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If you're having difficulty setting up your email account with Outlook Express, follow these instructions:

*Screenshots are for Outlook Express 6 but versions 4 & 5 can be setup using the same directions.*

From the Tools menu select Accounts...

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This will bring up the following window:

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Click on the Mail tab. You will see the following:

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Select the default email account and click Properties. This will open the following window:

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Make sure the General tab is selected. Fill in the following information:

Name Your full name goes here
E-mail address Your email address is username@yourdomain.com

Make sure that the Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing option is checked and click on the Servers tab.

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Fill in the following information:

Incoming mail (POP3) Your POP3 server is imaxmail.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP) Your SMTP Server is imaxmail.com
Account name Your POP3 Account ID is username@yourdomain.com
Password Your password is personally given to you

Check My server requires authentication and then click the Settings... button to the right of the text.

The following window pops up:

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Confirm that Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected and click OK

Click on the Advanced tab.

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Change the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Port Number from 25 to 587.

Click on the OK button to save these settings. You can now send and receive email with your iMaxWebSolutions account.

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