Help Desk

CHANGING AN EXISTING OUTLOOK EXPRESS EMAIL ACCOUNT

Step 1

• Open your Outlook Express
• Click Tools -> Accounts

• Select the Mail tab
• Select the account you wish to change (if you have more than one email account)
• Select Properties >

• Select General tab
  Check / change the details displayed :
• Mail Account: change to pop.yourdomain.co.nz or whatever you want to call it
• Name & Organisation as appropriate
• E-mail address: e.g. joe@abc.co.nz
• Reply address: if left blank it will default to email address or type address for replies to be sent to.
• Tick Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing
• Select Servers tab

• Change Incomming mail (POP3): pop.yourdomain.co.nz (e.g. pop.abc.co.nz)
• Outgoing mail (SMTP): Leave as per your current ISP (e.g. smtp.xtra.co.nz)
• Account Name: your account/user namename (this is the username provided by Webbuilder)
• Password: your new password (this is provided by Webbuilder)
• Tick Remember Password
• Ensure all other tick boxes unchecked
• Click OK

Step 5

• Click Finish