Setting up Outlook: Outlook Express
- Once your e-mail account has been set up, the e-mail account will store your incoming e-mail, and will be the e-mail address you want people to use when they send mail to you. Remember the e-mail account password provided for you.
- Start Outlook Express, and click the "Tools" menu item. Select "Accounts".
The "Internet accounts" window appears.
The "Internet accounts" window.
- Click the "Add" button in the upper right corner of the window, and select the "Mail..." menu item. The "Internet Connection Wizard" window appears.
- In the first step of the wizard, enter your name as you would like it to
appear in the "From" field of the e-mail messages you send. Click "Next".
The first step of the Internet Connection wizard.
- Enter the name of the e-mail account that you created in step one.
Enter the e-mail address you've set up as a forwarder.
- In the "Incoming mail server" field, enter your domain name preceded by
"mail.", such as "mail.example.com". In the "Outgoing mail server" field,
enter your Internet service provider's outgoing (or SMTP) mail server's name.
If you want to use FP SEO' SMTP service, enter your domain name preceded my
"mail.", such as "mail.example.com". Click "Next".
If you want to use FP SEO' SMTP service:
You will have to perform an additional setup step after you complete the wizard. Continue the remaining steps to the end, then read the section on editing your new account at the bottom of the screen.Enter the e-mail server names.
- In the "Account name" field, enter the name of the e-mail account you
created in step one. In the "Password" field, enter the password for that
account. Check "Remember password" if you don't want to enter your password
each time you check for new e-mail. Click "Next".
Enter your e-mail account name and password.
- On the final screen, click "Finish" to save your new e-mail account.
Editing your new e-mail account to use FP SEO' SMTP mail server
If you will be using FP SEO' SMTP (outgoing) mail server, instead of your ISP's mail server, you will need to perform the following additional steps.
- In the "Internet Accounts" window, select the account you just created, and click the "Properties" button. The "Properties" window appears.
- Click the "Servers" tab.
- Check the box labeled "My server requires authentication".
Check the box labeled "My server requires authentication".
- Click the "Advanced" tab.
- Under "Server Port Numbers", in the field labeled "Outgoing mail (SMTP)",
type the number 587.
Enter the port number 587 in the field labeled "Outgoing mail (SMTP)".
- Click "OK".