How to Set Up Comcast E-mail in Outlook Express

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Tod Amazeen and I've been an internet business consultant for 15 years. I'm going to show you how to set up Comcast e-mail in Outlook Express. Outlook Express is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation, a company which which I have no affiliation. With Outlook Express open click on tools and scroll down and select options. Select mail from the tabs across the top now click on add and click on mail. Here is where we enter the display name. This is simply your name or the name people see when you send them e-mails. Click on next in the e-mail address are enter the name, the e-mail name provided to you by Comcast. Click on next. Make sure next to my incoming mail server you selected Pop 3. In the incoming mail server text entry box type in the Pop 3 or incoming mail server name provided to you by Comcast. Typically it is mail.Comcast.net. Now we go to the Outgoing mail or SMTP server and again we type in the name of the SMTP server here. Comcast will provide you with this information but typically it is SMTP.comcast.net. Now we click on next. Type in the account name provided to you by Comcast and now enter the password. You can leave the remember password button checked and this will allow Outlook Express to automatically check your e-mail. If you uncheck remember password every time you send or receive e-mail you'll need to enter the password and I'm going to leave remember password checked and now we click on next and now we click on finish. You've just learned how to set up Comcast e-mail in Outlook Express. I'm Tod Amazeen."