How to: Configure Pop3 Accounts using Microsoft Outlook Express 2003

Microsoft Outlook Express 2003

In Outlook Express, go to the Tools menu. Click on Accounts...

 

A box will appear. Click Add and select Mail.

 

Enter your name in the Display Name as you want it to appear on your emails and click Next.

 

Put in your email address in E-mail Address text box (myname@yourdomain.xyz), and then click Next.

 

Enter your email information:

My incoming mail server is a: POP3
Incoming Mail server (POP3): mail.domainname.xyz
Outgoing Mail server (SMTP): mail.domainname.xyz

Click on Next.

 

Enter your email address for the Account Name.
Enter the Password.
Click Next and then click Finish.
Note: Do NOT check the box "Log on using Secure Password Authentication".

 

After you click Finish, you should see the following window.
If not, go to the Tools menu, and click on Accounts.
After clicking Accounts the window will appear. In this window, click on your domain until it is highlighted, then click on Properties.

 

When the next screen appears, click on the Servers tab.
Under Outgoing Mail Server, check the box next to My server requires authentication.
Click OK.
Note: You MUST do this step so you can send mail from your domain.

Now, you're ready to send and receive mail. To set up multiple accounts, follow these steps again.

 

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