Step 1

Open Outlook Express.

Step 2

Click Tools and select Accounts.

Step 3

Click on the Mail tab.  Click Add and select Mail.

Step 4

In the Display Name field, type your First and Last Name, then click Next.

Step 5

In the E-mail address field, type your user ID@access.etsu.edu

Example:  doe@access.etsu.edu

Click Next.

Step 6

In the My incoming mail server is a field, select POP3 if you want your messages to be downloaded from the mail server to your hard drive.  If you will be checking your mail from several different computers, select IMAP for this field—this will leave your messages on the server so that they can be accessed from any machine where you check your mail.

In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server field type:  access.etsu.edu

In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field type: access.etsu.edu

Click Next.

Step 7

In the Account name field, type your User ID.

In the Password field, type the password you set when you activated your e-mail account.

Click Next.

Step 8

Click Finish.

Step 9

Click Close.

If you selected POP3 in Step 6, then you are finished—simply click on your Inbox to see if you have any mail.

If you selected IMAP in Step 6, you will receive the following message:  Would you like to download a list of the available IMAP folders?  Click Yes.  You will notice that a new account called access.etsu.edu has been created on the left side of the main Outlook Express screen.  This account has its own Inbox—this is your ETSU E-Mail.