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Configuring Your E-mail Program Reconfiguring Outlook Express 5.0 1. Open Outlook Express by double-clicking your Outlook Express icon on your desktop or click on your Start button, then go to Programs, then to the Internet Explorer folder and select Outlook Express.
2. Click on Tools at the top, then click on Accounts in the menu that drops down.
3. In the Internet Accounts window that pops up, click on the Mail tab at the top. Then click on the e-mail account that you would like to check. After that, click the Properties button on the right side.
4. All
of your outgoing e-mails will be from whatever you type in the Name
field. Now click the Servers tab at the top.
5. Your incoming mail server should be a POP3 server. The Incoming and Outgoing mail server names will both be mail.ispname.xxx. Be sure your correct login name and password are listed by Account name and Password. Puting a check by Remember password will allow you to check your e-mail without having to re-enter your password. Leave all other options un-checked. Click the Connection tab at the top.
6. Put a check mark next to Always connect to the account using:, then select mercury network from the drop-down menu. Next, click the Advanced tab at the top.
7. Under Server Port Numbers, Outgoing mail (SMTP) should be 25. Incoming mail (POP3) should be 110. Under the Sending section, putting a check next to Break apart messages larger that 60 KB may help if you are having problems sending large e-mails. Under the Delivery section, putting a check next to Leave a copy of message on server will allow you to download your mail into Outlook Express and still pull it up in Webmail. When all changes are made, click OK and then close out the Internet Accounts window.
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