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Outlook Express Help for Windows
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Configuring Outlook express to receive your Domain email
Before You Begin...
You will need to know your:
- Domain Name (i.e. metasphere.net...do not use the www.)
- Email Address
- User ID (Usually the first part of your email address before the @ symbol)
- Password
- The outgoing mail server for your dialup or broadband internet connection. You should have been provided this information from your Internet Service Provider at the time of your service activation, or you can look under the servers tab in the account for your dialup email.
The above information, with the exception of your outgoing mail server, should have been provided to you at registration or by your system administrator. If you do not know what any of these are, contact your System Administrator. If you do not have or do not know what a System Administrator is, click here for Email assistance finding your information or System Administrator.
Outlook Express is one of the most commonly used E-mail client programs and the following will show you how to configure your outlook express to receive your new domain name E-mail.
First, Open Outlook Express by clicking the Mail Button on the toolbar of your Internet Explorer, or click
Start--then--Applications--then--Internet Explorer--then--Outlook Express
From the main Outlook Express window, Click the
Tools--then--Accounts
 This will bring you to the accounts window. Make sure the Mail tab is selected.
 Click the button that says Add--then--Mail Account
This will bring you to the General Prefs Window.
 The most important item in this window is E-mail address. You must place your email address in the field. Name and Organization are optional and will appear in the heading of every email that you send. If you leave it blank, everything will work the same but your name and organization will not appear in the heading of your emails. Next, click the Servers Tab at the top of the window and you will see a screen that looks like this:
In the outgoing mail server field, type the SMTP server for your dialup or broadband Internet Service Provider.
For the incoming mail server, type yourdomain.com (or net or whatever).
Your incoming mail server is a Pop3 server.
Account name is your userid or login id provided by your network administrator.
Your password should also have been provided by your network administrator.
Do Not log in using secure password authentication.
Your outgoing mail server does not require authentication.
Click the connection tab and you will see this
Choose your connection (LAN or dialup).
And thats it! Properly configured Outlook Express can easily handle all your email needs.
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