Note: These instructions are for Microsoft® Outlook Express, not Microsoft Office Outlook. Please verify that you're using Outlook Express before continuing. If you're using the Office version of Outlook, see our How-To for Outlook.

1. Note: If this is your first time running Outlook Express, the Set Up a Mail Account wizard should appear automatically. In that case, skip to step 2.

   Click on Set up a Mail account on the main Outlook Express screen.
   

2. Under Display name, enter your name.
   
   Click Next to continue.

3. Under E-Mail address, enter your E-Mail address.
   
   Click Next to continue.

4. Under My incoming mail server is a ____ server, make sure POP3 is selected.

   Set both Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server and Outgoing mail (SMTP) server to mail.emr.net.
   

   Note: If your ISP is Cox, you will not be able to send mail using mail.emr.net. You will need to set your outgoing mail server to smtp.west.cox.net.

   Click Next to continue.

5. Under Account name, enter your complete E-Mail address. Be sure to include the @ sign and the domain; don't just enter your username here!

   Optionally, you can enter your password and check Remember password. Otherwise, you will need to enter your password every time you send or receive mail.
   
   Make sure Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is not checked.

   Click Next to continue.

6. You will see the Congratulations dialogue box.
   
   Click Finish to continue.

   Note: If your ISP is Cox, you're done; please skip the remaining steps.

7. Go to Tools → Accounts.
   

8. Select the mail account you just created and click on Properties.
   

9. Click on the Servers tab.
   
   Check the My server requires authentication box.

   Click OK to save these settings.

You're done! You should be able to send and receive mail now.