Client Zone

Setting up Email on Outlook Express

Configuring your email client: Outlook Express

1. Launch Microsoft Outlook Express
2. On the menu bar at the top, select Tools and then click Accounts
   

   

3. Click Add, and then click Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard screen.
   

   

4. Enter your name and surname (which will appear the “From” field in your emails), then click Next
   

   

5. Enter your email address, then click Next
   

   

6. Select “POP3” as the incoming server type.
7. Enter the POP and SMTP server information:
   Incoming mail server (POP3): mail.domainname.co.za, where domainname.co.za is your domain name. SMTP or sending server (SMTP): mail.domainname.co.za, where domainname.co.za is your domain name.
   Then click Next
   

   

8. Click Finish
9. You will be returned to the Internet Accounts screen. Select the recently created email account (mail.domainname.co.za), and click the Properties button. Then click on the Server tab.
10. Ensure that the “My server requires authentication” checkbox is ticked. Then click on to the Advanced tab.
    

    

11. Ensure that the Outgoing Mail port is set to 587 and the Incoming Mail port is set to 110
12. Click OK
    

    

13. Test the new email account to verify that you can send and receive mail, by clicking the Send/Receive button.