Setting up your POP mail account in Outlook Express

If you aren't familiar with email clients it can look intimidating.  Truth be told after you understand how to set up a new account this can be done in less than 5 minutes.

Because we send out these instructions almost weekly to our clients we decided to create our own tutorial.  Use this guide to set up Outlook Express to send and receive you domain email. 

 

Open Outlook Express

 

  
In the File Menu:  Options>Accounts

 

 
In Your Accounts Menu Select the Mail Tab and click "Add"

 

 
Give this account a name that will allow you to easily identify it

 
Enter your full email address
Select POP

Add Your Incoming and Outgoing Mail Servers.  These are mail.yourdomain.com
This is a very important step

Account name: is your complete email address  ie christy@cleanoutlook.com

Password:  your email password

Remember password?  It's up to you.  If you select yes your mail will download to your  computer when Outlook connects.  If you select no then you will be required to type the password in each time you connect.

Log on using SPA?  Leave blank
Select Finish but you have a couple more steps.

See below
Your Internet Accounts window should open automatically.

If it does not repeat step 1 in the tutorial to re open it.

Select your email account and click 'Properties'

 
Once in Properties select your 'Servers' tab.

Check the Outgoing Mail Server Authentication box
In the same screen select your 'Advanced' tab

Server ports:

Your outgoing mail server port should be sent to 25. If  get an error message when sending mail change this to 26. NOTE: if you change this port number you have to save the setting for it to take effect.

Incoming is 110

Delivery:

Check leave a copy of message on server.  This will ensure you can check your webmail if you are away from  your machine.  It also saves a copy of your mail in case your computer ever crashes.

Check the box for remove from server when deleted from deleted items.  Unless you are contracting us to empty your mailboxes please check this box. :)

 

**Note these settings are listed in your CPanel for users on Servers 1, 3 and 4.  Select from the Mail Menu>Accounts and then 'Configure'.

 

 
You should be all set now.

If you receive any errors close and restart Outlook Express.

If you still receive errors they will most likely be for the outgoing server.  That will mean you need to go back to the advanced tab in the last step and double check the outgoing port.

If you still receive an error go back to the smtp authentication screen HERE