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

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 (below)

    Tools

  2. The Internet Accounts windows opens (below); click the Mail tab
  3. To configure a new account with the Connection Wizard, click Add (If there is already a Mid-Mo, mail.mid-mo.net or other pre-existing account you want to configure, click here)

    Mail

  4. The Connection Wizard will first ask for Your Name in a "Display name" box, here you can enter your name, your family name, or nickname (this will appear as others download mail from you); click Next
  5. In the Internet E-mail Address window, select "I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use" and enter your e-mail address in the box; click Next
  6. In the E-mail Server Names window, 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)
  7. Both the incoming and outgoing server names (below) are mail.mid-mo.net; click Next
    * If you have a domain name with us, the server names are mail.yourdomain

  8. The Internet Mail Logon window (below) needs your username (account name) and a password; if you select Remember password, you won't have to enter a password each time you log on; click Next

  9. Select Finish on the last window
  10. In your Internet Accounts window, you now see your Mid-Missouri e-mail account; if it does not have (default) next to it, click the Set as Default button
  11. To double-check your settings and to enter a reply address, click here
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