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Checking Your E-Mail Settings (Outlook Express)
A good way to make sure that your e-mail software is running the way you want it.

  1. Click on Start > Programs > Internet Explorer > Outlook Express. Tools, Accounts
  2. In the new window, click on Tools > Accounts.
  3. In the new window, click on the Mail tab.
  4. Under the Mail tab, you'll see three headers: Account, Type, and Connection.
  5. Under Account, double-click on your mail account for Lynchburg.Net. If there isn't one there, go to Setting Up Your New E-Mail Account.
  6. In the new window, you should put your real name in where it says Name: and your e-mail address in where it says E-mail address: .
  7. Next, click on the Servers tab at the top.
  8. It should say mail.lynchburg.net (all lowercase) next to Outgoing mail (SMTP): and Incoming mail (POP3): .
  9. It should also say My incoming mail server is a POP3 server.
  10. Lower down, there should be a bullet next to Log on using, and your username (i.e., johndoe, -not- johndoe@lynchburg.net) and password should both be entered.
  11. Tip: Neither your username nor your password can have any UPPERCASE letters in it - they all need to be lowercase.
  12. Next, click on the Connection tab above.
  13. Assuming you use a modem to connect, there should be a bullet next to Connect using my phone line.
  14. Underneath that in Modem, Use the following Dial-Up Networking connection:, that drop-down menu should have your lynchburg.net connection in there. If it isn't, please select it from the drop-down menu.
  15. Now, you're done. Click Apply in the lower right hand corner, then OK.
  16. At the next window, click Close. You're set to Send and Receive your e-mail.
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