Configuring Outlook Express to use POP mail at WebCom

This page describes how to configure Outlook Express to access Webcom POP boxes. For general information about WebCom POP, please see Using POP Email.

1. Select Accounts... from the Tools pull-down menu.






2. You will see a listing of all the different accounts that you have Outlook Express configured to use. Click on Add... and select Mail... to add a new email account.






3. From here out you will be guided by the Account Wizard. We won't cover each of the steps in out instructions, but the important information is below:
   • For Mail Server Type select "POP3".
   • For Incoming Mail enter "pop.webcom.com/~webcom".
   • For Outgoing Mail enter "smtp.webcom.com/~webcom".
   
   
   
   
   
   • For POP account name: enter the POP login userid you chose when you created your POP account.
   • For Password: enter the password you chose when you created your POP account.
   
   
   
   
   

When you are done with these steps you should be able to retrieve email from your POP account. These instructions were generated using version 4.7. Menus may be slightly different if you are using a different version.