Email Setup: Outlook Express

In the example below, the clients name is 'John Smith', the name of their domain/website is 'www.mbginteractive.com.au' and their email address is 'johnsmith@mbginteractive.com.au'. Replace the 'John Smith' below with your own name, 'mbginteractive.com.au' with the name of your own website, and 'johnsmith@mbginteractive.com.au' with your own email address.

Step 1: Click Tools.
Step 2: Click Accounts.

Step 3: Click Add
Step 4: Click Mail

Step 5: Type in the name you wish displayed when people recieve your emails. Click Next.

Step 6: Type the E-mail address you are sending email from, johnsmith@mbginteractive.com.au, click Next.

Step 7: Fill in the blank spaces

My incoming mail server is a: POP3
Incoming mail server: pop. mbginteractive.com.au
Outgoing mai server: smtp. mbginteractive.com.au

Step 8: Click Next

Step 9: Fill in the blank spaces

Account Name: Your full email address is required, 'johnsmith@mbginteractive.com.au'
Password: The password you created when you created your email account.

Step 10: Click Next.

Step 11: Click Finish.

Step 12: Click once on the email account you just created (pop.mbginteractive.com.au), then click Properties.

Step 13: Click on the 'Servers' Tab.
Step 14: At of the bottom of the window, ticket the box that states 'My server requires authentication'.
Step 15: Click on the 'Advanced' Tab.

Step 16: Change the Outgoing server (SMTP): from 25 (the default number) to 587.
Step 17: Click OK.

Step 18: Click Close.

Congratulations you have now correctly setup your email account in Outlook Express.

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