HOW TO RECEIVE MAIL ON YOUR PC USING MICROSOFT OUTLOOK

Do you know you could get E-mail alert pop up on your desktop computer?You have seen this happen on Hollywood and Nollywood where an alert pops-up notifying the computer user of a New Email received, and the email content can be viewed at the touch of a button. You can also get this done easily on your personal computer without much technical skill.

            Users who have Microsoft Office installed (Word, excel, Outlook Express etc) on their PC do not have to visit yahoo or Google.com anytime they want to check email messages. Microsoft Outlook email client has made this easier with it  you can automatically get notification of new emails and read them right away. IMAP (Internet message access protocol) is recommended because it lets you download messages so you can access your mail with a program like Outlook Express or Apple Mail. IMAP syncs the actions you take in Outlook Express or Apple Mail whatever action taken in your Microsoft outlook will directly be effected in your mail client. Sadly, POP does not have this function.

How to easily setup Outlook Express 2003 / 2007 Email Account
  Gmail would be used as sample though same process is applicable on yahoomail account but with slight changes. Now, you must enable IMAP in your Email account and to do this you need to follow these steps below

• Sign in to Gmail.
• Click on settings on the top right corner of your gmail account
• Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
• Select Enable IMAP and click Save Changes as seen below

^{Enabling IMAP in Gmail}

You need to allow Microsoft outlook to recieve mail on your PC so follow these steps to get it configured

Click Start>>All Programs>Microsoft Office>> Open Microsoft Outlook Express.
Tools>> Options>> Mail Setup Tab >> Click Email Accounts >> NEW
Select the “ Manually Configure server” and click Next


     4.   Select Internet And Email  in the next window and click Next
     5.   Enter the required user login email / password information and server information as:
           Account Type: IMAP
           Incoming Mail server: imap.gmail.com   (For yahoo:    imap.mail.yahoo.com)
           Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com   (For yahoo:   smtp.mail.yahoo.com)

Click “MORE SETTINGS” >> Outgoing Server Tab>> and select “My Outgoing server requires authentication.

^{Outlook Express Outgoing server Tab}

6. Click the Advanced TAB and enter the following port numbers:
 Incoming server(IMAP): 993 SSL   (For yahoo 993 SSL)
 Outgoing server(SMTP): 587 TLS  (For yahoo 465 SSL)
 Click OK and click Next to finish setup.

^{Outlook Express Advanced Tab}

 
7.       Use the Send/Receive Button on the toolbar to refresh inbox or set the rate at which Mail is checked

If the above steps are properly followed your system should be able to receive and send email directly without going to gmail