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Outlook Express Setup

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  1. Click on Tools in the menu bar and go down to accounts.


  2. Go to the Mail tab. Click on add and than Mail.


  3. Type your name as you want it to appear when someone receives an email from you, click next.


  4. Select I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use and type your new email address in as username@a5.com click next.


  5. My incoming mail server is a POP3 server. Incoming Mail server should read mail.a5.com the out going mail server should read mail.a5.com click next.


  6. Account name be your username, which is the same as the beginning of your email address, your password will only appear as asterisks. Check remember password, if you don't want to enter your password everytime you check mail, click next.


  7. Click finish.


  8. You should be back to the mail and you should now see mail.a5.com listed as an account. Highlight mail.a5.com and click properties.


  9. THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT!
    Go to the folder tab for servers, under the last section, Outgoing Mail Server, put a check in "My Server Requires Authentication". Click on Apply and than OK.

    NOTE: If you do not check the box beside "My Server Requires Authentication", your email WILL NOT work.



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