Is it possible to use my BT email address through Outlook Express. I often need to do documents through Word?

As a teacher I often do lengthy documents through Word than need emailing to staff. Usually I do it through adding it as an attachment. Could someone please explain in lay man terms how Outlook express works and how to set it up. I am baffled. Idiots guide would be most welcome as I don't understand some of the questions ?.





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Is it possible to use my BT email address through Outlook Express. I often need to do documents through Word?
Quite simple actually - go into Outlook Express, then click on Tools, then Accounts. Click on "Add" - it will then ask you for your name; this is the name that tags itself to your email address when you send email. Then it will ask for your email address from BT - type it in including the extension i.e. btinternet.com, btclick.com etc. Then you will be faced with a screen that asks for both your POP3 (Post Office Protocol) server name and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) which is effectively the receiving and sending addresses respectively. Excluding quotes, type the following into the POP3 box "mail.btinternet.com" and the same into the SMTP box, then it should have automatically picked up your username from the first part of your email address, you then simply enter the password for that address.


Then click on "Additional Settings" - there should be a tick box saying "My server requires Authentication" - click on that and then click "OK" as it automatically configures it with the same username and password that you originally had. Thereafter, your email should be now working.





Once you have set this up correctly, you can both receive and send your BT mail through Outlook Express.





Hope I have been of help.





Steve
Reply:I'm not sure about setting up OE - as previous responder said, it depends on POP3 etc. However, using OE may not improve matters.


Using OE, you would still need to attach the Word documents to your email, so I'm not sure why you want to pursue this route. Also, using OE for email ties you to a specific computer, whereas using the web to access your email (as you seem to imply) means you can get at it anywhere - OK, a different computer will not give you access to the original word document.


Perhaps you need to rephrase the question. Maybe it's a problem more of attaching and downloading. How do you currently access/use email ?
Reply:It all depends if your Internet Service Provider, uses an IMAP, or POP3 email server.





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