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The first piece of information you will need to know is something we can't tell you. You need to know the name of your ISP's SMTP server so that when you send mail, it goes out through your ISP rather than being routed through our servers. Although it IS possible to route your mail through our servers, it is a very inefficient means of sending mail, and will reduce delivery times. Furthermore, some ISP’s, eg: bigpond.com have filters in place that will prevent you from using other servers to send email.
Please read the section “Finding your Current SMTP server” and return here when you have obtained the relevant information.
1. In Outlook Express, select Tools:
You Should see a screen similar to the picture above.
2. Click on ‘Accounts’
You Should see a screen similar to the picture Above
3. Click on the “Add” button, and then select 'Mail'.
Your screen should look like the picture above.
4. Type your first and last name OR your business name in this field.
This name will appear in Emails that you send as part of the 'From' Field. In other words, this is the name that other people will see when they receive an email from you.
Click Next.
Your screen should now look like the picture above
5. Type in your *preferred* Email address.
Since the entire point of having your own website is to promote your own business, we suggest that you use one of your ‘new’ Email addresses in this field, and not the email address assigned to you by your ISP.
Click Next.
Your screen should now look like the picture above
6. From the dropdown menu, select 'POP3'.
6b. In the field for 'Incoming Mail Server'
Type 'mail.YOURDOMAIN.COM'. (Replace YOURDOMAIN.COM with your actual domain
name).
6c. In the field for 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server';
Type in the name of your ISP's SMTP server.
If you haven't already found this information, cancel out of adding a new mail account and follow the instructions in the 'Finding your SMTP Server' section, and then return to this tutorial and start from the beginning.
Click Next.
Your screen should now look like the picture above
7. Enter your login details.When your account was set up, we sent you details including your account name and password. Use this information to fill out this form. Leave the box “Log in using Secure Password Authentication” at the bottom of the screen unchecked.
Click Next.
If you have followed these instructions carefully your screen should now look like the picture above. Congratulations.
Click on Finish.
You’re ALMOST done. Please refer to the section “Setting up the Reply-To Field” to complete your setup
