POP3 EMAIL CONFIGURATION - OUTLOOK EXPRESS / MACINTOSH

These directions should work for most recent Microsoft Outlook Express versions, running on MacOS 8.0 and above.

Step by Step Connection Help
  • Launch Outlook Express

  • Under "Tools" select "accounts"

  • Click new for a new account.

  • Input these settings:

  • Display Name: The name you would like displayed
    (i.e. John Doe or ACME Sales)

  • Email address: Alias-you-chose@your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. john@thedoes.com or sales@acme.com)

  • Incoming email server type: POP (not IMAP)

  • Incoming mail (POP) server: pop.your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. pop.thedoes.com or pop.acme.com)

  • Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: smtp.your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. smtp.thedoes.com or smtp.acme.com)

  • Account ID: Your full email address: alias-you-chose@your-domain-name.com
    (i.e. john@thedoes.com or sales@acme.com)

  • Password: password-you-chose (case sensitive)

  • Account Name: Enter what you would like to identify this account
    (i.e. thedoes.com POP mail or acme.com POP mail)

  • Click "Click here for advanced settings options". Check SMTP server requires authentication. Make sure "Use same settings as incoming mail server" is turned on.

  • Click "Finish".