Follow the steps detailed below to use Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 to send/receive emails from your Email account:
1. Start Outlook Express 6.0. On the Tools menu, click Accounts. 2. In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add, and then click Mail. 3. In the Display name box, type the name that you want others to see when you send a message, and then click Next. 4. In the E-mail address box, type the e-mail address for the account that you are using (for example, user@yourdomainname.com), and then click Next. 5. Under E-mail Server Names, click the appropriate incoming e-mail server type (Post Office Protocol version 3 [POP3] is the default type). 6. Incase you selected POP3 as the incoming mail server in the above step, enter the Incoming mail server as pop.yourdomainname.com. If you selected IMAP as the incoming mail server, then the mail server you need to use is imap.yourdomainname.com. The SMTP server address in any case will be entered as smtp.yourdomainname.com. Once this is done, click Next. 7. Type your complete email address and password in the Account name and Password boxes respectively and then click Next. 8. The next window that you see reads "Congratulations, you have successfully entered all of the information required to set up your account." To save these settings, click Finish. 9. Now again open the Internet Accounts dialog box referring to steps 1 and 2. In the Mail view, you will see the Account you have just added. Now you need to click Properties. 10 .Under the Servers tab, you need to check the checkbox My server requires authentication placed under Outgoing Mail Server. Once this is done, click Apply and close the Internet Accounts dialog box. 11. Now under Send/Receive button, click on Send and Receive All and the mails will be download and visible when you click on Inbox which is located in the List of Local Folders as shown below.
Note :
Usually, the port used for the Outgoing Mail Server/SMTP Service is 25. However, there might be a situation where your ISP might be blocking the use of port 25 for SMTP service. Many ISPs block port 25 in order to minimize the amount of spam sent using their network. If you are facing issues sending mails using the default port 25, you can confirm with your ISP whether port 25 is indeed blocked by them.
To circumvent this, Registar.AM allows you to use an alternate port 2525 for sending mails if port 25 is blocked:
1. In Outlook Express, on the Tools menu, click Accounts. 2. Select the email account you wish to modify and click Properties. 3. Under the Advanced tab, replace the default port number 25 with the alternate port number 2525 in the field provided for Outgoing mail (SMTP). 4. Click OK and then Close to save the changes.
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