Setting Up Your Email Account

Learn how to setup your computer for Windows 95/98/XP, or MAC to read your email using Outlook Express.

Configuring Outlook Express Email Settings On Windows

1. Start Outlook Express.
   
   
2. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
   
   
3. Click the Mail tab.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Add button and select Mail from the list. An Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through the process of setting up your email account.
   
   
5. Enter your name as you want it to appear in the From field on the messages you send. Click Next to continue.
   
   
   
   
6. Enter your email address and then click Next.
   
   
   
   
7. In the E-mail Server Names window, enter the following values and then click Next:
   • My incoming mail server is a POP3 server.
   • Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: fcs.firstclasssolutions.net
   • Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: fcs.firstclasssolutions.net
     If you are not using First Class Solutions for your ISP, check with your service provider for the SMTP server address.
     
     
   
   
   
8. In the Internet Mail Logon window, enter the following values and then click Next:
   • Account name: your username
   • Password: your password for this username
   • Remember password: checked This will keep Outlook Express from popping up its own password dialog box each time you open the program.
   • Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): unchecked
     
     
   
   
   

9. Click Finish to save your selections.

   
   
   Note: The POP protocol, by default, downloads messages to your computer and then deletes them from the mail server. If you leave all of your email on a primary computer (for example, your office computer) but want to have access to recently received email on a secondary computer (a home computer), you should leave your messages on the server.
   

10. Reading Email in Outlook Express for the First Time
    
    In the Outlook Express main window, click the Read Mail link.
    
    

Configuring Outlook Express 4.x Email Settings On Your Mac

Open Outlook Express

Go to the Edit menu --> Preferences

The preferences window will pop up. In the left column click E-Mail, as shown below:

In the E-mail window, enter the following Information:

Click OK. Now you are set-up for sending and receiving email.