To set up an Email account with OOWEBOO,

Set Up an Outlook Express E-Mail Account

The Internet Connection Wizard makes short work of setting up your online mailbox by walking you through each step for every e-mail account you set up.

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Before you get going, make sure you know your email address along with the following information. (You may need to contact your ISP, Internet Service Provider, to get it.)

First, information about the e-mail servers:


The type of e-mail server you use: POP3 (most e-mail accounts), HTTP (such as Hotmail), or IMAP


The name of the incoming e-mail server


For POP3 and IMAP servers, the name of the outgoing e-mail server (generally SMTP)

Second, information about your account:
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Your account name and password

(For some solid advice about making a secure password, read the Create strong passwords article.)

   

Find out if your ISP requires you to use Secure Password Authentication (SPA) to access your e-mail account—yes or no is all that's required.

2.
    

Start Outlook Express, and on the Tools menu, click Accounts.

If the Internet Connection Wizard starts up automatically, skip ahead to step 4.

3.
    

Click Add, and then click Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.
Mail option from the Add button

Mail option from the Add button

4.
    

On the Your Name page of the wizard, type your name as you want it to appear to everyone who gets e-mail from you, and then click Next.

Most people use their full name, but you can use any name—even a nickname—that people will recognize.

5.
    

On the Internet Explorer Address page, type your e-mail address, and then click Next.

6.
    

On the E-mail Server Names page, fill in the first block of information that you gathered from your ISP in step 1, and then click Next.
Internet Connection Wizard's E-mail Server Names

Internet Connection Wizard's E-mail Server Names

Note: If you chose HTTP as your incoming e-mail server—as for a Hotmail or MSN account—this wizard page changes slightly so you can identify your HTTP mail service provider.

7.
    

On the Internet Mail Logon page, type your account name and password.
Internet Connection Wizard's Internet Mail Logon

Internet Connection Wizard's Internet Mail Logon

Note: If you're concerned about break-ins to your e-mail, click to clear the check in the Remember Password box. You'll then be prompted for the password each time you send or retrieve mail.

8.
    

Click Next, and then click Finish.

You're ready to send your first e-mail!

TipUnsure if your new e-mail account is working? Send an e-mail message to a friend. If they get the message, your account is ready to roll! But if you run into problems setting up your account, Outlook Express offers help. Search for troubleshooting topics from Contents and Index on the Help menu.
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Set Up a Web-based E-Mail Account

The e-mail that you get in a Hotmail account and other Web-based accounts is not stored on your hard disk, but is kept on the account-provider's computer. That's what makes it possible to access your account from any computer in the world over the Internet. Here's how you set yourself up.

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Go to the Web site and follow the setup instructions—for example, http://www.hotmail.com/ for Hotmail.

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Set up Outlook Express to use the account, by following the instructions above in Set up an Outlook Express e-mail account.


Setting Up Your E-mail in Microsoft Outlook

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook by using the settings in this tutorial.
To Set Up Your E-mail Account in Microsoft Outlook

   1. In Microsoft Outlook, select Tools > E-mail Accounts.
   2. On the E-mail Accounts wizard window, select "Add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
   3. For your server type, select "POP3" and click Next.
   4. On the Internet E-mail Settings (POP3) window, enter your information as follows:

      Your Name
          Enter your first and last name.
      E-mail Address
          Enter your e-mail address.
      User Name
          Enter your e-mail address, again.
      Password
          Enter the password you set up for your e-mail account.
      Incoming mail server (POP3)
          Enter pop.secureserver.net for your incoming mail server.
      Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
          Enter smtpout.secureserver.net for your outgoing mail server.

      Click "More Settings."

      NOTE: "smtpout.secureserver.net" is an SMTP relay server. In order to use this server to send e-mails, you must first activate SMTP relay on your e-mail account. Log on to your Manage Email Accounts page to set up SMTP relay. If you do not have SMTP relay set up and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allows it, you can use the outgoing mail server for your Internet Service Provider. Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.
   5. On the Internet E-mail Settings window, select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
   6. Select "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
   7. If you did not change the SMTP relay section, select "Use same settings as my incoming mail server". If you changed the user name and password in the SMTP relay section of your Manage Email Accounts page, select "Log on using" and enter the user name and password. The following example assumes you did not change your SMTP relay section in your Manage Email Accounts page.
   8. Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing server (SMTP)" port to 80 or 3535.
   9. Click OK.
  10. Click Next.
  11. Click Finish.