Email

You can use these instructions to set up email for your PlusNet email address or email for a domain hosted on your account.

1. Set up a new email account

1. If this is the first time you've run Outlook Express, the Internet Connection Wizard should be the first thing you see, so go to step c.

   If you don't see the Internet Connection Wizard, go to Tools on the top bar and select Accounts.

   

2. The Internet Accounts window will appear. Click Add, then Mail. This will launch the Internet Connection Wizard.

   

3. Enter your full name (or the name you'd like people to see when you send them email from this account) and click Next.

   

4. Enter the email address you're setting up, this could be a PlusNet address (yourname@username.plus.com) or a hosted domain address (something@yourdomain.co.uk). When you've done this click Next.

   

5. Now you'll need to enter your mail server addresses.

   

   Choose POP3 from the dropdown box at the top and enter the following for the mail servers (make sure you've changed the drop down at the top of this page if you're a Force9 or Free-Online customer)

   • Incoming mail server: mail.plus.net
   • Outgoing mail server: relay.plus.net

   When you've done this click Next.

6. Now you need to enter your email username and password.

   

   To set up your first Plusnet email address (What's my first Plusnet email address?), use the username and password you log into this website with.

   If you're setting up an Additional mailbox (What's an Additional Mailbox?), you'll need to use the mailbox username (in the format username+mailboxname) and password. Check the email we sent after the mailbox was created if you're not sure what these are.

   When you've done this click Next.

7. That's all you need to do, so click Finish to close the Internet Connection Wizard and then Close.

   Finally Click Send/Recv and your email will be downloaded to the Inbox.

2. Check or edit an existing email account

If you need to check or change your email settings on Outlook Express, follow these steps:

1. Go to Tools on the top bar and select Accounts. The Internet Accounts window should appear.

   

2. Click on the Mail tab to see a list of mail accounts currently set up on this machine. Double-click on the Account name to open the Properties window for that account.

   

3. Use the tabs at the top of the properties window to check over the settings for this account.

   
4. If you make any changes that you want to keep, click Apply. Click OK when you've finished checking settings.
   See below for more information on what tab will show you.

   • General

     On this tab you'll see the name of the account holder and email address

     Make sure these are entered correctly. You can leave the reply address blank unless you want replies to your email to go somewhere else

   • Servers

     Here you'll see the Incoming & Outgoing mailserver addresses and the username & password being used to log in

     Make sure Log on using Secure Password Authentication is not ticked

   • Connection

     This tab is only used for dial-up connections

     Broadband uses should make sure the tick box is blank and the rest of the page greyed out

     If you're a dial-up user, make sure the box is ticked and your dial-up connection name is selected in the drop down

   • Security

     Ignore this tab unless you wish to encrypt or sign your email

   • Advanced

     Unless you want to keep a copy of your email on our server, you shouldn't need to alter the settings on this tab. Make sure that the Sender Port Numbers, Server Timeouts and Sending sections match the screenshot below

     

This page last updated 15th April 2010