How do I get my e-mail to be sent to Microsoft Outlook?

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I have recently been introduced to Microsoft Outlook. My e-mail address is
from comcast, and I am unsure of how to get my e-mail from my comcast e-mail
address to appear on Outlook. Please help.
Thank you.
 
In general, comcast will have to support POP3 E-Mail (for E-Mail that
you receive) and SMTP E-Mail (for E-Mail that you send) (there are some
other formats supported as well, but POP3 and SMTP are the most common).
Assuming that it does, you need to enter the proper parameters into
outlook (basically server names, account IDs and logon passwords). Once
you have done this, you can receive E-Mail in Outlook. Note, the mail
isn't "sent" to outlook, per se, rather you open outlook and outlook
goes to the server and asks for the mail (and receives it, if the
necessary configuration has been correctly setup).

Note also, Outlook and Outlook Express are two totally separate,
distinct and different programs and function somewhat differently
(although both are E-Mail client programs).
 
I have recently been introduced to Microsoft Outlook. My e-mail address is
from comcast, and I am unsure of how to get my e-mail from my comcast e-mail
address to appear on Outlook. Please help.
Thank you.
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In addition to what you have been told about how to set up a mail client to
fetch your email from the Comcast server, be aware that POP3 email clients
delete the email from the server after downloading it; unless configured to
leave the email on the server. IOW, email messages pulled into MS Outlook
will no longer be available on the web mail server if you don't configure
MS Outlook to leave the messages there.

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