Outlook Express

Introduction

This article helps you configure Microsoft Outlook Express to work with your eMerchantClub e-commerce Web site.

 

 

Instructions

Step 1

On the Tools menu, select Accounts.

 

 

A window titled Internet Accounts will open.

Click the tab.

Click the button on right side, and then select Mail from the menu that appears.

 

 

 

On the next screen, type your name in the line that says Display Name.

This will show in the "from" line of the outgoing email.  Click the button.

 

 

 

On the Internet E-mail Address screen, type the e-mail address that you will use.  Click the button.

 

 

On the E-mail Server Names screen, make sure the first option (called "My incoming mail server is a") is set to POP3.

 

 

Enter mail.yourdomain.com (with your Web site’s domain name in place of yourdomain).  (e.g., mail.fredsgifts.com)

Click the button.

 

 

On the Internet Mail Logon screen, type your Site Manager username on the line that says Account name.  The username needs to also include the domain name.  e.g., if the username is a1234b, and the domain name is fredsgifts.com, the Account name must read:  a1234b@fredsgifts.com.

Type the original Site Manager password into the Password field.

Click the button.

 

 

 

Click the button.

 

 

On the Internet Accounts screen, click on the mail account that has just been added, and then click on the button.

 

 

Click on the tab.

 

 

Check () the box that says "My server requires authentication."

Click the button.

 

 

Click the button.