Setting up your standard mailbox will only take a few minutes. This article guides you through the process of setting up your Standard mailbox. We have a separate guide if you would like to set up an Advanced mailbox.
Step 1
Open Outlook Express. Click the Tools menu and then click Accounts.
Step 2
The Internet Accounts window will open. Click Add in the top right corner. Click Mail in the menu that appears. This will open the Internet Connection Wizard.
Step 3
On the first screen of the Internet Connection Wizard, you’ll be asked to enter a display name. This is what most email users will see in their inboxes instead of your email address. Enter your name and then click Next.
Step 4
Enter your full email address. This is made up of the mailbox name you chose, an “@†symbol and your domain name. ralph@ralphsdomainname.com for example.
After you have entered your email address, click Next.
Step 5
Depending on your preferred connection select POP3 or IMAP from the drop down menu. Enter mail.yourdomain.com (replacing yourdomain.com with your domain name) in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server text box.
Contact your ISP for your SMTP details and enter them in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server text box.
After you have entered your mail server names, click Next.
Step 6
On the Internet Mail Logon screen, enter your full email address in the Account name text box.
When you created the mailbox, you chose a password. Enter this in the Password text box.
After you have entered your mailbox name and password, click Next.
Step 7
Click Finish and the mailbox will be added to Outlook Express.
You will be left at the Internet Accounts window.
Step 8
Select the account you have just created and click Properties.
Step 9
If your ISP’s SMTP server requires username and password authentication, click the Servers tab and ensure the My server requires authentication check box is selected, then click Settings.
Step 10
Enter the username and password provided by your ISP in the text boxes provided and click OK.
Step 11
Finally, click OK and then Close to exit the window. Outlook Express is now configured to receive email from your Standard mailbox and send email through your ISP’s mail server.
