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Configuring Outlook Express
for Windows Using POP

Summary: Use the directions below to configure Outlook Express to check your UCI email on the OIT MailBox Servers using the POP protocol.

Related Information

POP downloads your email to your local computer. By default, you will only be able to read your downloaded messages from that computer. If you need to access all your email from different computers, you may want to choose IMAP instead.

Configuring Outlook Express

  1. Launch Outlook Express by clicking on its icon. (If the Internet Connection Wizard appears, please skip to step 3)
  2. Start the Internet Connection Wizard by going to the Tools menu and choose Accounts. (See Figure 1.1). Click on the Add button and choose Mail. (See Figure 1.2)

Figure 1.1: Screenshot of Tools Menu
Figure 1.1

Figure 1.2: Screenshot of Internet Accounts Window
Figure 1.2

  1. The Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through the setup process.
    1. In the Display name field, type in your Full Name and click the Next button. (See Figure 2)

Figure 2: Screenshot of Name Window
Figure 2

  1. In the E-mail address field type your UCI email address. This is the address people will reply to when they respond to your message. Click the Next button. (See Figure 3)

Figure 3: Screenshot of Internet E-Mail Address
Figure 3

  1. If this your first time using Outlook Express it may ask what type of email you would like to use. Choose "I already have an email address that I'd like to use."
  2. In the E-mail Server Names window: (Figure 4)
    1. Select POP3 from the "My incoming mail server is a" drop down menu.
    2. Type in pop.uci.edu in the Incoming mail server field.
    3. Type in smtp.uci.edu in the Outgoing mail server field.
    4. Click the Next button.

Figure 4: Screenshot of E-mail Server names
Figure 4

  1. In the Internet Mail Logon window: (See Figure 5)
    1. Type your UCInetID in the Account Name field. (Your UCInetID is generally the part before the @ sign in your email address.)
    2. Type in your UCInetID password. Check the Remember password box if you want to save your password. Remember that using this option will allow anyone with access to your computer to read and send mail in your name.
    3. Click the Next button and then the Finish button.

Figure 5: Screenshot of Internet Mail Logon Window
Figure 5

  1. Keep the Internet Accounts window open and then select Properties for your new account. (See Figure 6)
    If you have not opened the Internet Accounts Window yet, do so by going to the Tools menu and choose Accounts. (See Figure 1.1)

Figure 6: Screenshot of Internet Accounts Window
Figure 6

  1. In the Properties window, click on the Servers tab and then check the "My server requires authentication" box. (See Figure 7)

Figure 7: Screenshot of Server Properties Window
Figure 7

  1. Click on the Advanced tab and: (See Figure 8)
    1. Under Outgoing mail (SMTP), check mark the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box.
    2. Make sure the Outgoing mail (SMTP) port is set to 25.
    3. Under Incoming mail (POP3), check mark the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box.
    4. Make sure the Incoming mail (POP3) port is set to 995.
    5. Then click OK.

Figure 8: Screenshot of Advanced properties
Figure 8

  1. You may now close Internet Accounts window. You are now ready to use your email. When you want to check your email, click on the Send & Receive button in the toolbar.

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