How to configure Microsoft Outlook Express

Setting Up Microsoft Outlook Express

This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the settings in this tutorial.

For other email software, refer to How to set up your email program to access your Spiffy Stores mailboxes

Note: In these instructions, yourstore refers to the name given to your Spiffy Store, and this is the name that appears in your spiffystores.com domain name. For example, if your store is called sellmore, then your Spiffy Stores domain name will be sellmore.spiffystores.com.

To set up Outlook Express:

1. In Microsoft Outlook Express, from the Tools menu, select Accounts.
2. Go to the Mail tab and from the Add menu, select Mail.
3. In the Display Name field, enter you full name and click Next.
4. In the E-mail address field, enter your email address and click Next.
   
   Note: If you're using your own domain name, you can enter the email address here that you want people to see when you send email to them. For example, if your custom domain is "joeswidgets.com" and you've set up an account for "joe@joeswidgets.spiffystores.com", you can still just enter "joe@joeswidgets.com".
5. On the E-mail Server Names page, enter your information as follows:

My incoming mail server is a:	POP3.
Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:	Enter mail.yourstore.spiffystores.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:	Enter mail.yourstore.spiffystores.com

1. Click Next.
2. In the Account Name and Password fields, enter your full email address and password, and then click "Next". Your Account Name should be your full Spiffy Stores e-mail address as it appears in your store toolbox on the "Preferences >> Email Accounts" page, e.g. "joe@joeswidgets.spiffystores.com".
3. On the setup confirmaiton page, click Finish.
4. On the Mail tab, select the account you just created and then click Properties.
5. Go to the Servers tab.
6. Select My server requires authentication, click the settings button, ensure that "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" is selected in the popup window and and then click ok.
7. Go to the Advanced tab.
8. In the Server Port Numbers section, change Outgoing mail (SMTP) to 587, and then click OK.
9. In the Delivery section, select Leave a copy of messages on server. You will also need to select "Remove from server after 7 days", and Remove from server when deleted from Deleted items.
10. Click OK
11. Your Outlook Express account is now set up.
12. Click Close to close the Internet Accounts window and return to your Outlook Express.

Further Reference

• Setting up your email
• How to access your Spiffy Stores mailboxes through webmail
• How to set up your email program to access your Spiffy Stores mailboxes