Setting Up E-mail - Outlook Express
All hosting account holders have a mail server associated with their domain. The mail server is identified by the MX (Mail Exchange) records in the DNS (Domain Name Server).
Your mail server will be called mail.yourdomain.com (where yourdomain is the domain name you purchased).
We are only able to step you through the setting up of Outlook Express because it comes free with your Windows operating system. The process will be similar for any one of the million different E-mail clients out there. We recommend ThunderBird because Outlook Express is more likely to spread a virus than other client applications.
1) Open Outlook Express and click on the "Tools" menu as shown below;
2) Now click on "Accounts" to open the "Accounts" Window;
3) Click on the "Mail" tab at the top, then click "Add" and select "Mail";
4) Enter your name or something to identify you and click "Next";
5) Enter your new E-mail Address and click "Next";
5) Enter your mail server details, mail.yourdomain.com.au where "yourdomain.com.au" is the domain name you have purchased;
6) Enter your Username, which will be your FULL E-Mail Address. Then enter your password and click "Next" then "Finish;
7) The account has been created but you need to make some changes, so click "Properties"
8) Click "Server" as shown below, turn on the option under "Outgoing Mail Server" that says "My Server Requires Authentication". Click "Apply", then "Ok" and your done.
Your mail should now be working
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