POP servers & SMTP?

Question

I've been trying to get Outlook Express to work and I can't. Even the troubleshooting isn't helping.
It isn't recognizing my POP/SMTP servers. It give me a place to type them in but I have no idea what to type. Can anyone help/

Answer 1

Here is the way that I have mine set->
incoming= mail.yourisp.com
outgoing= smtp.yourisp.com
your isp, is your internet service provider..

Answer 2

you have to call your server provider to have your pop/ smtp server. they have all the information for you to set up your outlook express. you'll keep on getting errors if you dont enter the correct pop/smtp server and you can not send/ receive email using outlook express

Answer 3

You have to ask your internet service provider what to enter for incoming and outgoing servers. For example, if you used Adelphia.net, your incoming and outgoing servers would be mail.adelphia.net.

Answer 4

search on your e-mail provider for pop3 and smtp configuration

ex.

pop3: pop.mail.gawab.com (receive)
smtp: smtp.mail.gawab.com (send)

Answer 5

Copy smeone elses laptop.

Answer 6

Ask your ISP or look for information on their web site.

Answer 7

depends on your mail server

Answer 8

If you use hotmail you can download your email.

Answer 9

Check with your ISP Email Provider for the exact instructions to set up the email to send and receive.....

POP3
When you use the very common Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), your e-mail is stored on your e-mail provider's server initially. But once you go and "get it" from Outlook, Outlook Express, or whatever e-mail program you use, it's downloaded to your computer and is no longer stored on the server. If you want to keep it, you can either never delete it from your program, or you can create a copy of it and keep it somewhere on your computer (and hopefully you're better at remembering where you put it than I am).

Use the POP3 protocol when:

You have one computer and want to store all your mail on that computer.
Security is a concern — you don't want your messages stored on an external server (like with IMAP and HTTP mail, which we'll be getting to in a minute).
You don't want to have to be connected to the Internet to be able to read e-mail.
Your e-mail provider doesn't support any other kind of protocol.

Note Some POP3 e-mail providers have special Web sites set up where you can access your e-mail from anywhere. This, however, is not the same as IMAP or HTTP mail.


IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a way to access your e-mail on a server and, if you like, keep your e-mail messages stored there instead of on your local computer.

Use IMAP when:

You have multiple computers and you want to be able to access your e-mail from any one of them (and the Web).
You want to view just the headers of your e-mail messages and decide whether you want to download them. No need to download an entire spam message when the heading is shocking enough.
You want to create and move folders or mailboxes, delete messages, and even perform a search for certain parts of a message — all on the server.
You don't mind being connected to the server (and, necessarily, the Internet) continually while you're receiving or sending your e-mail.

Note While this is all well and good, not all e-mail providers support IMAP. So before you get all excited, I'd check with them.


IMAP and AOL

There is one more thing I'd like to mention: until April of 2004, the America Online proprietary mail system meant that if you wanted to send or receive e-mail from your account, you had to do it from the AOL software or the AOL Web site. This is no longer the case; we can now all be friends since AOL supports IMAP.

So all of you readers out there who send me mail about how to configure Outlook to use with your AOL account? Read, configure, and be happy:

Use Outlook with AOL e-mail

...and because I'm feeling magnanimous and cheerful, here is a link that tells you how to do this with Outlook Express (which is, may I remind you again, NOT an Office product):
Use Outlook Express with AOL e-mail
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is used to display Web pages, but it can also be used to send and receive e-mail.

You'll be using HTTP mail when:

You have an account with MSN®, MSN Hotmail®, Yahoo!, or any other Web-based e-mail service. You can read and receive e-mail messages from any computer in the world with an Internet connection and a Web browser that supports graphics.
You're using Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA). With OWA you can get all your mail, contacts, and calendar information on the server by using an Internet browser from a UNIX, Macintosh, or Microsoft Windows®-based computer.
For remote connections, you can also use HTTP to connect from Outlook 2003 to a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 using a feature called "RPC over HTTP" (sexy name, isn't it?). This is an alternative to the standard VPN (virtual private network) connection. Read more about connecting to Microsoft Exchange over the Internet.
Note HTTP accounts are also not as private as POP3 accounts since your messages are stored on an external server. Also, the amount of space you get to store messages is limited; if you go over that set amount you won't be able to get or send more messages until you clean your room.

MAPI
Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) is used with Outlook in conjunction with a Microsoft Exchange Server mail server. MAPI is a lot like IMAP (in fact, it's an anagram of it), but it provides a wider array of features when you use it from within Outlook. In fact, MAPI makes it possible for other Office programs (such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel) to work with your e-mail program.

Note When you are using MAPI, it serves as both your incoming and outgoing mail server.

Use MAPI when:

You want to develop new types of custom forms.
You need your e-mail program (such as Outlook) to work with another program (such as Word). For example, maybe you want to access your Outlook Contacts folder for a mail merge you're setting up in Word.
You want to use profiles to configure how an e-mail message is transmitted and where it is stored.
Your organization uses Outlook with Exchange Sever so you have no choice in the matter.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
Most (but not all) e-mail systems use SMTP to send e-mail messages across the Internet from an e-mail client to an e-mail server. (As mentioned above, MAPI functions as both the incoming and outgoing mail server.) That's why you need to specify both the incoming server (POP3, IMAP, and so on) and the outgoing server (the SMTP server) when you set up your e-mail accounts.

Before you dash off to configure your account...
...be sure to contact your e-mail provider and find out what protocols it supports. Then think about how you use e-mail, how much you use it, and from where you want to access your mail:

If you're using Hotmail or MSN mail, that's HTTP mail. You can access Hotmail and MSN mail from either a Web browser or Outlook. Talk about convenience!
Yahoo! mail is also HTTP mail which can be accessed from a Web browser. However, if you have a paid subscription Yahoo! mail account that includes POP3 access and forwarding, you can use it with Outlook too.
If you need a lot of cooperation between your e-mail client and other programs (such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint®, or OneNote®, etc.), MAPI is the protocol for you.
If you use Outlook 2003 or 2002, you can configure Outlook to receive messages from your Exchange Server account, a POP3 account, and an HTTP account.