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To configure your Outlook Express or any other e-mail client, you need to know
your POP3 and SMTP servers. The mail setting for both
incoming
and outgoing are mail.yourdomain.com
Configuring Outlook Express
To configure this email client with the POP before SMTP relay:
- Open Outlook Express.
- In the menu bar, go to the Tools drop-down menu and select Accounts.

- On the page that shows, click Add and select Mail.

- On the wizard page that shows, enter your name in the field and click Next to proceed.
Note: this email will appear when you send out emails.

- On the page that shows, enter your Email Address and click Next to proceed.

- In the form that shows:
- in the drop-down box, choose POP3 as your incoming server;
- enter the Mail Server Name for both Incoming Mail and Outgoing Mail;
- click Next to proceed.

- On the page that appears:
- make sure to enter full email address in the Account Name field;
- enter mailbox password in the Password field;
- check the Remember Password box to avoid entering it every time you check or send email;
- click Next to proceed.

- On the page that shows, click Finish to save settings and get back to the list
of email accounts

- Now that email account is created, select Accounts from the Tools drop-down
list in the menu bar.
- On the Internet Accounts window, select the newly created mail account and click
Properties to edit the settings for your email account.

- On the Properties page that appears, choose the General tab and check the
settings of your email account.

Here you can:
- set the name that will show in your letters
- set reply email (should be the same as email )
- Click Apply and OK to save settings.
- Select Accounts from the Tools drop-down menu in the menu bar.
- On the Internet Accounts window, select the newly created mail account and click
Properties to edit the email settings.

- On the Properties page that appears, choose the Servers tab.
- Check My server requires authentication box and click Settings on the right.

- On the Outgoing Mail Server window make sure that use same settings as incoming mail server is selected.

- Click OK.
- Back on the Properties page, click Apply and OK to save settings
and then close all dialog boxes.
Now that Outlook Express is configured, you can send and receive emails.
Configuring Outlook Express Video
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