This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the settings in this tutorial.

In Microsoft Outlook Express, select Tools > Accounts.

1. Select the "Mail" tab in the Internet Accounts window and click "Add."

2. Enter you full name and click Next.

3. Enter your e-mail address and click Next.

4. On the E-mail Server Names window, enter your information as follows:

My incoming mail server is a

POP3 server

Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server

pop.secure-session.com

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server

smtp.secure-session.com

Click Next.

NOTE: "smtp.secure-session.com " is an SMTP relay server. In order to use this server to send e-mails, you must first activate SMTP relay on your e-mail account. Log on to your Manage Email Accounts page to set up SMTP relay. If you do not have SMTP relay set up and your Internet Service Provider (ISP) allows it, you can use the outgoing mail server for your Internet Service Provider. Contact your Internet Service Provider to get this setting.

 

 

5. Enter your log-in username for your account name and enter your password. Click Next.

 

6. Click Finish.

 

7. Select the mail account you just created and click "Properties."

 

8. In the Properties window, select the Servers tab.

9. At the bottom of the window, check "My server requires authentication”, and click Settings.

 

 

10. Select the "Advanced" tab

1. • Change the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" server port number to 465
   • Check the “This server requires a secure connection (SSL)” box.
   • Change the “Incoming mail (POP3)” server port number to 995
   • Check the “This server requires a secure connection (SSL)”
   • Click OK.