To setup a new Outlook Express email account to automatically send and receive emails, perform the following.

Open Outlook Express and in the tool bar at the top click on "Tools" and then "Accounts".

This will open a small popup window which is shown above. Make sure the "Mail Tab" at the top is selected. The window will list all your existent email accounts if you have any already setup. I have 3 shown above. If this is the first time setting up an account then the box will be empty and you will have to click the "Add" (top right) and then "Mail". This will start a wizard which will set up your email account. Note: you can have multiple email accounts from different email accounts set up so that a single send/receive will retrieve emails from all accounts and put them in your Inbox folder.

The first thing the wizard will ask for is a "Display name".

What you enter into this box is what the person on the receiving end will as who the email is from. If you enter Santa Claus, then the email will be seen as  from Santa Claus on the receiving end. I recommend using your full name so the recipient will know who the email is from. I get emails from Susan's with no last name and don't know which Susan sent it.....

Click "Next"

Next the wizard will ask for your "E-mail address". Enter in your full email address.

Click "Next"

Next select a "POP3" account type in the top pull down if not already selected.

Enter your POP Server from the list below...

Road Runner email accounts enter pop-server.san.rr.com

COX email accounts enter pop.west.cox.net

LSI email accounts enter pop.1and1.com

Click next

Enter your SMTP Server from the list below...

Road Runner email accounts enter smtp-server.san.rr.com

COX email accounts enter smtp.west.cox.net

LSI email accounts enter smtp.1and1.com

Click "Next"

Next the wizard will ask for your "Account name" and "Password".

The account name is your email address.

Road Runner or COX accounts enter in only the first part of your email address and not the @san.rr.com portion.

For LSI email accounts you must enter in your  full email address.

The password is one which was setup for your email account on the server and has nothing to do with your PC's passwords. If you do not know it then call and we can track it down. 858.695.1177. Enter in your password. By checking the box which says remember password, Outlook Express will automatically transmit your account information and password each time it performs a send/receive. Otherwise you will have to enter it in each time manually. I recommend checking the box.

Click next and finish

Last step is to reopen the accounts by clicking on Tools and then Accounts. In the window double click on the email account you just created. Then click on the Servers tab at the top. Make sure the "My server requires authentication" box is checked at the bottom as shown below.

Click OK and you are done.

Happy emailing!