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How Do I Manually Configure Outlook Express to Check My Email?
This will help you set up and check an email account with Outlook Express. Outlook express easily allows you to check several different email accounts on different mail servers at the same time. If you would like to check more than one email address at the same time, repeat this process once for each email account. If you would prefer to have each email address in a separate profile, view the Identities page.
Start Outlook:
Step 1) Either double-click on the Outlook or Outlook express Icon located
on your desktop. If you don't have the icon on your desktop, see if you have
the Outlook icon on your quick launch bar. It should look like this...
If you still can't find the Outlook Express Icon then click click on the Start
button (
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and then select Programs.
If you still can't find the Outlook Express icon, start Microsoft Internet Explorer and from the Tools menu select Mail and News / Read Mail.
If you are not connected to the Internet, Outlook may try to connect you automatically. It does not matter if you are connected to the Internet when you are setting up outlook to check mail. If you are expecting a call, click cancel. If you aren't, then let Outlook connect to FrogNet.
If this is the first time you have run Outlook Express it may prompt you to sign up for a Hotmail Account. Click Cancel, you can sign up for a hotmail account at a later date if you want. Outlook may also ask you if you want to make Outlook the default email program. You should click yes if you plan on using Outlook to check your mail.
Step 2) Find The Tools Menu:
Step 3) Now that Outlook is open, select "Accounts" located on the "Tools" menu. There may be slight cosmetic differences between your menu and the one shown above. Don't worry. The functionality is still the same. A new window should appear that looks something like this...
TABS Vs BUTTONS:
Look at the above picture. The words "ALL", "MAIL" and "DIRECTORY
SERVICE" are all labels for things called tabs. They were designed to
look and act like the tabs you see on folders in your typical, real-world office
file cabinet
Step 5) In the above picture, The pictures "Add" and "Remove" are both labels for buttons. Buttons look like rectangular objects and do not appear to be attached to a frame like tabs do. Click on the "Add" button to bring up the following menu items.
Click on "Mail..." A new window will appear.
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Click HERE if you see a window entitled "Internet Connection Wizard"
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Click HERE if you see a window entitled "Properties"
Case #1: The Internet Connection Wizard
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For "Display Name", type in your name as you would like it to appear
in outgoing messages.
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Click "Next" along the bottom.
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Put a dot in the top line ("I already have an e-mail address that I'd
like to use").
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Type in your email address (in small letters) in the
line below.
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Click "Next" at the bottom.
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Leave "My incoming mail server" as POP3 along the top.
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For "Incoming mail (POP3)", type in pop.frognet.net in
small letters.
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For "Outgoing mail (SMTP)", type in mail.frognet.net in
small letters.
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Click "Next" at the bottom.
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For "Account name", type the ENTIRE EMAIL address that you want to check.
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For "Password", you may enter your password, but if you do, include a
check mark next to "Remember Password", or it will not save. If you leave
this blank, the program will ask for your password each time you check
your email.
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DO NOT put a check mark next to "Log on using Secure
Password Authentication (SPA)".
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Click "Next" at the bottom.
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Click "Finish" at the bottom of this screen. You're almost done!
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If you are not currently at a screen labelled "Internet Accounts" then to get there:
In Outlook Express, go to Tools at the top, then Accounts, and click the Mail tab.
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Double-click on your email account.
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Click the Servers tab at the top.
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Do NOT check the box labelled "Log on using secure password authentication.
Check the box labelled "My server requires authentication."
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Click the Settings button at the bottom right.
It can either be set to "Log on using the same settings as my incoming mail server"
or "Log on using" your full email address and password. Click OK. Click OK again.
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Click "Close" at the bottom of the original screen to exit and save the
new settings. You have sucessfully added a new account. You may stop reading
this turorial. Or, if you have other FrogNet accounts you wish to check,
repeat this process.
Case #2: Manual Configuration
For "Display Name", type in your name as you would like it to appear
in outgoing messages.
Click "Next" along the bottom.
Put a dot in the top line ("I already have an e-mail address that I'd
like to use").
Type in your email address (in small letters) in the line below.
Click "Next" at the bottom.
Leave "My incoming mail server" as POP3 along the top.
For "Incoming mail (POP3)", type in pop.frognet.net in small letters.
For "Outgoing mail (SMTP)", type in mail.frognet.net in small letters.
Click "Next" at the bottom.
For "Account name", type the ENTIRE EMAIL address that you want to check.
For "Password", you may enter your password, but if you do, include a check mark next to "Remember Password", or it will not save. If you leave this blank, the program will ask for your password each time you check your email.
DO NOT put a check mark next to "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)".
Click "Next" at the bottom.
Click "Finish" at the bottom of this screen. You're almost done!
If you are not currently at a screen labelled "Internet Accounts" then to get there:
In Outlook Express, go to Tools at the top, then Accounts, and click the Mail tab.
Double-click on your email account.
Click the Servers tab at the top.
Do NOT check the box labelled "Log on using secure password authentication. Check the box labelled "My server requires authentication."
Click the Settings button at the bottom right.
Click "Close" at the bottom of the original screen to exit and save the
new settings. You have sucessfully added a new account. You may stop reading
this turorial. Or, if you have other FrogNet accounts you wish to check,
repeat this process.
If you did not get the Internet Connection Wizard you'll most likely will get the following screen.
The first option, "Mail Account", can be any phrase that you want. This is used strictly by outlook. It's called a "friendly name" and is designed to make it easier for you to find this account in the "Internet Accounts" window shown earlier.
Under "User Information" Your name should be listed under "Name." You can leave Organization blank. Your email address should be listed in under "E-mail address" You can leave Reply address blank. Check the option "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing" if it is not already checked. Now, click on the "Servers" tab.
Your Incoming Mail Server Is A: Your incoming mail server is a "POP3" server.
Incoming Mail (POP3): Your incoming POP3 mail server is pop.frognet.net
Your Outgoing Mail (SMTP): Your outgoing mail server is mail.frognet.net
Account Name: For "Account name", enter the ENTIRE EMAIL address that you want to check. For example,if you are hosting mydomain.com on frognet, and you want to check the postmaster@mydomain.com email account, then you set the user name to postmaster@mydomain.com
Remember Password: Check "Remember Password." Doing so will eliminate the need for you to write type your password every time you want to connect. Do NOT check the box labelled "Log on using secure password authentication. Check the box labelled "My server requires authentication."
Click the Settings button at the bottom right.
Click on the Connection Tab.
This page should already be set up correctly and should look something like the above graphic. If you are a standard dial-up customer, you should have a dot next to "Connect using my phone." If you are an ADSL then you should check "Connect using my Local Area Network (LAN)" If you do not know what ADSL is, you're more than likely not an ADSL customer.
Click on the Advanced Tab.
Your Advanced tab should look like the graphic above.
You can choose to use SSL but you do not have to. If you check the box labelled "This server requires a secure connection" for outgoing mail, then change the port number above from 25 to 465. If you check the box labelled "This server requires a secure connection" for incoming mail, the number should automatically change from 110 to 995.
Do not check "Leave a copy of message on server" as this will do exactly as it says. Leaving your messages on a mail server for an extended period of time is highly insecure. Click OK.
If you have a slow modem or are expecting to receive large e-mails then you may want to slide the Server Time-outs slider further towards the right.
Your e-mail should be configured correctly. Click the OK button
If you are not yet online, connect to the Internet as you normally do. While in Outlook, press the F5 key. This will check your email
You have sucessfully added a new account. You may stop reading this turorial. Or, if you have other FrogNet accounts you wish to check, repeat this process.