Configuring Microsoft OutlookŪ for IMAP
Access
1. Launch Outlook Express
2. Click Tools
then Accounts, the Accounts window appears
3. Click the
Mail tab
4.Click the Add button then choose Mail,
the Internet Connection Wizard appears.
5. Add your Display
Name. Enter the name you want others to see in the From: field when you send
E-mail, then click Next.
6.
Enter your entire E-mail address (mailboxname@domainname.com), then click
Next
7. Do not change the value
beside "My incoming mail server is a". It should be set to
IMAP.
8. Input the IMAP server (mail.domainname.com) into the
Incoming mail server field.
9. Input the SMTP server
(mail.domainname.com) into the Outgoing mail server field then click
Next.
10. Enter your
complete E-mail address (mailboxname@domainname.com) in the Account
Name field.
11. Enter your e-mail account password and click
Next
Note: You can set Outlook Express to remember your password
if you don't want to type it in every time you check for new
messages.
12. Click Finish, the
Internet Connection Wizard will close.
13. The Internet Accounts window
should still be open. If it is not, click Tools --> Email Accounts to
open it.
14. Click the Mail tab, the Mail Accounts window
appears
15. Click on the account you just created, then click the
Properties button
16. Click the
Servers tab
17. Check the box beside My server requires
authentication, then click the Settings button
18.
Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server and click
OK
19. Click Apply, then
OK to close the properties window. The Internet Accounts window will
reappear.
20. Click OK to exit the Internet Accounts window, your
E-mail setup is complete.