How To: Configure Outlook Express

The following document contains details of how to download mail from the ifour servers to your home or office computer. Outlined below are the necessary steps to correctly configure Microsoft Outlook Express. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download a printable .pdf of the instructions.

1. In Outlook Express, from the Tools menu, select Accounts.

2. A box appear. Click Add and select Mail.

3. Enter your name as you want it to appear on your emails and click Next.

4. Put in your email address, you@yourdomain.xyz, then click Next.

5. Set the server type as POP3.

6. For incoming and outgoing and outgoing mail servers, enter mail.yourdomain.xyz

7. Click Next.

8. Enter your email address for the Account Name. Enter the password for this email account.

9. Click Next and then click Finish. After you click Finish, you should see the following window. If not, go to the Tools menu, and click on Accounts. After clicking Accounts a window will appear. In this window, click on your domain then click on Properties.

10. When the next screen appears, click on the Servers tab. Under Outgoing Mail Server, check the box next to My server requires authentication. Click OK.