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Support > Setting up your email account with Microsoft Outlook Express 4/5/6
Note: Some of the steps on this page may vary slightly with your version of Microsoft Outlook Express in terms of different naming to certain buttons etc but as a general rule these steps can be applied to Microsoft Outlook Express 4/5/6


STEP ONE:
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a) Click on the "Tools" menu and choose "Accounts"
b) Click on "Add" and "Mail"
c) If you have already tried to set up the account, click on the name of it and choose "Properties" and skip to stage three




STEP TWO: (if adding a new account)
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a) Enter in your display name, this will be the name you will want people to see on emails you send them, press next
b) Enter in the email address we have provided, press next
c) Enter "mailbox.des-comp.co.uk" in the Incoming Mail and Outgoing Mail boxes as below, press next


d) Enter in your email address in the username box
e) Enter in your password in the password box
f) Press next, press finish g) Click on the account you've just created, (mailbox.des-comp.co.uk), and press "Properties"


STEP TWO (if modifying an account):
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a) Make sure your details are correct as shown on the left box in the screenshot below
b) Click on "Servers" and make sure your details tie in with the box on the right in the screenshot below




STEP THREE:
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a) Click on the "Servers" tab, if not already there
b) Tick the box "My Server requires authentication"
c) Press "Settings" d) Make sure that "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" option is selected
e) Press okay, press okay, press close

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