Outlook Express 5 - Setting up a new account (Macintosh)

If you have never opened Outlook Express before, the Connection Wizard will probably start up; if it does, skip down to #4, if the Connection Wizard doesn't start when you open Outlook Express, continue from here:
  1. Open Outlook Express and click Tools then Accounts
  2. The Accounts windows opens (below); click the Mail tab to filter out the news and directory services accounts (if there is already a Mid-Mo, mail.mid-mo.net or other pre-existing account you want to configure, click here)

  3. Click the New button to configure a new e-mail account
  4. If you do not get the window below, click the Configure account manually in the lower left-hand corner of the window that you do get

  5. Select the Account type you wish to use; POP3 is the default mail server type (your mail is downloaded from the server); you can also choose IMAP (your mail is copied from the server); Click OK
    *If you would like detailed step-by-step explanations of the e-mail setup, click the Assist Me button
  6. In the Edit Account window (below), the Account name is the name of the icon that will appear in the Accounts window (it can be called anything)
  7. Under Personal information, your Name shows up when somebody downloads e-mail from you and your E-mail address is in the form username@mid-mo.net
  8. Under Receiving mail, your Account ID is your username, the server name is mail.mid-mo.net and the password is your password (if your uncheck the Save password box, you will have to enter the password every time you login)
  9. Under Sending mail, the SMTP server is mail.mid-mo.net
    * If you have a domain name with us, both server names are mail.yourdomain.whatever

  10. Click OK and close the Accounts window
  11. To check your settings, e-mail yourself a message and then reply to that same message
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