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Outlook Express  Client Set Up

Before you can use Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail, you need to set up an account. You can have more than one account,  for business, online shopping, and so on and each person who uses your computer may have their own, completely separate account. Outlook Express gracefully handles it all.

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Start Outlook Express Start Outlook Express
Set Up an Outlook Express E-Mail Account Set Up an Outlook Express E-Mail Account
Set Up a Web-based E-Mail Account Web-based E-Mail Account
Close Outlook Express Close Outlook Express

Start Outlook Express

There are many ways to start Outlook Express, but here's a sure-fire way to find and start it.

1. Click the Start button.
2. Point to All Programs.
3. Click Outlook Express.

These first three steps are shown in the image below:

Opening Outlook Express from the Start menu
 

Opening Outlook Express from the Start menu

 
4. If asked whether you'd like to open this particular account automatically every time you start Outlook Express, click Yes (if you do) or No (if you don't).

If you don't want to be asked this question again, click to uncheck the Always perform this check... box.

5. Check When Outlook Express starts, go directly to my Inbox.

Outlook Express directs all incoming mail to the Inbox, so it makes sense to bypass this opening page.

If you don't see the list of folders and contacts on the left, click Layout on the View menu. Click Contacts and Folder List to check them, and then click OK.

Outlook Express list of folders
 

Outlook Express list of folders

 

 

Set Up an Outlook Express E-Mail Account

The Internet Connection Wizard makes short work of setting up your online mailbox by walking you through each step for every e-mail account you set up.

1. First,  information you will need to know about the E-Mail servers
• The type of e-mail server should be: POP3
• The name of the incoming e-mail server:  mail.pcsok.com
• The name of the outgoing e-mail server:  mail.pcsok.com 

Second,  you will need information about your account:

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 Your account name:  This would be your login username,  usually  the name just left of the  @ sign in your E-Mail address

 
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 Your Password:  If you do not know your password you will need to contact network administration ( 405-277-9012 ) to have your password reset.
2. Start Outlook Express, and on the Tools menu, click Accounts.

 
3. Click Add, and then click Mail.
Mail option from the Add button
 

Mail option from the Add button

 
4. On the Your Name  page of the wizard, type your name as you want it to appear to everyone who gets e-mail from you, and then click Next.

Most people use their full name, but you can use any name,  even a nickname that people will recognize.

5. On the Internet E-Mail Address page, type your e-mail address, and then click Next.
6. On the E-mail Server Names page, fill in the first block of information that you gathered from your ISP in step 1, and then click Next.
Internet Connection Wizard's E-mail Server Names
 
7. On the Internet Mail Logon page, type your account name and password.
Internet Connection Wizard's Internet Mail Logon
 

Note: If you're concerned about break-ins to your e-mail, click to clear the check in the Remember Password box. You'll then be prompted for the password each time you send or retrieve mail.

8. Click Next, and then click Finish.

Congratulations You're ready to send your first e-mail!

Web-based E-Mail Account
 

PCS Internet   E-Mail account holders may use the Web Mail Service,  Follow instructions below.

When you use  Web-based  E-Mail your E-Mails are not stored on your hard disk, but is kept on our servers. That's what makes it possible to access your account from any computer in the world over the Internet. Here's how you set yourself up.

1. Go to the PCS  Web site    http://www.pcsok.com   and use the login form in the upper left hand area of the web site Titled: Webmail Login   you will need the following information.

Login Username:  This would be your login username,  usually  the name just left of the  @ sign in your E-Mail address

Your Password:    If you do not know your password you will need to contact network administration   ( 405-277-9012 )   to have your password reset.

When you first login to the the web mail,   you should click  options  at the top of the screen,  then click   personal settings,  and fill in the following areas.

Name:

E-Mail Address:

Reply to :

This information is necessary so that when you send mail  the receiving party will know who it is from,   otherwise they will just see that it was from the  PCS  mail server.
   

Close Outlook Express

In closing, Outlook Express works just as all other Windows programs do.

• On the File menu, click Exit.

TipTip: For a fast way out, press ALT+F4.