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How to configure your email account in Outlook Express
Posted by Atif Nazeer | Posted in Settings | Posted on 25-06-2010
In this step by step guide, I’ll let you know how can you configure your email account in Outlook Express. Please follow steps as described:-
1.) Run Outlook Express by click on Start button and then selecting Programs -> Outlook Express
How to start Outlook Express
2.) If this is your first run or if you don’t have any account configured in outlook express then it will pop up account creation wizard. Use that or you can anytime click on Tools -> Accounts -> Mail -> Add to create account.
Tools Menu in Outlook Express
Configure Email Accounts
3.) Enter your company name in Display Name. Type a descriptive name because this will be shown to all of your senders.
Display name which will apear to your senders
4.) Then enter your email address which you want to configure.
Enter your email address
5.) Then enter your incoming/outgoing servers. Ask your webmaster to provide your these details or if you have registered a domain with iNTERFACE then enter your domain name without www in incoming/outgoing server and in server type, select POP3.
Enter Incoming / Outgoing Servers Provided By Your ISP/Host
6.) Then in Account Name, enter your username. Most commonly, this is your complete email address.
Enter your username and password
7.) Then enter your password and press next and then select finish.
Click to finish email setting wizard
Now you are almost done.
Outlook Express would now be showing your newly created account in Accounts. Double click on it and:-
1.) Goto server tab and select ‘My server requires authentication’
Outlook Express Server Tab
2.) Select Advanced and in server ports, enter 26 in Outgoing mail (SMTP). Most common outgoing port is 25. Some servers use different ports. If you have registered a domain with iNTERFACE then enter 26 in Outgoing mail (SMTP).
Outgoint Port Settings
That’s all. Your email account should start working now.
In case you need any further help, Please post in comment. I would love to assist you!
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Dear sir,
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Thanks again
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Dear Sir,Atif,
I have created my email account at my Cpanel successfully, and I have problems in creating and using my account at OutLook Express..
I have 2 password ,
1- my doming username and password
2- Username and password(info) created my email by myself.
Please suggest me your pieces of advises to use my account here.
awaiting your reply.
Regards,
Charan das
Have you followed the steps mentioned in tutorial to configure your email account in Outlook Express?
When using Outlook Express, you should give your email password which you have created yourself.
If still face any problem, do post here. I’ll suggest you further.
Dear Sir,Atif,
Thanks for your comments! I have followed your steps mention on blog several times and before writing this message again and now I applied email’s passwords than domain password.
I am going to send you the error I found when I connect to get emails receive as follow:
“The host ‘uniformimpex.com’ could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: ‘uniformimpex.com’, Server: ‘uniformimpex.com’, Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D”
Please read this troubleshooting and let me know your suggestions.
Waiting your reply.
With best regards,
Charan Das
Are you able to check your email through webmail? like
http://uniformimpex.com/webmail
username : your complete email address
password : your password
Sir,Atif,
Yes,I am getting in the web mail(inbox) by using the option of SquirrelMail.
Is there any serious problem?Awaiting reply.
Regards,
Charan Das
No, there isn’t any serious problem!
try ‘mail.uniformimpex.com’ instead of ‘uniformimpex.com’. Hope it would start working. Otherwise, inform me. I’ll myself configure it using teamviewer
Hello,Sir,Atif,
I have tried now as per your suggestion and used mail.uniformimpex.com.Now this time the error is as follow:
The host ‘mail.uniformimpex.com’ could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: ‘uniformimpex.com’, Server: ‘mail.uniformimpex.com’, Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11004, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D.
I have also tried in Eudora email but in vain.
Kindly check out the problem.Waiting your reply.
With best regards,
Charan
hi atif,,,
thnx for ur copration for our project,,, hope to see u again ,,,
You are welcome!