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Setting Up Outlook 98
- Click on the Tools menu and select Accounts.
- Click on the Add button and select Mail. This will bring up the Internet Connection Wizard window.
- For the Display name, enter your full name and click on the Next button.
NOTE: You can use whatever name you want here with both upper and lower case letters.
- For the Email address, enter: username@yourdomain.com.
NOTE: Substitute your user name appropriately.
- Click on the Next button to continue.
- For the option My incoming mail server is a, choose: POP3.
- For the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server field, enter: mail.yourdomain.com.
- For the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field, enter your ISP's smtp-server.
- Click on the Next button to continue.
- For the POP account name field, enter user@yourdomain.com.
- For the Password field, enter your password only if you want the program to save it. This allows you to check your e-mail without the need of typing in your password at the beginning of every session.
- Click on the Next button to continue.
- The next screen asks for Internet mail account name. You can leave this option at it's default: mail.yourdomain.com.
- Click on the Next button to continue.
- In this screen, choose the option I will establish my Internet connection manually.
- Click on the Next button to continue.
- Click on the Finish button and you're done!
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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