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Setting Up Outlook 2000
- Open the Accounts view. Because you can set up as many mail accounts as you want, the Internet Accounts dialog box displays all your account information. To open it, choose Tools --> Accounts from the menu bar.
- Create a new account. The Internet Accounts dialog box has three tabs at the top. Click Mail to see only your mail accounts. (We'll talk about the Directory Services later.) Choose Add to start creating a new account.
- Answer the Wizard's Questions. Answer the questions on each page of the Internet Connection Wizard, choosing the Next button to move from one question to the next.
- Enter Your Server Names. You may have to verify some of the wizard's questions. In particular, your POP server and SMTP server names are. Your pop server is mail.yourdomain.com and your SMTP server will be the one your ISP uses. This information is essential if Outlook is to properly connect to your mail account for sending and retrieving mail.
- Enter Your Logon Name. In this section you will need to enter the username and password of the account that you are trying to check.
Example: If I want to check fred@mydomain.com enter fred@mydomain.com.
- Choose a Connection. Select the kind of Internet connection that your computer uses. It's often convenient to select Connect Using My Local Area Network, even if you use a modem to connect to the Internet.
- Set a Default Account. If you want to make your new account the default for sending email, select the account name and click the Set as Default button.
Checking Your E-Mail
- Click on the Tools menu and select Send and Receive.
NOTE: If you did not enter your password during the setup process, a window will appear prompting you for it.
- Enter your password and click on the OK button.
When you receive a new Email message, it will show up in your In box with a brief excerpt of the message. To read the Email simply double-click on the message and it will be displayed in a new window.
Sending E-mail
- Click on the Actions menu and select New Mail Message.
- Fill in the To field with the recipient's e-mail address.
- Fill in the Subject field with the topic of the e-mail message.
- Fill in the Body of the e-mail with your message.
- Click on the Send button to deliver the e-mail.
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