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Multiple mail accounts with
Microsoft Outlook Express
These instructions are for users who have multiple e-mail
accounts. These instructions require that you have your primary
mail account setup and working. If you do not, see the regular Outlook Express.
In these instructions, we'll set up two mail accounts. For
example purposes the primary e-mail address will be username1@ao.net
and your second will be username2@ao.net You should
obviously replace every occurance of these below with your actual
e-mail addresses.
Configuration
- Start Outlook Express
- Click Tools from the top
- Click Accounts
- Click the Mail tab
- Here you should have one line listed that looks similar
to this:
mail.ao.net Mail
(default) Dial-Up: the name of the connection
with Access Orlando
That is the "profile" (settings) for your
primary mail account.
- Click mail.ao.net once to highlight it
- Click the Properties button
- Change the first blank from mail.ao.net to
username1@ao.net
- Click Apply, click OK
- To set up username2
- Click the Add button
- Click Mail
- Your Name:
- Next to Display name enter your
real name
- Click Next
- Internet E-mail Address:
- Next to E-mail address enter username2@ao.net
- Click Next
- E-mail Server Names:
- Next to My incoming mail server is a,
set that to POP3
- Under Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP)
server enter mail.ao.net
- Under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server
enter mail.ao.net
- Click Next
- Internet Mail Logon:
- Select (put the dot next to) Log on
using
- Next to POP account name enter username2
- Next to Password enter the
password for username2
Note: if you enter your password
for username2 here, anyone sitting in
front of your computer will be able to
get mail for this account. If you don't
want this, leave it blank; you will be
prompted to enter it when you check for
mail.
- Click Next
- Friendly Name:
- Under Internet mail account name
enter username2@ao.net
- Click Next
- Choose Connection Type:
- Select Connect using my phone line
- Click Next
- Dial-Up Connection:
- Select Use an existing dial-up
connection
- Highlight (click once on) the nameof the
connection with Access Orlando
- Click Next
- Congratulations
Note: if you have more than two mail accounts,
repeat step #10 for each additional account.
- Click Close
To Get Mail
- To get mail for both at the same time:
Tools -> Send and Receive -> All Accounts
- To get mail for username1@ao.net:
Tools -> Send and Receive -> username1@ao.net
- To get mail for username2@ao.net:
Tools -> Send and Receive -> username2@ao.net
To Send Mail
- Click Compose Message
- Write your message
- Click File from the top
- Move to Send Message Using
- Click which e-mail address you want the message to be
from
