when i click on set up mail account it asks me to insert my name , email account and then the next page it asks for the type of incoming mail server , my incoming mail server , and my outgoing smtp server. where can i find out these ????
Am currently with AOL.
Many Thanks
There are two steps to setting up Outlook Express 6 to read and send AOL e-mail. First, you need to create a new e-mail account in Outlook Express 6. Once the e-mail account is created, you need to configure your Outlook Express 6 e-mail account so you can send and receive your AOL e-mail.
To create a new e-mail account in Outlook Express 6
1. Sign on to AOL.
2. Open Outlook Express 6. (If Outlook Express 6 is not your default mail client, you may be prompted to specify whether you want to use it as the default by clicking OK).
3. From the Outlook Express 6 Tools menu, click Accounts.
4. In the Internet Accounts dialog box, click Add and then click Mail.
5. In the Internet Connection Wizard, in the Display name field, enter your name as you would like it to appear on your outgoing e-mail messages.
6. Click Next.
7. In the E-mail address field, enter your full e-mail address, e.g.,.
8. Click Next.
9. On the E-mail Server Names screen, select IMAP from the drop-down menu.
10. In the Incoming mail server field, enter: imap.aol.com.
11. In the Outgoing mail server field, enter: smtp.aol.com.
12. Click Next.
13. On the Internet Mail Logon screen, enter your AOL screen name in the Account name field.
14. Enter the password for your AOL account in the Password field.
15. If you want Outlook Express 6 to save your password, leave the Remember password check box selected.
16. Click Next.
17. Click Finish.
To configure your Outlook Express 6 e-mail account
1. When you are returned to the Internet Accounts dialog box, click the Mail tab. (If the Internet Accounts dialog box is not open, click the Tools menu and then click Accounts).
2. Select your AOL IMAP account.
3. Click Properties.
4. In the Properties dialog box, click the Servers tab.
5. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, click the My server requires authentication check box.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click the Advanced tab.
8. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP): field, change the number that displays to 587.
9. Click Apply.
10. Click the IMAP tab.
11. In the Special Folders section, click the Store special folders on IMAP server check box to deselect it.
12. Click Apply.
13. Click OK.
14. Click Close.
Notes:
If you receive a message prompting you to download folders from the mail server, click Yes.
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garfield-n-odie
Microsoft MVP 2005-2009