The video below will show you how to configure Outlook Express to check your email.

For written instructions see below the video. 

IMPORTANT: Please see step #10 below for one more setting change.

The written version of this tutorial explains how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to work with your e-mail account. This written article focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the information in this article.

To Set Up Microsoft Outlook Express to check your E-mail

1. In Microsoft Outlook Express, from the Tools menu, select Accounts.
2. Go to the Mail tab and from the Add menu, select Mail.
3. In the Display Name field, enter you full name and click Next.
4. In the E-mail address field, enter your email address and click Next.
5. On the E-mail Server Names page, enter your information as follows:
   1. My incoming mail server is a: Select POP3.
   2. Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server type mail.yourdomainname.com
      (replace mail.yourdomain.com with Your domain e.g. if your domain is bobsite.com then it should be mail.bobsite.com)
   3. Outgoing mail (SMTP) server type mail.yourdomainname.com
      (replace mail.yourdomain.com with Your domain e.g. if your domain is bobsite.com then it should be mail.bobsite.com)
   4. Click Next.
6. In the Account Name and Password fields, enter your email address and password, and then click Next.
7. On the setup confirmation page, click Finish.
8. On the Mail tab, select the account you just created and then click Properties.
9. Go to the Servers tab.
   1. Select My server requires authentication, and then click Apply.
10. Go to the Advanced tab.
    1. In the Server Port Numbers section, change Outgoing mail (SMTP) to 28, and then click OK.
11. (Optional) If you will be checking this email account in multiple computers, you will want to keep a copy of your email messages on the server for a short amount of time, in the Delivery section, select Leave a copy of messages on server.
    1. Below this option is a section to choose how long to leave these messages on the server. If you choose to Leave a copy on the server you also need to set up this option. Generally delete after 7 days is acceptable.
    2. This will keep your mail box on the server from getting too full.
    3. If your mail box on the server becomes full, any email sent to you will be returned to the sender as undeliverable.