Check your e-mail using Outlook Express - Set-up

These instructions will show you how to set up your website e-mail using Outlook Express. Read the entire step before you do it or go to the next one.

1. Open Outlook Express, go , then .
   NOTE: If Outlook Express is not set-up on your computer a screen will pop-up that asks for a "Display Name". If this happens click then . If you do not see a pop-up screen, simply go to the next step.
2. From the top menu click then .
3. On the next screen click in the top right corner, then .
4. Enter a Display Name and click . This is the name you want people to see when you send them an e-mail. You may want to put your name or you can put your name and company name. (Robert Spinner - Webmaster).
   
5. Enter your new e-mail address and click . (Robert@RobertSpinner.com)
   
6. Enter your Incoming mail server information. This is your web address with the word "mail" instead of "www" in front of it. (mail.RobertSpinner.com).
   
7. Then enter your outgoing mail server, then click . This can be the same as your incoming mail server or your internet access provider's mail server. (mail.RobertSpinner.com or smtp.sbcglobal.net).
   
8. Enter your user name. This is the name that is in front of the "@" symbol of your e-mail address. (robert) Make sure all the letters are lower case.
   
9. Enter your password and click . It will not show up, just look like dots.
   
10. Then click . This will take you back to the window.
11. From this window, click the tab. This will show you all the mail accounts set-up on this computer.
12. Click in the account you just set-up. It will turn blue.
13. Click button on the right.
14. On this screen (the General tab) you can change the account label and add information that other's will receive when they get an e-mail from you. I recommend you change the screen to look like the one below.
    
    Enter a new name in the top box, enter an Organization, and a Reply address if you'd like. (The reply address can be a different e-mail address than the one you are checking. Caution: The Reply address is the e-mail address you want other people send your e-mail to when they reply to the e-mail messages you send them).
15. After you enter the information click then click .
16. If you have more than one e-mail account set-up and you want your new account to be your main "Default" e-mail account, click the button on the right.
17. Click the button and your set-up will be complete.
18. Click the button to check for new messages.

Outlook Express is now set-up to download your website e-mail. I recommend that you change your Outlook Express settings. Click here for those instructions.