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.

Configuring Outlook Express

1. Open Outlook Express.
2. In the menu bar, go to the Tools   Accounts.

    3. click Add and select Mail.



    4. On the wizard page that shows, enter your name in the field and click Next to proceed.



    5. enter your Email Address and click Next to proceed.



    6. Enter the following:

My incoming mail server is a POP3 servers
    select POP3 from the drop-down box

Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server
    enter mail.calinet.com (NOTE: hosting customers enter mail.yourdomain.com where "yourdomain.com" is your domain name)

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server   
    enter mail.calinet.com (NOTE: hosting customers enter mail.yourdomain.com where "yourdomain.com" is your domain name)

    7. Click Next



    8. Enter the following

Account Name
    your calinet email address (ex: johnsmith@calinet.com)

Password
    your email account password

    9. Click Next


  
     10. click Finish to save settings and get back to the list of email accounts



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



    13. On the Properties page that appears, choose the Servers tab.
    14. Check My server requires authentication box
    15. Click Settings on the right.



    16. Check use the same settings as my incoming mail server
    17. Click OK



    18. Click Apply  and OK
    19. Click Close

Outlook Express is now configured, you can send and receive emails.