Once you have an email address confirmed you will need to enter the details into Microsoft Outlook Express, in order to send or receive Emails.
The following step by step guide will help you do this quickly and easily.
Before starting make sure you know your Email address and password.
Start Outlook Express and from the Tools menu select Accounts. You should see the account dialog box open similar to the one below. Click mouse once on the Mail tab to display the contents of the mail tab.
Click the Add button, a small menu will popup.
Select the Mail item. Another dialog box will appear to guide you through the data entry process.
Enter your name here. Do not use a nick name as you may want to Email people who do not know you personally. Click the Next button to proceed.
You now need to enter the Email address you applied for. It will be something like YourName @ greenbowlers.com. there should not be any spaces in an email address. Click the Next button to proceed.
Now enter the POP3 email details. These tell the mail service where to look for you Emails. In the Incoming mail box enter mail. followed by the contents of your email address after the @ symbol. Hence if your Email address is June@green.com you must enter mail.green.com.
Next enter the Outgoing mail. If you are using the dialup telephone number enter smtp. otherwise enter mail. followed by the contents of the Email address after the @ symbol as above.
Click the Next button to proceed.
In the Account Name box enter your full Email address.
In the Password box enter the password.
Click the Next button to proceed. A completion message will be displayed. Lastly click Finish to close the dialog box.
You mail account details should now be visible in the mail account tab.
If you would people to reply to your Emails you will need to enter a return address. You can also use the following process to edit any of the details if they are incorrect.
Double click on the mail account in the Mail tab.
In order for people to reply to your Emails by clicking the Reply button you should enter your Email address in the Reply address box. Make sure it is correctly entered.
Click the OK button to proceed and then close the mail account box by clicking the Close button.
Test your account details by dialing up and clicking the Send & Receive button on Outlook Express.
There should not be any errors if all has gone well. If you get errors reported.
- Check the dial up has connected correctly then.
- Check the details you entered by displaying the properties box above.
- If all else fails delete the mail account you entered and Add the details again.
- Seek assistance.
