Adding an Email account to Outlook Express for MacOS
- From the "Tools" menu, select the "Accounts" option
- Click the "New" button
- Select "POP3" from the drop-down list then click "Ok"
- Enter your new email address in the "Account Name" box
- Enter your name and email address as you want them to appear in the "From" field in outgoing email (e.g. John Smith, info@example.com) in the next two boxes
- In the "Account ID" box enter your email username
- In the "POP3" server box enter "mail." followed by your domain name, e.g. "mail.example.com"
- In the "Save password" box, enter your email password
- In the "SMTP Server" box enter "mail." followed by your domain name, e.g. "mail.example.com"
- Click the button marked "Click here for advanced sending options"
- Tick the "SMTP server requires authentication" box, and make sure "Use same settings as incoming mail server" is selected
- Click the small square in the top left hand corner of the "Advanced sending options" window
- Click "Ok" in the "Edit Account" window and close the "Email Accounts" window
Your new account is now ready to use. Click "Send/Receive" to being downloading your email.
