Setting POP3 with Outlook Express
Before you can use your 1-Net Hosted Exchange POP3 email account, you need to setup your email client so as to enable it to communicate with your new email servers.
This section will illustrate the steps required to setup your new email account with Outlook Express, a popular POP3/IMAP4 email client which is available on computers running Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Although this documentation may be focused on Outlook Express, similar steps can be taken to configure other POP3 Email clients such as Netscape, Eudora or Thunderbird.
Pre-Requisites
To follow the setup procedure to enable you to access your emails, the following minimum requirements and information are required.
- Personal Computer running Windows 98, 2000 or XP OR your favourite OS
- Outlook Express OR your favourite POP3 Client
- Working Internet connection
- A valid Email account with 1-Net Hosted Exchange
- Password for your Email account
POP3 Setup Procedures
Open Outlook Express. Usually it can be done by clicking the Start Button > All Programs > Outlook Express.
Click on the Tools Menu. Then click on Accounts. The Internet Accounts window will be displayed.
Click on the Mail Tab.
Click the Add button then click on Mail. The Internet Connection Wizard window will be displayed.
Enter your Name that you want your mail recipients to see you as. Click Next.
Enter your Email address as given by your Administrator. Click Next.
For incoming mail server, select POP3 from the dropdown list.
For the Incoming mail server (POP3, IMAP or HTTP), enter the following :
exchange.1-net-singapore.com
For the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server, enter the following :
exchange.1-net-singapore.com
Click the Next button.
At the Account Name field, enter your Account ID as given by your Administrator. This is usually the same as your email address.
At the Password field, enter the your password. Click the Next button.
Click Finish to complete your setup.
The new Account will be visible in your Mail Internet Accounts.
Highlight the account that was just created and click the Properties button.
Click on the Servers Tab.
Check the box for My server requires authentication. Click the Settings button.
Ensure that the Use same settings as my incoming mail server option is selected.
Click OK, OK and Close to close all the windows.
