exa-networks - business ISP

Setting Up Outlook 98 or 2000

Set up for Outlook 98 and 2000 are identical and as such these instructions will work for both products.

  • Double-click on the Microsoft Outlook icon from the desktop.
  • Select the 'Tools' menu from the menu bar.
  • Select 'Accounts' from the 'Tools' menu.
  • A dialog box appears

Click on the `Mail' tab.

  • Choose `Mail'. Enter your name in the dialog box. Click `Next'.
  • Enter your email address in the dialog box. Click `Next'.
  • Select "IMAP" from the menu box for the Incoming Mail Server.
  • Type in "imap.yourdomain.co.uk" or "imap.exa-networks.co.uk" in the Incoming Mail Server box.
  • Type in "smtp.yourdomain.co.uk" or "smtp.exa-networks.co.uk" in the Outgoing Mail Server box.

Click "Next".

or

  • Select "POP3" from the menu box for the Incoming Mail Server.
  • Type in "pop.yourdomain.co.uk" or "pop.exa-networks.co.uk" in the Incoming Mail Server box.
  • Type in "smtp.yourdomain.co.uk" or "smtp.exa-networks.co.uk" in the Outgoing Mail Server box.
  • Click "Next".
  • Type your username in the "IMAP Account Name" box.
  • Type your password in the "Password" box. Leave this out if you use a machine in a public area, then Outlook will ask for the password each time you try to read mail.
  • Click "Next".
  • Type "(your name)" in the "Internet Mail Account Name" box.
  • Click "Next".
  • Select "Connect Using My Local Area Network (LAN)" in the next dialog box.
  • Click "Finish".