Configuring Email Account - Outlook Express

If you have an email account set up on the server, you may want to configure Outlook or Outlook Express to send/receive emails from this email address. To configure Outlook to connect to your account, please do the following:

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. Go to Tools and click on Accounts.

   

3. An Internet Accounts window will pop up. Select the Mail tab, then Add, then click on Mail. (This is for Outlook Express 5)

   

4. This will start up the Internet Connection Wizard. Enter your name where it says Display name, and click Next at the bottom right.

   

5. Select the Next button.
6. Enter your Email address in the input box. This does NOT have to be your [email protected] (you can use [email protected], [email protected], etc.). Then click Next.

   

7. Click the Next button.
8. In the Incoming mail field, type mail.example.com.
   In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) field, type mail.example.com.
   (So if your domain name is elitepolls.com, then you would put mail.elitepolls.com there). Click Next.
9. For the Account Name, type the full email address (including the domain name). In the Password section, type the password for the email.

   

10. Click the Next button.
11. Click the Finish button.

    

12. You should still see the Mail tab, so click the Properties button.
13. Select the Servers tab.
14. Check the box at the bottom which says, "My server requires authentication."
15. Select the Advanced tab.
16. At the top, you will see Server Port Numbers and Outgoing mail (SMTP) with a value of 25. You need to change this to port 26 if you are not able to send emails using 25.
17. Click the Apply button, OK button, and the Close button.
18. You're done! Now, you can test your email.