Outlook 2000 / Express Setup
Please Note: The following account information is just an example.
You will put in your own name,
e-mail address and password where appropriate.
1. Open Outlook Express / 2000 and click on Tools > Accounts
Outlook 2000: You may see "Accounts", "Internet Services", or "Services" as an option. Click on it.
You may see additional options after this. If so, look for "Internet E-Mail" and click on it.
2. To Change an existing email account
To Add a new e-mail account
Click the Add button, choose Mail and click Next.
3. Enter your name. This what the e-mail recipient will see as the Sender Name. Click Next.
4. Enter your e-mail address. Click Next.
5. Enter your server information
Choose POP3 for incoming mail server type.
Replace the "yourdomain.com" part with your domain name (after the " @" sign in your email address).
Example: Your email address is joe@mycompany.com. Enter "email.mycompany.com" for both the incoming and outgoing server names.
Click Next.
6. Enter your e-mail address and password. Checkmark remember password. Click Next.
7. Click Finish on the next window.
NOTE: This section also applies to making changes to an existing account
8. Open Outlook Express / 2000 and click on Tools > Accounts
Outlook 2000: You may see "Accounts", "Internet Services", or "Services" as an option. Click on it.
You may see additional options after this. If so, look for "Internet E-Mail" and click on it.
9. Select the account you want to change click the Properties button.
The Properties window will display the General tab first. You can put "Mynex" here or anything that best describes this email account.
Organization and Reply e-mail can be left blank unless you want reply emails to go somewhere else.
Checkmark "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing".
10. Now click the Servers tab.
Server Information
Replace the "yourdomain.com" part with your domain name (after the " @" sign in your email address).
Example: Your email address is joe@mycompany.com. Enter "email.mycompany.com" for both the incoming and outgoing server names.
Incoming Mail Server
Enter your e-mail address and password. Checkmark remember password.
Outgoing Mail Server
Checkmark "My server requires authentication"
11. OPTIONAL: Click on the Advanced tab.
If you have trouble sending out email
The default port 25 may not work with some internet providers because of special firewall rules, etc.
Change the Outgoing mail (SMTP) port to 2525.
"Leave a copy of messages on the server"
Checkmark this ONLY if you will be away from your desktop for a period of time and would like to view new messages via your mobile PC, PDA, Blackberry, etc.
It is recommened you do this on your remote devices instead.
Remember, each email account on our server has a specific amount of disk space (quota) assigned to it. Once it is used up, incoming e-mails will be bounced back to their sender.
12. Click Apply, then OK. Then, on the previous window, click Close.
You're all done! Check for new e-mail manually by clicking the "Send / Receive" icon.