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Outlook Express

• Setting up your mail account
• Delivering mail into folders automatically

How do I set up my mail account?

To create your username in Outlook Express, follow these instructions.

From Outlook Express, click on TOOLS in the top bar, and then on ACCOUNTS.

Click on the tab marked MAIL at the top, and then on the button marked ADD on the righthand side. This will bring up another menu on which you should select the MAIL option.

This will start the Internet Connection Wizard. For the 'Display name', enter your user name (e.g. John Smith) and click NEXT. Enter your email address (ie user@‹hostname›.demon.co.uk ) in the appropriate field, and click NEXT.

Ensure that 'my incoming mail server is a POP3 server' is shown, and for the 'Incoming mail server' enter pop3.demon.co.uk.

For the 'Outgoing mail server' type post.demon.co.uk and click NEXT.

Ensure that the 'Log on using' option is selected, and enter your hostname in the 'POP account name' field. Enter your logon password in the 'Password' field and click NEXT.

You can now give the account a 'friendly' name so that you can identify it from your account (John's Mail) and click NEXT. If you are connecting through a modem, select "Connect using my phone line". If you are connecting through a network, you should contact your network supervisor.

Click NEXT and then FINISH.

If you have multiple accounts (this procedure can be completed as many times as you require for multiple mail accounts), and wish to send a new message from this account, the specific account can be selected by selecting FILE-SEND MESSAGE USING->USERS'S ACCOUNT to send it from your new account (instead of clicking on the SEND icon).

Configuring Outlook Express to automatically deliver mail to certain accounts into folders.

Click on TOOLS in the top menu, then on INBOX ASSISTANT, and ADD and this will bring up a Properties window.

In 'To' enter the e-mail for the account you wish to filter (e.g. john@smith.demon.co.uk). Check the 'Move To' box and click FOLDER, this will bring up a 'Move' dialog with 'Outlook Express' highlighted.

Click NEW FOLDER and enter a name for the folder (ie User's Mail) and click OK.

Next, highlight the new folder in the list and click OK, then OK again.

You should now see the rules you have just made in the Description window. It should look like this:

Click OK to return to Outlook Express.

Now any messages for that mail account will appear in the new folder rather than the Inbox. The same instructions can be used to filter mail that matches certain criteria to different folders.