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Checking your Outlook Express Email Settings
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These Settings Assume your Hosting is
with Christian Web Services, If not then your settings WILL be
different
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| STEP 1. |
Open Outlook Express and choose
from the menu TOOLS, then ACCOUNTS. You should make sure that
the 'Mail' tab is selected and then you should see a screen
similar to the one below. |
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| STEP 2. |
Click on the name of the Email
account which you wish to check (i.e. there may be more than
one listed - for example, the one you use to collect email
from your ISP account) and then select the 'Properties' button
on the right hand side.
You should see a screen like the one below. Some of the
fields may not be filled in already. |
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| STEP 3. |
THE GENERAL TAB (above)
You can change the top box (e.g. the one showing
mail.yoursite.co.uk above) to a friendly name for the account
if you wish. E.g. Simply 'Your Site'.Notice that there are
five tabs at the top of the page. You generally only need to
view/amend the first two of these (General and Server). Do not
make changes on the others unless you know what you are doing!
The REPLY ADDRESS is the one that is used when someone is
replying to an email you have sent them. |
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THE SERVERS TAB (above)
This is a very important screen. If you are having
difficulties COLLECTING EMAIL then check that you have entered
the details we have supplied exactly
i.e.
INCOMING MAIL SERVER (POP3)
ACCOUNT NAME
PASSWORD - which is case sensitive.If you are having
difficulties SENDING EMAIL then check that you have the
OUTGOING MAIL SERVER (SMTP) correct - this is as supplied to
you by your ISP (e.g. BT, TISCALI, BLUEYONDER etc).
WARNING. Some ISPs (e.g. BT Broadband) do not let you send
email out through their SMTP servers by default using an email
address that is not the one they supplied. This is a SPAM
prevention measure on their part. I.e. they will let you use
you@btconnect.com but not you@yoursite.co.uk In fact BT
Broadband does have a procedure for letting you use your own
email address when sending. Go to
www.btconnect.com/maildomain to find the procedure.
NOTE. THIS IS GENERALLY ALL THAT YOU NEED TO CHECK.
EXAMPLES OF CORRECT SETTINGS FOR THE OTHER TABS ARE BELOW FOR
REASSURANCE - BUT DO NOT CHANGE YOUR EXISTING SETTINGS FOR
THESE UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHY YOU ARE DOING IT. |
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THE CONNECTION TAB (above)
This is used if (say) you have more than one email account
where the providers require you to connect using their own
method (i.e. by dialling their 0845 line) in order to collect
your email. Usually can safely be left unaltered. |
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THE SECURITY TAB (above)
Leave this well alone. |
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THE ADVANCED TAB (Above)
Do not change unless you know what you are doing. Leave the
SMTP and POP3 settings (25 and 110) as they are - they ARE NOT
variable timeout settings but essential connection settings.
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