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- Start Outlook Express.
- On the Tools menu, click
Accounts.
- In the Internet Accounts
dialog box, click Add , and then click Mail. (This
will give you a new account, so that you will not
be modifying any email accounts already in place.
The result is that your program will check in 2 places
for email instead of just one).
- In the Display Name box,
type the name that you want others to see when you
send a message, and then click Next .
- In the E-mail Address
box, type the e-mail address for the account that
you are using (for example, "janedoe@crestonecreations.com"),
and then click Next .
- Under E-mail Server Names
, click the appropriate incoming e-mail server type
(Post Office Protocol version 3 [POP3] is the default
type), and then type the names of your incoming and
outgoing e-mail servers. Click Next.

- Type your POP account name
and password in the POP Account Name and Password
boxes, then click "Next"

- In the Internet Mail Account
Name box; type a name to identify the mail account
that you are configuring.
- Click the connection type
that you use to connect to the Internet, and then
click Next.
- Click Finish
- IMPORTANT:
You must now go back into the account you created and modify the SMTP settings. For email to be sent from your account you must set SMTP to require Authentication. SMTP authentication requires the exact same username and password as for the logins. Click on the Outgoing Server tab.
Turn SMTP Authentication on. Make sure that "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" is checked. Then select "Log On using:" and enter your username and password.
Make sure that the box labeled Secure Password Authentication is NOT checked.
or you can choose "use same settings as my incoming mail server" as in the following screenshot:

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