Outlook Express POP E-Mail Configuration
The following tutorial is provided to assist you in setting up your new e-mail account. Should you have any difficulty at any stage of your e-mail setup, please contact our Client Support at
(888) 276-9875 or e-mail your question to support@focuspub.comFollow the instructions below to configure Outlook Express for use with your Focus Publications POP3 account.
Note: An example account name was used through the instructions. Please substitute your Focus Publications POP3 email address information for the account used in the instructions.
The example address is: yourname@yourdomain.com
Account name is: yourname@yourdomain.com
Domain is: yourdomain.com
1. Open Outlook Express.
2. When the main Outlook Express screen appears, click on the Tools item on the top menu bar then choose/click the Accounts sub-option (as shown below):
3. The Internet Accounts screen will present you the Mail tab interface. This will show all the mail accounts configured in your Outlook Express (it will be empty if you don't have an account set up already).
Click on the Add button on the right and choose the Mail option. The Wizard will guide you through the information gathering and configuration steps to create a new account.
4. On the Your Name screen below, simply enter in your name. Whatever you enter here will appear in the “From” field when someone receives email from you. You can use your full name, or Webmaster, or anything you like. Then, click “Next.”
5. On the Internet E-mail address screen below, enter in your new Focus Publications email address. The example account used is yourname@yourdomain.com. Please enter in your Focus Publications POP3 email address. Click the Next button when you are finished.
6. On the E-mail Server Names screen below you will see Incoming mail POP3 and Outgoing mail SMTP.
For Incoming mail POP3 type mail.focuspub.comIMPORTANT: Outgoing Mail (SMTP) server: This information is provided by your ISP (internet service provider). Contact your ISP and ask them what the name of their Out going Mail (SMTP) server is. Type the server name your ISP provides you in this box.
7. On the Internet Mail Logon screen below, enter your Focus Publications POP3 email account name and password. Your account name is your FULL email address (yourname@yourdomain.com). You can select Remember password if you like. (This is recomended)
Do not check the box labeled "Log on using Secure Password Authorization (SPA)". It is not supported by our mail systems.
Click the Next button when you are finished.
8. On the Congratulations screen below, simply click the Finish button to return to the Internet Accounts screen
9. At this point, you are returned to the Internet Accounts screen. You can set the new rule as your default if you were using another rule as your primary email account. Click Close when you are finished, then you will need to log out and restart your Outlook Express.
Configuration is complete!
