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Outlook Express
Note: This support page assumes
your website is hosted with us, if your website is hosted elsewhere
then the settings provided below
will not
work!
The screenshots on this page were taken from Outlook Express 6, if
you have a different version you should still be able to use this page
because different
Outlook Express versions are very similar to setup.
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Open Outlook Express  and go to the 'Tools' Drop Menu & select 'Accounts...' |
Example of Tools Drop Menu
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A popup window will appear.
Select the 'Mail' tab at the top.
Click the 'Add >' button followed by 'Mail...' |
"Internet Accounts" screenshot
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The following screen will appear, fill it out as indicated in Red. |
"Mail Account Properties > General tab" screenshot
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Now move to the 'Servers' tab and fill out fields indicated in Red.
Outgoing mail (SMTP): This setting will be the mail server that your ISP uses. In most cases it is a direct part of there website address. E.g. If you are connected through Switch Internet the setting will be mail.switch.com.au .If you are connected to the Internet through Bigpond then the setting would most likely be mail.bigpond.com . If you are connected through Ozemail then the setting would be smtp.ozemail.com.au . You may have to contact your ISP to obtain this setting by either phoning them or visiting their website.
Account Name: This will be the first part of the email address, so if your email address is sales@abcbusiness.com.au then the account name will be sales |
"Mail Account Properties > Servers tab" screenshot
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On the Connections tab the following box should be unticked. |
"Mail Account Properties > Connection" screenshot
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6. Completion & Testing |
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You will not need to change any settings on the 'Security' or 'Advanced' tabs unless you have special needs. So just click the 'Apply' button followed by 'OK'.
Once the screen is closed if you have further email accounts to add then go back to Step 2 and repeat the process.
Otherwise just click 'Close'
Testing: Now that account settings are entered you need to make sure you are connected to the Internet & send yourself and email. To do this just create a new email and put your email address in the 'To' box and name the subject 'Test 1'.
Once you have sent the email it will usually take 10 seconds to 2 mins for the email to be in your email box ready for collection, so just keep on hitting the 'Send / Recv' button (or F5). You should receive your test email back into your Inbox. |
We hope this support screen has been of assistance, if not
please contact
us for further assistance. |
