OUTLOOK EXP|RESS USERS

From the menus select: Tools->Accounts...

Now select [Add->Mail..].

In the [Display name...] field enter your preferred account name eg: simon@mydom.co.uk .

Now press Next>

Select the field [I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use] or [Enter the address you would like to use] (depending on the version of the program). and enter in the field: E-mail address: simon@mydom.co.uk

Now press Next>

From the [My incoming mail server is a] field, select either IMAP or POP (both will work see elsewhere for a discussion on which you might want) in general we recommend IMAP

In the [Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server] field enter imap.mydom.co.uk and in the [Outgoing mail (SMTP) server] enter smtp.mydom.co.uk remember to replace 'mydom.co.uk' in thess examples with your real domain

Now press Next>

Enter in Account name: your account name eg simon@mydom (your full email address) and in the [Password] field the password that was emailed to you (or the domain owner) separately

password

Leave selected (or select) [Remember password] This will save you getting prompted each time for it.

DO NOT SELECT [Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)] this MUST NOT BE SELECTED! It is only for talking to Microsoft servers

Now press Next>

This should finish the account setup, and return you to the window that you started with from Tools->Accounts

YOU ARE NOT FINISHED YET!!!!

Now select (right click) the newly created account, which is likely to be called something like

imap.mydom.co.uk

and select [Properties]
On the [General] tab, change the top most field [Mail Account] to
me@mydom.co.uk )substitute your own mail address)
then change the [Name] field to eg Simon Earthrowl (how you want to appear to people you send mail to)
Leave the [Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing] selected
Now select the [Servers] tab
Select [My server requires authentication] box, then press [Settings]...
Ensure that the [Use same settings as my incoming mail server] is set.

On the [Advanced] tab change the SMTP Port to 587. (was 25)

Port 587 is the port for mail submission, it also works round the port 25 blocks put up by AOL, BT, freeserve and other providers. We do not accept mail for forwarding that is not authenticated, so if you get this wrong, you will be able to send mail to us, and other mailboxes locally, but not to people whose mail is elsewhere eg yahoo or google.

Press [Apply], then [OK]

Well Done!

Again select the properties of your account, when the window appears, select the IMAP tab at the top right.

Make sure "Root folder path" is empty

Check "Store Special Folders on the IMAP Server" these should be "Sent Items" and "Trash" respectively

Click "Apply" and/or "OK" and you are done with this panel

Now go to Tools -- Options

in the General settings select the Send/Receive Tab, and set "Check every" to 30 minutes (or longer) -- if you are expecting something, you can always click "Send and Receive" to check, but it is usually a bad idea to check more frequently -- it can slow down your workstation and interrupt what you are doing.

Save that and you are done