Configuring Email in Outlook Express 6.x
Configuring Outlook Express
Before you can use Outlook Express to read your email you need to configure it with certain basic information about your email account. The first time that you run Outlook Express it will automatically start the Internet Connection Wizard to help you enter this information. If you have used Outlook Express before, you will need to start the Internet Connection Wizard manually.
Start Outlook Express. You can usually start it either from an icon either on the Desktop, or in the Quick Launch tray (usually next to the Start button), or by clicking on Start, selecting [Programs] and then [Outlook Express]. If you are running your copy of Outlook Express for the first time, a windows with the title Internet Connection Wizard will appear automatically. If this happens, skip to Step 2 below. If it doesn't, select [Accounts] from the [Tools] menu to view the Internet Accounts window (see picture below), then on this window click on Add and select [Mail...] from the menu that appears.
If you have used an email program on your computer before, the Internet Connection Wizard may detect this, in which case you will see a screen similar to the following asking whether you wish to import the details of your account from that program. This guide does not cover how to import account details from another program, so if you wish to carry on using this guide, select the [Create a new Internet mail account] option and click on Next. 
Enter your name as you would like it to appear in any messages you send, and click on Next. 
On the next screen, enter your email address and click on Next. 
On the next screen, enter the following information using the picture below as an example.
First, from the drop-down list to the right of My incoming mail server is a select the type of email server you are using.
Next enter the Incoming mail (POP, IMAP or HTTP) server name. Always have a record of our name servers as given by our technical personnel
Finally set the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server name. If your computer is directly connected to the office network or if you use any dial-up service, this should be set to name server of that service provider. If you use an Internet Service Provider to connect to the Internet, use the smtp host that they specify. Click on Next.
Enter your email account logon username. We recommend that you uncheck the Remember password box, since leaving it enabled is a security risk and could allow others to access your email. If you are the only user of your workstation and it is secure from access by others, you may wish to enable it. Click on Next. 
On the next screen just click on Finish. 
At this point you may be prompted to download folders from the mail server that you added. There is still some configuration to be done, so click on No. 
- If the Internet Accounts screen is not visible, select select [Accounts] from the [Tools] menu.
- If necessary, click on the Mail tab to view the entry for your email account.
Make sure that your email account is selected in the list and click on Properties and then on the Advanced tab. Now click in the box next to the second This server requires a secure connection (SSL) option, i.e. the one that is immediately underneath Incoming Server (IMAP), not the one underneath Outgoing Mail (SMTP). Click on OK to close the account properties box, and then on Close to return to the main Outlook Express screen. 
Outlook Express should now offer to refresh your folder list. The exact message may vary. Click on Yes to check your mail now. 
If you clicked on Yes you will be prompted for the password for your email account. Type it in (it will appear as a row of asterisks in order to hide it) and click on OK. 
At this point you may see a message telling you that the server your are connected to is using a security certificate that could not be verified. Click on Yes to continue using the server and download your email.
Your new email account is now set up.
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