Setting up Outlook Express

Before you can start receiving and sending mail, you have to set up atleast one mail account for use in Outlook Express. The first start of Outlook Express is automatically followed by the start of the Account Setup Wizard. In case it doesn’t, or you are setting up a new account, just click on Tools then select Accounts. In the new window click on Add and then select the option E-Mail. This will start the Set up Wizard. The Setup Wizard will ask for the following information, so please have it at hand, before you start. Your email address the incoming mail server name and type (POP3, IMAP or HTTP), the outgoing mail server name your user (log in) name and your password.

After you have obtained all the information, run the Setup Wizard.

The first window ask for the Display name, this is the name that is shown in the email instead of the email address. For example, my email address is thesolarwanderer@yahoo.com , my display name is, however, SoulRvanderEr. You can decide freely what you put in here. Click on Next.

The next window asks for your email address, please enter the email address as given by your mail provider, taking care of lower and uppercase letters. Click on Next.

In the next dialogue, set the type of Mail server. Default is POP3 and this is the most common setting too. If you are not certain, then leave it on this setting. In the field Incoming Mail Server enter the name of the incoming mail server (for Yahoo it is pop.mail.yahoo.com), in the field Outgoing Mail server the name of the server handling the outgoing mail (for Yahoo it is smtp.mail.yahoo.com). Do not be irritated if both your email servers, incoming and outgoing, are the same. Click on Next.

Enter your user name or log in name in the first field of the next window and your password in the next line. If you do not enter your password here, you will be prompted for your password, on every access of the server. If you are sharing your computer with others - it is advisable not to store your password here. In fact, storing a password is risky at all times. For what is stored on the computer, may be accessed, by somebody who has the knowledge to do so. What is not stored cannot be accessed. Depending on the sensitivity of the mail sent and received, you decide for yourself whether to be prompted or to store the password. Click on Next. Then click on Finish.

Two more steps and your account is ready to use. Click on Tools and then Accounts , you will see an entry with the name of the incoming mail server you just set up the account for. Double click this entry. Overwrite the name of this mail account with something that will tell you at a glance what account this is.. for example, Yahoo mail. Also, you can give in here the name of your company, if desired and an alternate email address for replies. Make sure the option Include this account when receiving mail and synchronising is checked. Click on OK to save settings and close the window.

Now you are ready to receive and send mail from this account. To setup further accounts, just repeat the steps.

Setting up Outlook Express for Yahoo? Read these two pages first:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-02.html
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-06.html