Setting up Outlook Express 6

This page contains a step-by-step guide that will instruct you on how to set up Outlook Express 6 to send and receive email from your Virgin Media email account.

Introduction to setting up Outlook Express 6

To set up an email account or an email alias, you need to use the Internet Connection Wizard. This is a simple process that allows Outlook Express 6 to gather the necessary information from you. Please follow the steps below:

• Step 1: Launching Outlook Express 6
• Step 2: Opening the Internet Accounts window
• Step 3: Creating your new email account
• Step 4: Entering your display name
• Step 5: Entering your email address / alias
• Step 6: Entering Virgin Media's email server names
• Step 7: Entering your username and password
• Step 8: Finishing the set-up of your new account
• Step 9: Returning to the Internet Accounts window
• Step 10: Testing your new email address / alias

Step 1: Launching Outlook Express 6

Double-click on the Outlook Express icon on your computer's desktop (similar to the image displayed below) in order to launch the program.

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Step 2: Opening the Internet Accounts window

When Outlook Express 6 opens, you will be presented with the main Outlook Express window.

You need to click on Tools in the menu bar at the top of the window, and then click on Accounts....

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Step 3: Creating your new email account

The Internet Accounts window will then appear with the All tab selected. To set up your email account or email alias, click on the Add button, and then click on Mail... in the list of options that appears.

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Step 4: Entering your display name

You will then be presented with the Internet Connection Wizard. First of all, you need to enter your name in the text box entitled Display name:. This is the name that any emails you send will appear to be sent from. Most people choose to use their full name (both first name and surname) for this purpose, however you can choose anything you like for this.

Once you have done that, click on the Next button.

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Step 5: Entering your email address

You will then need to enter your email address or email alias in the text box entitled E-mail address:. It willx in the form of <youremail>@ntlworld.com or <youremail>@blueyonder.co.uk. For example, if you created an email address of richard.branson, then you would type in either: richard.branson@ntlworld.com or richard.branson@blueyonder.co.uk.

Once you have done that, click on the Next button.

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