How to Setup your Email Client in Microsoft Outlook Express, 2000, 2003, & 2007 Microsoft Outlook 2000: How to setup an email account 1. Start your Outlook 2000 program. 2. Click on TOOLS from the pull down menu, and select ACCOUNTS . 3. In the Internet Accounts Window, click on the ADD button and select MAIL 4. In the Internet Connection Wizard, enter your Name, then click Next 5. Enter your E-mail address, then click Next. ( NOTE : Make sure that all information entered in this window is in lower case.) 6. Select POP3 as the mail server type. Enter mail.yourdomain (e.g mail.yourdomain. co.za) for the Incoming Address Field Outgoing Address Field (mail.yourdomain.co.za) 7. Enter your Username (full email address) and Password (in lower case). If you do not want to enter your password every time you check your mail, make sure that the Remember Password box is checked, shown above. Click Next. 8. Choose how you connect to the Internet... a. If you are dialing up to the Internet through your Modem, select “Connect using my phone line”. b. If you have a ISDN or other dedicated connection, select “Connect using my local area network (LAN)”. 9. If you connect to the Internet using a modem, then select “Use an existing dial-up connection” and select the connection you use to connect. 10. Your Done! Click Finish. 11. In the Internet Accounts window, click Close. To check your e-mail, click on the SEND and RECEIVE icon. 01 Microsoft Outlook 2003: How do I set up email accounts. 1. Open Outlook 2003 and click on the “Tools” drop down menu. 2. Click on “E-mail Accounts”. 3. Check the “Add a new e-mail account” radio button and click “Next “. 4. Check the “POP3” radio button and click “Next “. 5. Enter the configuration details for the account. Make sure “Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” is unticked. It is up to you whether you check “save password” 6. The following information then needs to be added: User Information Your Name: Descriptive/Personal Name or Title of Account E-mail Address: The email address being setup ([email protected]) Server Information Incoming mail server (POP3) - mail.yourdomain.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - - mail.yourdomain.com Login Information User Name: - Full Email address Password: - Respective password for email account (this was setup in you cpanel (control panel)) 7. Click the “Next” button. 8. Click the “Finish” button to close the wizard. Outlook Express: How to set up your email addresses. Step 1: In outlook express, click on ‘tools’ and than ‘accounts’ Step 2: Click on ‘new’, then from the menu that appears, click ‘mail’ Step 3: It will ask you for the ‘display name’, this is the name that you want people to see when they receive an email from you. 02 Step 4: Than is will ask for your ‘e-mail address’, please make sure its the same address as the one that you set up in your cpanel. Step 5: Than you will be asked for your email server names. For the ‘incoming mail server’ type in mail.your domain name . For the ‘outgoing mail server’ use the outgoing mail server specified by your ISP (Internet Service Provider) ie smtp.saix.net if you are a telkom customer. Step 6: Then it will ask for your ‘account name’ and ‘password’ - your account name is your FULL email address and your password is the one you made when creating the account. Make sure that the box saying ‘log on using Secure Password Authentication’ is NOT ticked. Step 7: Check this information is correct and click the ‘next’ button. With your email address highlighted, click on ‘properties’. Step 8: On the general tab, double check everything is correct and the box that says ‘include this account when receiveing mail or synchronising’, MUST be ticked. Than proceed to servers tab. Step 9: Make sure that the server type is a POP3 server. Check that all the information is correct. Click on ‘remember password’. Make sure that ‘log on using Secure Password Authentication’ is NOT ticked. the box that says ‘my server requires authenication’ MUST be ticked. Click on ‘Ok’ and than click ‘close’ to close the internet accounts window. Outlook 2007: How to set up your email addresses. 1. Open Outlook 2007 and click on the “Tools” drop down menu. 2. Click on “E-mail Accounts”. 3. Check the “Add a new e-mail account” radio button and click “Next “. 4. Check the “POP3” radio button and click “Next “. 03 5. Enter the configuration details for the account. Make sure “Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” is unticked. It is up to you whether you check “save password” 6. The following information then needs to be added: User Information Your Name: Descriptive/Personal Name or Title of Account E-mail Address: The email address being setup ([email protected]) Server Information Incoming mail server (POP3) - mail.yourdomain Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - - mail.yourdomain Login Information User Name: - Full Email address Password: - Respective password for email account (this was setup in you cpanel (control panel)) 7. Click the “Next” button. 8. Click the “Finish” button to close the wizard. Well Done - You’re FINISHED!!!! 04