Adding / Configuring POP Email Profile in Outlook Express Print E-mail
This tutorial shows you how to set up Microsoft Outlook Express to work with your e-mail account. This tutorial focuses on setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6, but these settings are similar in other versions of Microsoft Outlook Express. You can set up previous versions of Microsoft Outlook Express by using the settings in this tutorial.

Attention: Perform the above configuration on one of your email accounts first before applying the configurations to all of your computers.   

1. In Microsoft Outlook Express, select Tools > Accounts. 

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2.  Select the "Mail" tab in the Internet Accounts window and click "Add." If you are editing an existing account, go to step 8.

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3.   Enter you full name and click Next.

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4.  Enter your e-mail address and click Next.

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NOTE: "yourdomain.com" is an example, if your domain name were "ABCcompany.com", you would enter "ABCcompany.com" into the field. 

5.  On the E-mail Server Names window, enter your information as follows:

  • My incoming mail server is a:  POP3 server

  • Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: pop.mailnexus.com

  • Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: smtp.mailnexus.com Click Next.

 

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If you discover your ISP is blocking port 5125, chances are they are also blocking port 25. Either one should work, though it is more common that port 25 be blocked.  You will need to call your ISP and ask them to open port 5125 for you. Otherwise, you will have to change back to using your ISPs outbound email server.

6.  Enter your e-mail address for your account name and enter your password. Click Next.

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7. Click Finish.

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8. Select the mail account you just created (or your existing email account) and click "Properties."

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9. In the Properties window, select the Servers tab.  At the bottom of the window, select "My server requires authentication."

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10. Select the "Advanced" tab and change the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)" server port number to 5125. Click OK.  

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If you discover your ISP is blocking port 5125, chances are they are also blocking port 25. Either one should work, though it is more common that port 25 be blocked.  You will need to call your ISP and ask them to open port 5125 for you. Otherwise, you will have to change back to using your ISPs outbound email server.

 
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