To set up Outlook Express for POP, perform the following steps:
- In Outlook Express, select Tools / Accounts.
- Click the Add button, and select Mail from the resulting menu.
- Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send.
- Click the Next button.
- Enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com).
- Click the Next button.
- Click the drop-down menu, and select POP3.
- In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, enter the secure server name:
- In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, enter the secure server name:
- Click the Next button.
- In the Account name box, enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com).
- In the Password box, enter the password for your email account.
- If you want Outlook to check for email without prompting you to enter your password, check the Remember password box.
- Leave the Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) box blank, and click the Next button.
- Click the Finish button.
- In the Internet Accounts window, select the email account that you just created, and click the Properties button.
- Click the Servers tab.
- The Log on using Secure Password Authentication box should not be checked.
- Check the My server requires authentication box.
- Click the Settings button.
- Be sure that the Use same settings as my incoming mail server button is selected.
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) box, enter the secure outgoing port: 587.
- In the Incoming mail (POP3) box, enter the secure incoming server port: 588
- Uncheck the option "Leave a copy of messages on the server"
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Close button.