Help Desk

CREATING or CHANGING AN OUTLOOK XP EMAIL ACCOUNT

Step 1

• Open your Outlook XP
• Click Tools -> E-mail Accounts

• Select Add a new e-mail account
• Click Next

• Select POP3
• Click Next

Type your details:

• Your Name: Your name or company name (e.g. ABC Company or Joe Bloggs)
• E-mail Address: Your e-mail address (e.g. joe@mydomain.co.nz)
• User Name: Your username (provided by Webbuilder; note: case is important)
• Password: Your password (provided by Webbuilder; note: case is important)
• Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.mydomain.co.nz (use your registered domain name here, e.g. pop.abc.co.nz)
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.yourISP.co.nz (use your ISP e.g. smtp.xtra.co.nz; smtp.ihug.co.nz)
• Do not tick Log on using secure password authentication
• Click Next

• Click More Settings ...
  These are optional settings
• Mail Account: leave as is or change to any other name you wish to call it e.g. Webbuilder Mail Setup
• Organization: Optional. Suggest Company Name
• Reply E-mail: Optional: The default would be your email address (as per previous screen) or you can add a specific email addess you wish the readers to respond to.
• Click OK
  

Step 6

• Click Finish