Q173952: How to Configure Outlook Express for The Microsoft Network
Article: Q173952
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): 2.5,2.51,2.52,2.6
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbtlc kbmsn kbGraphxLinkkbfaq
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- The Microsoft Network versions 2.5, 2.51, 2.52, 2.6
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NOTE: If you install and run MSN Explorer version
6, your MSN POP3 e-mail account is migrated to an MSN
Hotmail account. If you have Outlook and Outlook Express
configured for POP3, you will no longer receive your new
MSN e-mail messages.
For additional information about what to do when
Outlook does not receive MSN e-mail messages, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q268732 OLEXP: Outlook Does Not Receive MSN E-mail Messages
To view a Microsoft Support WebCast about what to do if
you cannot receive your MSN e-mail in Outlook or Outlook
Express, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc011901/wcblurb011901.asp
SUMMARY
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This article describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook Express to work with
MSN, The Microsoft Network. Outlook Express is an e-mail and newsgroup reader
program.
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To configure Outlook Express to work with MSN, use one of the following methods.
If you connect through a LAN or an Internet service provider (ISP) other than
MSN, use method 1. If you are connecting by modem (ISDN or analog) to MSN, use
method 2.
Method 1
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To configure Outlook Express to work with an existing MSN account, use the
following steps:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Internet Explorer, and then click
Outlook Express.
2. If the MSN Sign-In screen appears, click Cancel.
3. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
4. On the Mail tab, click the MSN Mail account, and then click Properties.
5. On the General tab, type the appropriate information about your account in
the Name, Organization, E-mail Address, and Reply Address boxes. Note that
entries in the Organization and Reply Address boxes are optional.
6. On the Servers tab, type "smtp.email.msn.com" (without the quotation marks)
in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) box.
7. In the Incoming Mail (POP3) box, type "pop3.email.msn.com" (without the
quotation marks).
8. Select "Log on using Secure Password Authentication".
9. Select My Server requires authentication.
10. On the Connection tab, click "Connect using Internet Explorer's or a 3rd
party dialer".
11. Click OK, and then click Close.
12. Minimize Outlook Express.
13. Right-click the The Internet icon on the desktop, click Properties, and then
click the Connection tab.
- If you connect to the Internet using a local area network, click Connect
to the Internet using a local area network.
- If you connect to the Internet using a modem, click Connect to the
Internet using a modem. Click Settings and verify that the Dial-Up
connection for your Internet service provider is selected in the Use the
following Dial-Up Networking connection box. If MSN is your Internet
service provider, the Dial-Up connection should be MSN.
14. Click OK until you close all Windows.
Method 2
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To configure a new account for Outlook Express, use the following steps:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Internet Explorer, and then click
Outlook Express.
2. If the MSN Sign-In screen appears, click Cancel.
3. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
4. Click Add, and then click Mail.
5. In the Display Name box, type your name, and then click Next.
6. In the E-mail Address box, type your MSN e-mail address, and then click Next.
7. In the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server box, type the following server
address: pop3.email.msn.com.
8. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type the following server address:
smtp.email.msn.com.
9. Click Next.
10. Select Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA).
11. Select My Server Required Authentication, and then click Next.
12. In the Internet Mail Account Name box, type MSN, and then click Next.
13. Click I will establish my Internet connection manually, and then click Next.
14. Click Finish, and then click Close.
15. Close Outlook Express.
16. Right-click the Internet icon on the desktop, click Properties, and then
click the Connection tab.
- If you connect to the Internet using a local area network, click Connect
to the Internet using a local area network.
- If you connect to the Internet using a modem, click Connect to the
Internet using a modem. Click Settings and verify that the Dial-Up
connection for your Internet service provider is selected in the Use the
following Dial-Up Networking connection box. If MSN is your Internet
service provider, the Dial-Up connection should be MSN.
17. Click OK until you close all Windows.
Additional query words: msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n. outexw95
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Keywords : kbtlc kbmsn kbGraphxLink kbfaq
Technology : kbMSNSearch kbMSN252 kbMSN251 kbMSN260 kbMSN250
Version : :2.5,2.51,2.52,2.6
Issue type : kbhowto kbinfo
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