Outlook Express is a popular POP email software from Microsoft which is available on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. This tutorial will show you how to configure Outlook Express to retrieve mail from your email account. The following screen shots are taken with Outlook Express 6 on Windows XP, but they should be very similar to other versions on different operating systems.

Step 1: Start your Outlook Express software.

Step 2: Click Tools and select Accounts.

Step 3: On the Internet Accounts page, select the Mail tab, click Add and then select Mail.

Step 4: On the Your Name page, Type in your Display Name this is the name that your recipients will see in the “From” field of
e-mails that you send then Next.

Step 5: On the Internet E-mail Address page, Enter your complete email address and click Next. Please make sure to replace “yourdomain.com” with your actual domain name.

Step 6: On the E-mail Server Names page, select POP3 as your incoming server type and enter the Incoming and Outgoing Mail Servers and then click Next to continue.

Incoming mail server = mail.yourdomain.com
Outgoing mail server = This is provided by your ISP. See below for the setting of major ISPs in Hong Kong.

If your ISP does not provide SMTP server service, please enter smtp.yourdomain.com (reqeust smtp auth-login) CLICK HERE for details.

Step 7: On the Internet Mail Logon screen, enter your Full email address " Example user@yourdomain.com " as your Account name and your email account password and then click Next. DO NOT check 'Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)'.

Step 8: Congratulations! You have successfully setup your POP email software. Click Finish to end.