How to setup Outlook or Outlook Express for your KosherNet email address.
 

For Outlook Express
 

Before you can use Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail, you need to set up an account.  

Start Outlook Express

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to All Programs.

3. Click Outlook Express.

These first three steps are shown in the image below:

Opening Outlook Express from the Start menu

4. If asked whether you'd like to open this particular account automatically every time you start Outlook Express, click Yes (if you do) or No (if you don't).

If you don't want to be asked this question again, click to check the Always perform this check... box.

5. Check When Outlook Express starts, go directly to my Inbox.

Outlook Express directs all incoming mail to the Inbox, so it makes sense to bypass this opening page.

If you don't see the list of folders and contacts on the left, click Layout on the View menu. Click Contacts and Folder List to check them, and then click OK.

Outlook Express list of folders

Quick start. You'll notice that when you use Outlook Express regularly, Windows XP will put the Outlook Express icon on the Start menu (along with other programs you've used recently). In that case, just click the Outlook Express icon in the Start menu to open the program.

Set Up an Outlook Express E-Mail Account

The Internet Connection Wizard makes short work of setting up your online mailbox by walking you through each step for every e-mail account you set up.

A. Before you get going, make sure you know your email address along with the following information.

The type of e-mail server you use: POP3

The name of the incoming e-mail server pop3.koshernet.com

The name of the outgoing e-mail server smtp.koshernet.com

Your KosherNet account name and password.

B. Start Outlook Express, and on the Tools menu, click Accounts.

If the Internet Connection Wizard starts up automatically, skip ahead to step 4.

C. Click Add, and then click Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.

Mail option from the Add button

D. On the Your Name page of the wizard, type your name as you want it to appear to everyone who gets e-mail from you, and then click Next.

Most people use their full name, but you can use any name—even a nickname—that people will recognize.

E. On the Internet Explorer Address page, type your e-mail address, and then click Next.

F. On the E-mail Server Names page, Select POP3 for the incoming mail server option, type pop3.koshernet.com for the incoming mail server and smtp.koshernet.com for the outgoing mail server and then click Next.

Internet Connection Wizard's E-mail Server Names

G. On the Internet Mail Logon page, type your account name and password.

(Your account name is the full email address - including @koshernet.com)

Internet Connection Wizard's Internet Mail Logon

Note: If you're concerned about break-ins to your e-mail, click to clear the check in the Remember Password box. You'll then be prompted for the password each time you send or retrieve mail.

H. On the menu bar select tools, account properties, and then select mail. Select the general tab, make sure the box that says my server requires authentication is checked.

I. Click Next, and then click Finish.

You're ready to send your first e-mail!

Unsure if your new e-mail account is working? Send an e-mail message to a friend. If they get the message, your account is ready to roll! But if you run into problems setting up your account, Outlook Express offers help. Search for troubleshooting topics from Contents and Index on the Help menu.

 If you share your computer with someone else, take advantage of Fast User Switching. A feature of Windows XP, it lives up to its name by enabling you to switch among users on a single computer without closing any programs you are running or logging off.

  To turn Fast User Switching on, open User Accounts in Control Panel. Click Change the way users log on or off. Make sure the Use Fast User Switching box is checked.

  Then, to switch users, click Start, click Log off and then click Switch User. On the Welcome screen, click the user account you want to switch to. That's it!

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For Outlook

        In Outlook, go to the Tools menu and click on Email Accounts.

2.     Select Add a new email account and then click Next.

3.     Select POP3 and then click Next.

4.     Enter your email information:

1.     Your Name: Your name

2.     Email Address: The email address the messages will be sent from

3.     Incoming Mail server (POP3): pop3.koshernet.com

4.     Outgoing Mail server (SMTP): smtp.koshernet.com

5.     User Name: The email address used to login to the webmail interface

6.     Password: The password for the email address

5  . Select the log on using POP Account option.  In Account name insert your
      Email a Address.  Note: your password will echo as asterisks.
      Be sure you enter  your password correctly. Passwords are case-sensitive.
      Click Ok. Click Next.

 6. Click Finish. 

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