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Configuring Microsoft's Outlook Express Using The Wizard:

Outlook Express is a Microsoft Windows email program for Windows 95. This program now is included in the standard installation of Internet Explorer 4.0. It is an improvement over the Internet Mail program that was included with Internet Explorer's 3.0 installation. Below are instructions on how to configure Outlook Express for an email account for a Personal or Premium dialup accounts.

You can download Microsoft's Outlook Express and Internet Explorer by going first to their web site at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/. Just carefully follow the download and installation instructions.

Q: I've already went through the installation process for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. How do I configure Outlook Express for my email account that comes with my Personal or Premium dialup account?

1) From the main menu, click on "Tools" and then click on "Accounts."
2) Click on the "Mail" tab at the top of the "Internet Accounts" window.
3) Click on the "Add" button and select "Mail." A window with the title "Internet Connection Wizard" will show up. There will be a prompt for your "Display Name." Enter in your desired name and click on the Next button.

4) The next prompt is for your email address. With Personal or Premium Dialup accounts the email address is your login@halcyon.com. Click on the Next button.

5) The next window is titled "Email Server Names." Please fill out the settings below:


Click on the Next button.

6) A window with the title "Internet Mail Logon." Make sure that there is a dot beside the words "Log on using."

Click on the Next button.

7) The next window will have a prompt to identify the account we are setting up. You can be creative here.

8) On the Choose Connection Type window, make sure that the circle beside "Connect using my phone line." Click on the Next button.
9) Make sure that your modem is selected in the window. Click on the Next button.
10) Make sure that there is a dot next to the words "Use an existing dial-up connection." I am assuming that you have already setup your Windows 95 Dialup Networking to dial to Northwest Nexus. If not then you may want to look at our FAQ that covers this subject at http://webfaq.nwnexus.com/windows/sppctnnu/sppctnnu.html. Click on the Next button.
11) This next window is the last window. Click on the "Finish" button. You now have an entry in your list of accounts. If you ever had to add another email account to download from, just start the process again. Outlook Express allows you to download from multiple email accounts with the same email program.
12) To download email click on the "Send and Receive" button from the Toolbar.

Q:I have POP mailboxes and wish to download my email through them with my Outlook Express. Am I able to do this in Outlook Express?

A: Yes, you are able to do this with Outlook Express. The first example is for users who use their POP mailboxes with their own registered domain name. Let's say your domain name is 

something.com
and your POP account name is 
joeuser
1) From the main menu, click on "Tools" and then click on "Accounts."
2) Click on the "Mail" tab at the top of the "Internet Accounts" window.
3) Click on the "Add" button and select "Mail." A window with the title "Internet Connection Wizard" will show up. There will be a prompt for your "Display Name." Enter in your desired name and click on the Next button. Display Name: Your Name
4) The next prompt is for your email address. 
joeuser@something.com
Click on the Next button.
5) The next window is titled "Email Server Names." Please fill out the settings below: Click on the Next button.

6) A window with the title "Internet Mail Logon." Make sure that there is a dot beside the words "Log on using." Click on the Next button.

7) The next window will have a prompt to identify the account we are setting up. You can be creative here.
8) On the Choose Connection Type window, make sure that the circle beside "Connect using my phone line." Click on the Next button.
9) Make sure that your modem is selected in the window. Click on the Next button.
10) Make sure that there is a dot next to the words "Use an existing dial-up connection." I am assuming that you have already setup your Windows 95 Dialup Networking to dial to Northwest Nexus. If not then you may want to look at our FAQ that covers this subject at http://webfaq.nwnexus.com/windows/sppctnnu/sppctnnu.html. Click on the Next button.
11) This next window is the last window. Click on the "Finish" button. You now have an entry in your list of accounts. If you ever had to add another email account to download from, just start the process again. Outlook Express allows you to download from multiple email accounts with the same email program.

This second example is for users who have POP mailboxes without their own registered domain name. Let's say your POP account name is 

joeuser

Just follow the same steps as the ones above except make the following changes to the fields that you will fill out.

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