Setting Up Your E-mail in MS Outlook Express

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the settings in this tutorial.

To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook Express

1. In Microsoft Outlook Express, select Tools > Accounts.
   
2. Select the "Mail" tab in the Internet Accounts window and click "Add."
   
3. Enter you full name and click Next.
   
4. Enter your e-mail address and click Next.
   
5. On the E-mail Server Names window, enter your information as follows:

   My incoming mail server is a

   POP3 server

   Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server

   mail.coolexample.com, where coolexample.com is your domain name.

   Outgoing mail (SMTP) server

   smtp.yourispname.com

   Click Next.

   NOTE: please use your ISP SMTP for your outgoing server.     

   Example: smtp.starhub.net.sg / smtp.pacific.net.sg / mail.singnet.com.sg / 

   
6. Enter your e-mail address for your account name and enter your password. Click Next.
   
7. Click Finish.