emails & outlook express

[Whiskery Ron]

can anyone explain how to access email accounts through Outlook Express.I have 2 accounts,Sky.com & Gawab.com .

[Buenchico]

Hi Ron,

I'm not sure what you mean by 'access' in your question.

To receive mail from both accounts, click 'Send/Receive'.

To receive mail from one account only, click the little arrow next to 'Send/Receive' and select the relevant account.

To send mail by your default account, simply click 'New Mail' (or select from your Contacts list).

To send mail from a different account, still use 'New Mail' (or your Contacts list) but then click in the 'From' field and select the relevant account.

To change your default account, go to Tools > Accounts > Mail. Highlight the relevant account and click on 'Set as Default', followed by 'Close'.

Well, I've tried to think of everything you could mean by 'access' but, if I've misunderstood your meaning, just post again.

Chris

[Whiskery Ron]

Chris,sorry I didn't make it clear. I looked in both my email accounts & clicked on Properties to find relevant details to ''fix'' them into Outlook Express, I'm not sure whether I have all the correct details for both accounts but neither of them are working in OE,whe I try to access them a banner appears stating :- unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server. & then shows the account ref that I submitted. So I think I am putting wrong info in, but not sure where to look for correct info. Ron.

[Buenchico]

'HTTP server'? Now you've really got me confused! Outlook Express should be seeking messages on a POP3 server, and sending them on an SMTP server. HTTP servers (which are used for web pages) shouldn't come into it!

Settings for Gawab are in my final paragraph here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Inte rnet/Question407429.html
(NB: When you click the 'Servers' tab, check that the type of incoming server is shown as POP3).

For the Sky details, go here:
http://mysky.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/suppor t/broadband/email
Click 'email in Outlook Express', then 'How do I set up email accounts in Outlook Express?'

Chris