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Outlook Express is an e-mail application included with Internet Explorer 4.0. When you installed Internet Explorer 4.0, it may have taken your current e-mail settings to be used for Outlook Express. Therefore, Outlook Express may already be configured with your e-mail configuration! If it isn't, or if you would like to add an e-mail address to Outlook Express, follow the procedure below. You can configure Outlook Express to check as many e-mail addresses as you like.

  1. Start Outlook Express.
  2. Choose Accounts from the Tools menu. The Internet Accounts window will open.

Click the Mail tab. This will show you any e-mail accounts that are currently set up in Outlook Express.



  1. Click the Add button. A menu will pop up: choose Mail.
  2. The Internet Connection wizard will appear to guide you through a series of configuration steps for the e-mail address you want to add.
  3. The Your Name screen will appear.

Enter your name as you want it to appear in e-mails.



  1. Click Next. The Internet E-mail Address screen will appear.

Enter your e-mail address, your_username@your_domain.com



  1. Click Next. The E-Mail Server Names screen will appear.
  2. Enter the following information:
    My incoming mail server is a POP3
    Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server mail.your_domain.com
    Outgoing mail (SMTP) server mail.your_domain.com


  1. Click Next. The Internet Mail Logon screen will appear.
  2. Click the first log on using radio button and enter the following information:
    POP account name your_username@your_domain.com
    Password mypassword (your password)


  1. Click Next. The Friendly Name window will appear.

Type in a friendly name that will help you remember this e-mail account (such as World Mail) or use the default it gives.



  1. Click Next. The Choose Connection Type window will appear.
  2. Choose the third option:
    • If you connect through your modem, click the Connect using my phone line button.
    • If you are connecting to a mail server other than ours via your office network (LAN), click the Connect using my local area network (LAN) radio button. Note: You cannot use our mail server (mail.your_domain.com) for outgoing mail if you are connecting in this fashion. Talk to your local network administrator for an outgoing mail server you can use on your LAN.
    • If you wish to connect manually before you open Outlook Express, choose the I will establish my Internet connection manually radio button.


Click Next. The Congratulations screen will appear.



  1. Click Finish.

If you want to add another e-mail account to Outlook Express, repeat the above procedure. If not, click Close.

 


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When you set up an e-mail address in Outlook Express, you can select whether to look for new messages for that mailbox when you click the Send and Receive button. You can configure Outlook Express to check as many e-mail addresses as you like.

  1. Choose Accounts from the Tools menu. The Internet Accounts window will open.

Click the Mail tab. This will show you any e-mail accounts that are currently set up in Outlook Express



  1. Click the account (mailbox) you want to configure from the window that pops up.
  2. Click the Properties button.

Uncheck the Include this account when doing a full Send and Receive box.

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  1. Click OK.
  2. Click the Close button.Outlook will no longer check that mailbox when the Send and Receive button is pressed.

If a mailbox is not checked automatically by the Send and Receive button, choose Send and Receive from the Tools menu and select the account you wish to check from the menu that pops up. Outlook will check that mailbox for new messages.

Unless you choose which mailbox to use when sending a message, Outlook Express will send it using the default account (mailbox). To send using a different account (mailbox) choose Send Message Using from the File menu and choose the account (mailbox) you wish to use from the menu that pops up. This option is only available from the New Message window, or if you are replying to or forwarding a message.

 


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When you retrieve your e-mail, Outlook Express copies each message from our servers to your hard drive. By default, Outlook Express is configured to have all e-mail messages deleted from our mail server after being downloaded to your computer. However, you can configure Outlook Express to leave your e-mail on the server. Outlook Express then keeps track of which messages it has already retrieved. This feature will allow you to check your e-mail from work, while leaving it on the server for later retrieval at home. Outlook Express also allows you to select a time duration for leaving mail on the server. Setting a duration is important if you have all of your e-mail clients configured to leave mail on server.

  1. Choose Accounts from the Tools menu. The Internet Accounts window will open.

Click the Mail tab. This will show you any e-mail accounts that are currently set up in Outlook Express.



  1. Highlight your e-mail Account and click Properties.
  2. Select the Advanced tab.

Check the box for Leave a copy of messages on server. It is recommended to check the box for Remove from server after 5 day(s) box. You can increase or decrease the amount of days your mail is left on the server. If you have Outlook Express set to remove mail from the server after 5 days and do not check mail for 14 days, the mail will stay on the server until you download it to your hard drive.

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  1. Click OK.

Outlook Express is now configured to leave mail on the server.

 

How to configure Outlook Express to read news
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  1. Start Outlook Express.
  2. Choose Accounts from the Tools menu. The Internet Accounts window will open.

Click the News tab. This will show you any news accounts that are currently set up in Outlook Express.



  1. Click the Add button. From the pop-up menu, choose News.
  2. The Internet Connection wizard window will appear to guide you through a series of configuration steps for the news server you want to add.
  3. The Your Name screen will appear.

Enter your name as you want it to appear in news messages.



  1. Click Next. The Internet News E-mail Address screen will appear.

Enter your mistral e-mail address, youremailname@your_domain.com



  1. Click Next. The Internet News Server Name screen will appear.

For the News (NNTP) server box enter news.starnetinc.net
NOTE: This is only of your on our 5684 network.



  1. Click Next. The Friendly Name window will appear.

Type in a friendly name that will help you remember this news account (such as My ISP's News) or use the default it gives.



  1. Click Next. The Choose Connection Type window will appear.
  2. Choose the third option:
    • If you connect to us through your modem, click the Connect using my phone line radio button.
    • If you are connecting to a mail server other than us via your office network (LAN), click the Connect using my local area network (LAN) radio button. Note: You cannot use our outgoing mail server (mail.your_domain.com) if you are connecting in this fashion. Talk to your local network administrator for an outgoing mail server you can use on your LAN.
    • If you wish to connect to manually before you open Outlook Express, choose the I will establish my Internet connection manually radio button.


Click Next. The Congratulations screen will appear.



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  1. Click Finish.

If you want to add another news account to Outlook Express, repeat the above procedure. If not, click Close.