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Outlook 2002 Setup Instructions
This tutorial will teach you how to setup Outlook XP (2002) to send and receive e-mails. We'll begin with the instructions for setting up Outlook XP for the first time. We will follow with a tutorial on how to check the settings on e-mail accounts that are already setup in Outlook XP.
New Account Setup
Begin by opening Outlook 2002. You will see a window similar to the one that is pictured below. Click the "Tools" menu at the top and you will get a drop-down window. Click on the "E-mail Accounts" option and a new window will pop-up.
Click in the little circle so that it has a black mark in the "Add a new e-mail account" option. Click the Next button.
Click in the little circle to select the POP3 option with a black mark. Click the Next button.
Fill-in the boxes. Your mail server address will be mail.ispname.com (or .net) depending upon your ISP. For example, if you were santa@northpole.com then your mail server would be mail.northpole.com for both the incoming and outgoing mail server. Meanwhile, your e-mails "User Name" (not necessarily the same as your dial-up login) would be santa for the santa@northpole.com account.
Don't put a checkmark in the box that says "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)" because you won't be able to use your e-mail with that option selected. Click on the "More Settings" button in the lower right corner after you've filled in the boxes.
A new window will pop-up like the one pictured below. It will start in the General tab. The top box should have the name of your e-mail account so that you can tell it apart from your other e-mail accounts. "Organization" can be blank. The "Reply E-mail" is your e-mail address.
Click where it says "Outgoing Server" at the top to change to the next tab.
If you're ISP uses "SMTP authentication" then you need to have a checkmark in that box. SMTP authentication determines if your ISP requires you to login to send out e-mails. If you put in a checkmark then you also need "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" selected. (Note: If you are unsure then try sending with that selected and again without it selected. Whatever works is the correct setting. If in doubt, your ISP probably uses SMTP authentication to fight spamming.)
Click the "Connection" tab at the top to get to the next window.
You need to select the "Connect using my phone line" option if you are on a dial-up modem connection. Once selected, make sure that the bottom box under "Modem" has your current ISP's connection for the setting. If not, click the little arrow at the far right of that box to choose your ISP's connection. (DSL connections need to select the LAN option.)
As long as you're here, click the "Advanced" tab at the top for a quick tweak.
Leave the numbers in the boxes. Changing them will prevent you from using your e-mail. Also, do NOT put checkmarks into the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" options or you won't be able to connect.
The "tweak" is to click and drag the "Server Timeouts" button to the far right of that little bar. If you can't figure out how to do this then don't worry but it is a helpful feature to have a long server timeout setting.
Don't select the option to "Leave a copy of messages on the server" or you will quickly max out your mailbox on your ISP's server. This option also tends to lose messages so leave that option unchecked.
Click OK because you're finished configuring your e-mail settings.
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