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Setting up Microsoft Outlook Express with Your Email Account

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Last Updated: February 26, 2009 4:43 PM

To Set Your SMTP Relay Options

You can set up and use Microsoft Outlook Express® with your Webmail account, but before you set up your account in Outlook Express, you need to set your SMTP Relay options in your email account.

To Set Your SMTP Relay Options

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Email.
  3. On the Manage Email page, in the Email Account list, click Manage Account next to the account you want to use.
  4. From the Relays per Day dropdown list, select the number of relays per day you want to use for the account.
  5. Click OK.

To Set Up Email for Microsoft Outlook Express

NOTE: The following procedure is for Microsoft Outlook Express 6. You can also view the tutorial for Setting Up Your Email in Microsoft Outlook.

  1. In Microsoft Outlook Express, select Tools > Accounts.
  2. On the Internet Accounts window, click the Mail tab, and then click Add.
  3. On the Internet Connect Wizard, in the Display name field, type your full name and click Next.
  4. In the E-mail address field, type your email address and click Next.
  5. On the E-mail Server Names window, from the My incoming mail server is a list, select POP3.
  6. In the Incoming mail (POP3 or HTTP) server field, enter pop.secureserver.net.
  7. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field, type smtpout.secureserver.net, and then click Next.
  8. In the Account name and Password fields, type your email address and password, and then click Next.
  9. Click Finish.
  10. On the Internet Accounts wizard, select the mail account you just created and click Properties.
  11. In the Properties window, click the Servers tab.
  12. Select My server requires authentication.
  13. Click the Advanced tab.
  14. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) field, change the port number to 80, and then click OK.

    NOTE: If port 80 does not work, you can use port 587, 3535, or 25.

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