Internet Explorer 5.x Outlook E-Mail Setup


NOTE: Erienet does NOT recommend the use of Outlook 5 (Microsoft Windows version) for your Internet email. Please visit Microsoft's Windows Update Website at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and click on Product Updates to install Internet Explorer and Outlook Express 6.

Outlook Express 5 IS recommended for Apple MacIntosh users.

Click HERE for instructions to configure Outlook Express 6.



Here are the instructions for configuring Outlook Express 5 for those who still wish to use it.

On the main toolbar, click on the Mail icon. In the dropdown menu, click on Read Mail.

The first time you enter mail it should start asking you how to configure your email, if not, in the Internet Mail Window, at the top, click on Tools and select Accounts.

To ADD a MAIL account, a wizard should appear to help you setup your email.



Click on TOOLS and then OPTIONS in the menu bar.

Click on the tab marked GENERAL.

Under the heading "Send/Receive Messages", you will see a field:
"If my computer is not connected at this time:" set this to:
"Do not connect"

Click on the tab marked CONNECTION.
Check the box marked "Ask before switching dial-up connections"
Uncheck the box marked "Hang up after sending and receiving"

Click on the button "CHANGE"
under "Dial-Up Settings" select the option "Never dial a connection"

Click OK and the OK again, restart Outlook.
 

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