Click on Tools and then Accounts on the main Outlook Express Window.
to get the following menu.. Now click on the Mail tab...
Mail Setup...
Select the Mail account to edit and then either double click on it or click on Properties.
The Friendly Name is used only to refer to an email account, so can be whatever the user wants..
Security... Just leave blank..
Servers..
Outgoing mail (SMTP) smtpservername this is for your outgoing or SMTP server.
NOTE: be sure to use your connecting ISP's SMTP server.. Example: you want to check your Earthlink mail account
but you are connected to the Internet via MindSpring. Use Mindsprings SMTP server not Earthlink.
Incoming mail (POP3) pop3mailserver For example: your email address is bob@loblolly.net then
your email account is bob and your pop3 mail server is likely to be mail.loblolly.net.
Account name: put in you mail account name
For example: if your address was bob@loblolly.net, then your email account name is bob.
Connection...
Slect which way you are to connect to the net, by phone or by LAN..
ADSL, Cable Modem and ISDN users may need to to select the LAN option.
If connecting by phone, then select your ISP connection under the Modem part.
Advanced...
This page lets you change the following settings..
Double click on your news account or click on Properties
General..
The Friendly name to refer to you news account..
It can be named whatever you want to name it..
Server for News Account...
Use your ISP's news server.
Advanced...
Lets you edit/change the following settings..
From the Main Outlook Express Window, click on Tools and then Inbox Assistant.
You can select the rule to edit and then either doulbe click on it or click on Properties.
You can also click on Add to add a new rule for filtering/sorting incoming email.
Edit the Filter Options as needed/required/wanted...
If you check on the Move To: box, you will get the following window.
Just select the folder where you want your filtered/sorted mail to be stored..
Have fun using Outlook Express...
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30-Jun-1999 16:52:30 CDT
Maintained by R David Decker