How do you set up Outlook Express?

[Guest]

I am trying to set up Microsoft Outlook Express? What do you fill in on
Incoming and Outgoing Mail fields. A friend of mine says use hotmail.com
instead of yahoo.com because hotmail.com is compatible. Is this true and what
do you fill in when it says http, imap and it says another thing on this but
I forgot. Appreciate and help here.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please have a look at the following article by Michael Stevens:

"Setting up Outlook Express Newsreader"
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

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[Bruce Chambers]

I am trying to set up Microsoft Outlook Express? What do you fill in on
Incoming and Outgoing Mail fields.

You'd follow the instructions provided by your specific Internet
Service Provider, to enter the names of your ISP's mail servers.

A friend of mine says use hotmail.com
instead of yahoo.com because hotmail.com is compatible.

If you have a Hotmail account, yes. The specific instructions will be
available on Hotmail's web site.



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[bud]

I am trying to set up Microsoft Outlook Express? What do you fill in on
Incoming and Outgoing Mail fields. A friend of mine says use hotmail.com
instead of yahoo.com because hotmail.com is compatible. Is this true and
what
do you fill in when it says http, imap and it says another thing on this
but
I forgot. Appreciate and help here.

For yahoo, you have to subscribe to their mail plus service to use yahoo
email in outlook express. Their settings are,
Incoming Mail Server (POP3): pop.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.mail.yahoo.com


For hotmail,
If you are a subscriber to MSN Plus, MSN Premium, or MSN Hotmail Extra
Storage, you can send and view messages using Outlook Express. The free
accounts aren't supposed to work in OE but I have a free account myself and
it does work. I have had it for years so old free accounts may be
grandfathered in. I'm not sure on that. Here is a tutorial on how to set up
OE for hotmail.
http://www.webappeal.com/directory/Tutorials/hotmail1.html

 

[Iceman]

For hotmail,
If you are a subscriber to MSN Plus, MSN Premium, or MSN Hotmail Extra
Storage, you can send and view messages using Outlook Express. The free
accounts aren't supposed to work in OE but I have a free account myself and
it does work. I have had it for years so old free accounts may be
grandfathered in. I'm not sure on that. Here is a tutorial on how to set up
OE for hotmail.
http://www.webappeal.com/directory/Tutorials/hotmail1.html

I don't know how your grandfather goes about that, but my (free) Hotmail
account definitely does not work in OE. You will have to buy subscription.

 

[Jim]

I don't know how your grandfather goes about that, but my (free) Hotmail
account definitely does not work in OE. You will have to buy subscription.

You also don't know what "grandfathered" means.
Jim

 

[Iceman]

You also don't know what "grandfathered" means.
Jim

Oh, yes, I think I've got a clue. I was merely joking.

And if the method could be explained to me in detail, I would be grateful.