Set-up an email address in Microsoft Outlook Express 6
This tutorial explains how you can set-up an email address account in Outlook Express 6.
Open Outlook Express
Firstly, open Outlook Express. Once it has loaded, click on Tools in the menu bar and then click on the Accounts menu item.
Add new email account
This will then load the Internet Accounts pop-up window. Click on the Mail tab (if it isn’t already selected) to display all your existing email accounts. If you are using Outlook Express for the first time, the window will be empty like the example below.
To add the new email account, click on the Add button and then on Mail.
Enter your Name
The Internet Connection Wizard pop-up window will then load. Enter your name in the Display Name field and click on the Next button.
Enter your Email Address
The wizard will then ask you for your email address. Enter the full email address and click on the Next button.
Enter Server Information
In the next window, enter the following details:
- Leave the My incoming mail server is a selection box set to POP3.
- Enter mail.yourdomain.com.au as the Incoming mail server. Obviously, replace yourdomain.com.au with your own domain name (e.g: mail.johnsmith.com)
- Enter your ISP’s outgoing mail server into the Outgoing Mail Server field.
Enter Login Information
Lastly you need enter your Account Name (or username) and Password. By default it will enter a username for you however replace this with the full email address (e.g. you@yourdomain.com.au). Enter the password that was provided to you in the Password field. Click on the Next button to proceed.
Complete the process
In the following window, click on the Finish button to finishing adding the email address.
You will now see the new email account has been added to the Accounts list. The account is referred by its server name.
Lastly, double-click on the account name. This will load up the Properties pop-up window of that account. Enter any descriptive name in the first field, as shown in the image below. This will help remember what email address the account is for. You can enter whatever you want here.
That’s it! Now you can try sending and receiving email to ensure everything is set-up correctly. If you experience any errors make sure you go back into Tools and Accounts to check if you have misspelled any of the fields or entered an incorrect password.
Repeat the above steps again if you are adding multiple email addresses.