Adding an email account to Outlook Express
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If this is the first time you have run Outlook Express, it may launch a wizard and begin asking you questions. You can cancel out of these questions as we will answer them in the steps below.

Once in the regular program, choose:
Tools, Accounts (from the top command bar)
A window will pop-up. Choose the tab marked "Mail"
If you are not running other email boxes, you should not see any entries in the white box under the tabs.

Choose Add, Mail. This will begin the wizard.
Enter your name in the "Display name" field. This is the name you want people to see in the 'From' field on their Inbox. Usually this is your full name. Once you have entered it, click Next.

In the next field, enter your email address. This is the address you wish people to send mail to. This may be different that the username you will use to log into the server as it would include your aliases. For example, your email account may receive mail for more than one account (i.e. jdoe@yourdomain.com and johndoe@yourdomain.com). This field should contain the alias you wish to tell people to email you at. Once you have entered it, click Next.

The next page is where you input your email servers. The information you received with your account setup should tell you what your email servers are. In almost every case the incoming and outgoing will be the same and will be yourdomain.com. Leave the server type to be POP3. Once you have entered them, click Next. (Note: if you have problems sending email after setting up your site, your ISP may restrict the use of remote mail servers. In this case, the outgoing mail server may need to be set to use your ISP's mail server.)

This next page asks for the username and password you will use to log into the server to retrieve your mail. This may be different than your actual email address. Refer to the information included with your account setup to find this username and password. Unless you wish to enter this password everytime you check your mail, ensure that save password is checked. DO NOT check the "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" box. Once you have entered the appropriate information, click Next and then Finish. You can then close the remaining account box.

Other Important Steps
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We have a number of other important steps that we recommend you take to avoid problems with your ability to send mail as well as to avoid dangerous attachments or other issues from executing automatically....

From the Outlook Express main screen, choose Tools, Options.

Under the General tab, 
check the box that says "When starting, go directly to my 'Inbox' folder.
Further down is the box showing how often to check for messages. Make this item 10 minutes or less.

On the Maintenance tab,
check the box that says "Empty my messages from the Deleted Items folder on exit".

That's it for the Options. Choose Ok.

Now, from the main screen choose View, Layout. Uncheck the box for "Show preview pane".
Choose Ok.

That's it. Click on Send/Receive to test the connection.