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How to add additional mailboxes in Outlook Express?

Setting up additional mailboxes in Outlook Express

This article describes the procedure for setting up an additional mailbox in Outlook Express.


Are too many mails in your inbox bothering you and you wondered if you could separate office mails from your personal mails? Moreover, personal mails along with office mails in the inbox means loss of privacy too.
You do not want to sift through the list every time you check mails!

There is a way out of this dilemma. You can create an additional folder so that you have separate inboxes for your official mails and personal mails.

In this article, we will learn how to go about setting up Outlook Express for the same.

  • Go to Start  > Programs > Outlook Express. You will see the screen below.



  • Click on Tools > Accounts.



  • In the box that appears as below, click on the Mail tab at the top.

  • Click on the Add button in the top left and click Mail.



  • This will start up a wizard. You will be asked to enter the name you would like to appear on the e-mails you send from this mailbox.
    This can either be your name, or the name of the company.

  • Click Next.



  • You will now be asked to enter your e-mail address.

    Click Next.





  • You will be asked for the incoming and outgoing mail server names.
    Enter the appropriate names as shown below.

  • Click Next.



  • You will be asked to type in your Account Name. In here, type your user ID and put your password in the box below it.

  • Click Next.





  • You have now set up your account.

  • Click Finish.





  • You will see your account added in the Internet Accounts box as shown below.

  • Click Close.




    Your additional mailbox is now set up in Outlook Express.
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