs (Windows Vista) menu.

Once you have opened Outlook Express, click on TOOLS on the menu at the top of your screen, and then click on ACCOUNTS from the pull down menu.

Now, click on ADD, and then on MAIL, as shown in fig 1.1 below:

You will now be presented with the Internet Connection Wizard dialogue box.

In the box provided, enter your name as you want it to appear on the emails that you will be sending from this account, and then click the NEXT button.

Next, enter your email address in the box provided, and again click the NEXT button.

You will now see a dialogue box similar to that shown in fig 1.2 below:

Enter your POP server name in the first box, and then enter your SMTP server name in the second box. Your ISP/email service would have provided this information (take care when entering these, and make sure they are correct). When you have finished entering both server names, click the NEXT button.

You will now see a dialogue box similar to that shown in fig 1.3 below:

Your account name should be automatically filled in, if not, then enter it, making sure it matches that provided by your ISP/email service.

Then, carefully enter your password. Notice the REMEMBER PASSWORD option, if you want to use this feature, then make sure the box next to the text has a tick in it.

Also, if your ISP requires Secure Password Authentication, then select the LOG ON USING SECURE PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION box.

Then, click the NEXT button.

Next, simply click the FINISH button.

Now Outlook Express will be able to retrieve and send your emails