Instructions for Outlook Express

To set up a new user profile in Outlook Express, go to the "tools" menu, click on "Accounts". In the resulting Dialog box click on the "Add" button and select "Mail". This will launch a wizard. In the first screen of the wizard enter your name, then click "next". In the next screen select "I already have an email address that I would like to use" and type in yourname@yournewdomain.com in the box provided (remember to substitute your real name and domain name). The next screen is where you set the mail server details. The server type should be "POP3". In the incoming mail (POP3) server field, enter the address that your web host provided you with as the address of your mail server. In the outgoing server box you need to type the name of an SMTP server, which will either have been provided by your web host (usually they do not provide one), or your dial-up, Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you are not sure what this is, just look at what is entered for the profile for your other email address, the one that was set-up when you initiated your current email account. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can also tell you over the phone what the address of their SMTP server is. Click next, and in the next screen you need to put in the username and password supplied by your web host. Now you should be able to finish the process, and you will see the new profile under the mail tab. To make any changes to this profile, just double click on the name. Setting up your first domain can be challenging, but once you've done one or two it becomes very easy. We hope this workshop has provided you with the information you need to successfully activate your own domain name and business email address!