Setting up e-mail in Outlook Express, Windows XP

1. Start Outlook Express. From the Tools menu, select Accounts.

2. Click on Add, then select Mail…

3. On the Your Name page, type in your name as you want it to appear to people you send e-mails to. Then press Next.

4. On the next page, Internet Explorer Address, type your e-mail address and then press Next.

5. On the E-mail Server Names page, enter the following:

My incoming mail server is a POP3 server.

Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: Enter in this box the POP3 server as supplied by OPMC.

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: smtp.opmc.co.nz

Then press Next.

6. On the Internet Mail Login page, please enter the following:

Account name: Enter in this box the account name / user id / login name as supplied by OPMC.

Password: Enter in this box the password as supplied by OPMC.

Tick the remember password box if you don’t want to type your password in every time you check e-mail.

7. Click Next, and then Finish. You should now be able to send and receive e-mail.

8. Please note that you also need to setup SMTP server authentication. To do this, from the Tools menu, select Accounts. Select your e-mail account, then press Edit. Under SMTP server, click on Click here for advanced sending options. Click to select the SMTP server requires authentication check box. Click the small button in the upper left corner of the window to close the window, then click on OK