How to set up your email using Outlook Express
This page explains how to configure Outlook Express access the your email server via IMAP.
Please note the Incoming Server and the Outgoing Server are both mail.sleekservices.net.
If you are using Outlook Express for the first time, a wizard will walk you through automatically. However if you already have Outlook setup then you need to select Tools | Accounts from the menu bar.
- Then click on the Add button and choose Mail:
- The Internet Connection Wizard will guide you through the setup process. Please type in your name and click Next
- Type in your email address.
- If this your first time using Outlook Express it may ask what type of email you would like to use. Choose "I already have an email address that I'd like to use."
- The Email Server Names window will appear (Figure4). Choose IMAP from the drop down menu.
- Type in mail.sleekservices.net in the Incoming mail server field.
- Type in mail.sleekservices.net in the Outgoing mail server field. Click Next
- The Internet Mail Logon window will appear. Type your full email address in the Account Name field.
- Type in your password. Check the Remember password box if you want to save your password. Remember that using this option will allow anyone with access to your computer to read and send mail in your name. Click Next and then Finish.
- Keep the Internet Accounts open and then select properties for your new account.
- Click on the Servers tab and then check "My server requires authentication" box. (Figure 6)
- Click on the Settings button and then check "Use same settings as my incoming mail server" box. Click OK.
- Click on the Advanced tab and then check "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box. (Figure 7)
- Change the outgoing mail (SMTP) port to 465.
- Check on "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box and make sure "Incoming Mail (IMAP)" is set to 993. Then click OK.
- You may now close Internet Accounts window. Outlook Express may ask you if you would like to download folders from the mail server. Click Yes and then OK. This will download the Inbox, Outbox, etc.
You can now use Outlook Express to access your Sleek Services email.
