Setting up Outlook email

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I have just switched to broadband service. My provider uses Outlook Express for email. I have tried to set up Outlook with the information provided me but the incoming mail goes to OE. I could send from Outlook fine. What do I need to do to get my email to come to Outlook instead of Outlook Express?
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go into the accounts settings on outlook express and
delete the incoming mail server from OE,

then send a test mail to yourself from outlook, it sounds
like OE is getting the mail before outlook itself has a
chance.
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I have just switched to broadband service. My provider
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uses Outlook Express for email. I have tried to set up
Outlook with the information provided me but the incoming
mail goes to OE. I could send from Outlook fine. What do I
need to do to get my email to come to Outlook instead of
Outlook Express?
 
1) Make sure Outlook is listed as your default mail program here: Control
Panel | Internet Options | Programs tab.

2) Remove all mail accounts from Outlook Express (unless you can't bear to
part with them for some reason).

3) Disable automatic checking for new mail in OE.

4) Only open OE if you're going to use it for newsreading (Outlook doesn't
have its own newsreader, it uses OE for that), and either open the
newsreader through Outlook (View | Go To | News) or open OE with the
/newsonly switch. This way, all mail functions in OE are disabled anyway,
so there's no chance of using them by mistake.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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