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The following instructions are for setting up your Apple Mac email.
Before you can set-up your e-mail account you may need to find out the POP and SMTP mail server address of your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
If you already have an e-mail account set up with your ISP you can look at its settings to find this out.
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To set up a new e-mail account:
1. Open up Microsoft Outlook Express. On the Tools menu click Accounts, a pop up window should show like this one:
2. Click on the New button and or click New and select Mail
3. The New Account pop-up window should show as below. Click the Assist Me button. If you are familiar with configuring e-mail accounts you can just click OK to manually set-up the new account.
4. Enter the name you would like to appear in the FROM field of e-mails you send. Click Next.
5. Check the first radio button 'I already have an e-mail that I'd like to use' and enter an email address that you would like people to see when they are replying to your e-mails e.g. yourname@yourdomain.com . Click Next
6. The top line should read 'My incoming mailserver is a POP3 server'.
In the 'Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server' field enter pop. your ISP gave you.
In the 'Outgoing mail (SMTP)' field enter the outgoing mail server Hostname of your ISP. Click Next
7. In the Account name field enter the Username supplied in your set up e-mail e.g. YourEmailAccount, in the Password field enter the Password supplied in your set up e-mail e.g. yourpassword
Check the Remember password box unless you want to enter your Username and Password every time you receive e-mail. Click Next
8. Finally enter a name for your new account and click Finish the wizard pop-up window will close and your new e-mail account will appear in the Internet Accounts window click Close. Your e-mail account is now set up.
If at any time you need to change any of the settings on the Tools menu click Accounts then click the Mail- tab, select the e-mail account that you want to alter and click the Edit button.
Let us know if this has helped you and if you can add to it.
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