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Now most ISP’s allow you to have more than one e-mail account. Most give up to 5. Great everyone in your family can have one.

You may have already configured your “Outlook Express” for you first account I will now in this, my Outlook Express Help blog help you to configure outlook express so that all your family can get their mail down to your PC. Just simply follow these instructions.

1. Start outlook express

2. Left click on “File” move pointer down to “Identities” and then left click on “add new Identity”

3. In the “new Identity Box” type the name you want for this identity. Click “OK” This can be anything you want it does not have to be your name.

4. A box will come up saying, “Do you want to switch to xxxx now”? Click on “Yes”. A box labelled “Internet Connection Wizard” will appear. Type in the actual name you would like to appear in your outgoing mail message.

5. Type in your e-mail address for this identity. Left click on “next”

6. Type in your incoming and outgoing e-mail server names. This will be in the format mail.yourispdomain. e.g. mail.microsoft.com. Click “next”.

7. Type in your mail logon information. Ensure “remember password is set. Click “Next”.

8. On the next window just click “Finish” You should now be in your new e-mail identity in Outlook express.

9. Left click on “Tools” and select “Accounts”. A box called “Internet accounts” should be showing. Select the “Mail” Tab.

10. Click on the “properties” button on the right side of the box.

11. Select the “Servers” tab and tick the box labelled “My server requires authentication” Then click OK and then “Close”

12. Click on the “Send/Recv” icon at the top. You should then receive any e-mail that may be on your ISP’s server.

13. If there isn’t any mail for you click on “Create mail” and send a message to yourself. This will check that e-mail sending and receiving is working OK.

14. If it is OK then your mail will get sent. Click on the “Send/Recv” icon at again the top. You should then receive back the e-mail you have just sent.

Repeat to above for every new account you want. Technically there is no limit in Outlook on how many you can have.

It should be noted that you can only view one account at a time. In order to view another account you will need to “switch to that account. Just perform the following to view each account.

At the top left of the Outlook Express window click on “File” then click on “Switch Identities”. A box will open listing all your e-mail accounts or identities as they call them. Just double click on the one you wish to switch to

I hope you have found this Outlook Express help blog article useful.

Author:

Wilf Gerrard-Staton

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Before I go into how to install Outlook Express I must first explain one thing. Microsoft supplies two systems “Microsoft Outlook” and “Outlook Express” “Microsoft Outlook” is part of the Microsoft Management Suite of which Outlook Express is embedded. “Outlook Express” itself is an e-mail “client” that is provided with the windows operating system.“Outlook” connects to your ISP clients POP3 server to extract your e-mails that are being held by it.

When you first sign up with an ISP (Internet Service Provider) you are usually provided with an e-mail account and are given an e-mail address. This is in the for of “xxxx@yourdomain.yyy. an example would be joeblogs@microsoft.com. The “joeblogs” part is what you usually provide the ISP when you sign up.

You give this to your friends and acquaintances and they start sending you mail. This mail sits on your ISP’s server. How do you get at it?

Well one way is by logging onto your ISP’s webmail which most supply. Wouldn’t it be better if you can have it delivered to your PC? Yes of course you would, this is where Outlook Express comes in.

Your ISP should provide you with all the all the information that is required to configure outlook express. This should be your email address, the pop3 server addresses and maybe some port numbers. All this will become clearer as we go through the configuration process.

If you follow these instructions you can configure your “Outlook Express”. To do just that:

1. Left click on the “Start” button at the bottom left of your screen. (or maybe top left if for some reason you have managed to get your bar at the top of the screen) Left click on programs and find “Outlook Express” (Make sure it is “Outlook Express not “Microsoft Outlook”. Click on it.

2. Because Outlook has not been configured before it will automatically start a wizard. The first thing that comes up is box asking you what name you want to give this account. It can be anything, your name or something else. Click on next.

3. A box labeled “Internet Connection Wizard” will appear. Type in the actual name you would like to appear in your outgoing mail message. This is usually your actual name.

4. Type in your e-mail address for this identity. Left click on “next” (you should have this from your ISP)

5. Type in your incoming and outgoing e-mail server names. This will be in the format mail.yourispdomain. e.g. mail.microsoft.com. (These should have been provided by your ISP) Click next.

6. Type in your mail login information. (Again this should have been provided by your ISP) Ensure “remember password” is set. Click “Next”.

7. On the next window just click “Finish” You should end up in your new e-mail account in Outlook express.

8. Left click on “Tools” at the top of the Outlook Express window and select “Accounts”.

9. A box called “Internet accounts” should come up.

10. Select the “Mail” Tab and click on the “properties” button on the right side of the box.

11. Select the “Servers” tab and tick the box labeled “My server requires authentication” Then click OK and then “Close”

12. Click on the “Send/Recv” icon at the top. You should then receive any e-mail that may be on your ISP’s server.

13. If there isn’t any mail for you click on “Create mail” and send a message to yourself. This will check that e-mail sending and receiving is working OK.

14. If it is OK then your mail will get sent. Click on the “Send/Recv” icon at again the top. You should then receive back the e-mail you have just sent.

And that’s it. You can now get all your e-mail sent down to your PC and held on it forever. Later on I will be discussing how to configure the options of Outlook express in order to make it easier to manage your mail. I hope you found this Outlook Express Help article useful.

About the Author:

Wilf Gerrard-Staton is an old timer in the computer business going back before PC’s were even thought of. As well as this Outlook Express Help blog he has a Windows XP Slow Startup blog where he gives advice on fixing this problem. you can also find additional Outlook Express reading here

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