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Setting up email in Outlook Express

1. Click on the Start button at the bottom left-hand corner of you screen and click on All Programmes. Click on the Outlook Express button.
2. Outlook Express will open, click on the Tools menu, then click on Accounts.
3. This ‘Internet Accounts’ screen will open, Click on Add in the top right corner, click Mail in the menu that appears. This will open the ‘Internet Connection Wizard’. (If it is the first time that you have run Outlook Express on your computer, the Internet Connection Wizard may start automatically)

1. On the first screen you will be asked to enter a display name, this is the name that will show in the receiver Inbox, you can put in your name or a business name if you prefer. Enter the name and click on Next.
2. On the next screen, enter your full email address that you are setting up. E.g. someone@mydomain.co.za Click Next.
3. On the next Screen, E-mail Servers Name, select POP3 from the drop down list. ‘Incoming Mail Server’ = to be obtained from your domain host
   ’Outgoing Mail Server’ = to be obtained from your domain host - click on Next.
4. On the next page, ‘Internet Mail Login’, enter your full email address in the ‘Account name’ box; in the ‘Password’ box enter the password which we have supplied to you. (Note: the Log on using secure Password Authentication box should NOT be ticked) Click on Next.
5. Click on Finish and the Mailbox will be added to Outlook Express.
6. You will be returned to the ‘Internet Accounts’ screen as shown in the image above. Click on OK.
7. You will have returned to the main Outlook page, click in Tools, then Accounts
8. Click on the Mail tab, double click on the email address, tick the box that says ‘My server requires authentication’, click on OK
9. You can now click on Send and Receive to view any emails you have.