setting up an outlook account

[stephie]

Can anyone advise me about how to set up an outlook account on my computer.  How do I find out what the incoming / outgoing mail server is (POP, IMAP or HTTP - I don't really understand this terminology).  By the way, I live abroad so phoning the company who provide my Internet connection is a problem because we don't speak the same language so if possible I'd like to avoid having to do this!

[stevie21]

Try to find a FAQ on your ISP's website. Obviously it'd be nice if it was in English!

Here's tiscali's
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/help/ataglance
BT Yahoo's
http://www.btyahoo.com/mail/helpandsupport#9
Bulldog's
http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/support/my_bulldog/email .asp

You see a common theme? They should all look similar except for the ISP name. Receiving mail is pop and sending is smtp so put your ISP's name in place of those cited above.
Who is your ISP?

[trish1234567]

Nothing to do with your Internet company.  You do it thru Microsoft. Go to Microsoft -then tap into Outlook Express.  Easy Peasy.

Had a POP3 a/c with Outlook Express for many years. Easy to use, very reliable and postbox never, never overfull where one has to start deleting!

My husband has a really rubbishy one, a real pain in the neck.

Good Luck.

[j2buttonsw]

Ignore trish1234567 as she doesn't know what she is talking about. Steve is right regarding your ISP's info. If, for instance you were [e-mail] then your username would be fredbloggs, password would be whatever password they gave you, pop3 would be pop.btconnect.com and smtp would be smtp.btconnect.com You see it has everything to do with your ISP. You are also correct to use Outlook which is far superior to Outlook Express. If you remember where your .pst file is, you will be able to back it up and so back up all your e-mails, contacts, calendar, notes, journal and tasks for the future.

[trish1234567]

As far as I remember, I set up my OLE account direct with Microsoft. Of course the ISP has an involvement. I understood from stephie that she asked advice on setting up an e.mail account. The name of the ISP in the e.mail address is obvious. I didn't think she needed to be told of the common theme in the address.

Agreed Outlook is more sophisticated and I did once update to it, but I decided to return to OLE 5 which I like better because it's simpler and easier to use. Later is not always better. Surely POP and smtp only appear when looking up account details, it does with mine anyway. Incidentally, I chose my own pass word.

Gosh, I though I knew everything I needed to know about e.mail accounts!!!  I bow to your superior knowledge buttons. I mean that in a nice way.