1.

Let’s set up a sample e-mail account. This account won’t work (so ignore any error messages you may get) but it will allow us to use the menu options and dialog boxes we’ve talked about. To get there, click on the Tools menu and choose E-mail Accounts.

2.

Make sure the dot is next to Add a New E-Mail Account and click Next.

3.

Click POP3 and click Next.

4.

Here’s the information for all of the fields in this window:

Your Name: Jane Smith

E-Mail Address: jsmith@myinternet.com

User Name: jsmith

Incoming mail server: myinternet.com

Outgoing mail server: myinternet.com

(Leave the password field blank)

5.

Click Next and then Finish.

6.

Click Tools. Choose Send/Receive, then Send/Receive Settings. Lastly, click Define Send/Receive Groups.

7.

Under Setting for Group All Accounts, find the option that says Schedule an automatic send/receive every [ ] minutes. Make sure the box is checked, and then click in the white box to the right of the option and type 2.

8.

Click Close.

9.

Let’s go back to Tools and E-mail Accounts. This time, put the dot in “View or change Existing E-mail Accounts.” Click Next.

10.

Click on the myinternet.com account in the large white window on the left to highlight it. Click Remove.

12.

Click Finish.