| Quick
Tutorials
Microsoft
Outlook 2000 for Windows 2000
- How to activate an e-mail account.
1. To open Microsoft Outlook for Windows 2000
Click
Start, point to All Programs,
and then click Microsoft Outlook 2000.
This is the default location where Microsoft
Outlook 2000 is found.
2.
Click On the Tools menu, (this can be found
on the top left hand corner between Favorites
and Actions), and then click Accounts.
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3. Click Add (Which will open a small tag
to the right of it), and then click Mail. |
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4. An Internet Connection Wizard will appear.
a)
Insert your name (The name you want to appear
in the form field of an outgoing message, not
provided by Perfect Online Solution).
b) Click Next.
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5.
Insert
your FULL e-mail address, the one provided by Perfect
Online Solutions. Click Next. |
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6. Define your incoming mail server by
clicking the Down curser and choosing from
the following options. Click on the option
you want when it is highlighted.
a) POP3 - stands for (Post Office
Protocol 3). This is an address used to receive
e-mails from your mail server (provided by Perfect
Online Solution). This is the most commonly
used option.
b) IMAP - stands for (Internet
Message Access Protocol). This works in the
same fashion as POP3, it depends on as to which
on of these two you operate under.
c) HTTP - stands for (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol). With this option you cannot send
e-mails, and the following instructions do not
relate if this option is chosen.
7.
Once you have entered your Incoming mail server,
you also need to enter the Outgoing mail (SMPT)
server. There are two common possibilities
of doing that.
a)
If Outgoing mail (SMPT) server details
are provided by Perfect Online Solution: You
just need to enter it in the text box for Outgoing
mail (SMPT) server.
b)
If you are advised by Perfect Online Solution
to use the Outgoing mail (SMPT) server
provided by your local internet service provider.
Please ask your internet service provider the
name of your Outgoing mail (SMPT) and
enter that in the text box for Outgoing mail
(SMPT) server.
C)
Click Next once you have entered the
Outgoing mail (SMPT) server.
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8.
Finally enter your Account Name i.e. your
FULL email address and Password (both
provided by Perfect Online Solutions). Please
note that the passwords are case sensitive.
9.
Click Next
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10. Select Connect using my phone line if
you are using a modem, or appropriate Internet connection.
Click Next. |
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11.
Select Use an existing dial-up connection.
Click Next. |
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12.
Click Finish. |
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13.
Double-click your account in the Mail Accounts list. |
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14. In the box appearing, click on the Servers tab. |
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15.
Once in Servers check the box next to My
server requires authentication and click the
Settings button. |
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16.
Select Use same settings as my incoming mail
server.
Click the OK button. |
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17.
Click OK again. |
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Your new e-mail account is now set up ready for
receiving and sending e-mails. Good luck! |
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Researched
& Edited By:
Shoneet K. Prasad
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Outlook Exress 5.0/6.0