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Outlook 2000 - For High-speed Connections & Other ISPs

Accessing your e-mail from another ISP requires an application that supports SSL. Note: You can't use the Norton 2000/2001 e-mail virus check while downloading with a server that requires SSL. Please read this additional information.

Note: You will need to find your AT&T Worldnet Service account information.

• Add an E-mail Account
• View or Change a E-mail Account

To configure Microsoft Outlook 2000 for For High-speed Connections & Other ISPs:

1. Launch Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
   
3. You will see the following window. If you already have an e-mail account configured, it will also show in this window.
   
4. Click the Add button, and choose Mail to open the Internet Connection Wizard.
   
5. Fill in your name. This is the name that will appear in the From: line of your e-mail. You can use your real name or, if you prefer, you can place an alias in this space. Click the Next button.
   
6. Type your e-mail address in the E-mail address field. Click the Next button.
   
7. Place the following information in the next window:
   • Select POP3 for the incoming mail server type.
   • Incoming mail (POP3) server: ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net
   • Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: imailhost.worldnet.att.net
8. Click on Next to continue.
   
9. In the Account Name field, enter the part of your e-mail address that is to the left of the @. In the Password field, enter your e-mail password. The password is the e-mail password that you chose. If you don't want to type your password every time you check your e-mail, select the Remember password option. Click the Next button.
10. Select your connection method and click the Next button. What you'll see next depends on the connection method that you've chosen.
    
11. When you see this window, you're finished with this part of it! Click the Finish button.
    
12. Continue with the More Settings section below for changes that need to be made to the account properties in order to make accessing your e-mail from another ISP work.

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To view or change existing e-mail accounts:

1. Launch Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
   
3. Highlight the account and click the Properties button.
   
4. Review the following tabs:
   • General tab
     This tab contains the basic information for your e-mail account.
     • Mail Account: You can put whatever you wish in this field. If you have more than one e-mail account, you can put a "friendly" name here. It makes it easier to identify each individual account.
     • Name: Put the name that you want people to see on your e-mail in this box. We've used "Your Name" in the example below.
     • Organization: You can leave this blank if you wish.
     • E-mail address: Place your entire e-mail address in this field. We used emailid@worldnet.att.net for this example. Replace this with your own e-mail address.
     • Reply address: You can normally leave this blank. However, if you want people to reply to an address other than the one shown in the E-mail address box, put that e-mail address here.
     • Select the Include this Account when Recieving Mail or Synchronizing option if you want this account included every time you check for e-mail.
       
   • Servers tab
     This tab contains the information that you need to connect to the AT&T Worldnet e-mail servers.
     • Incoming mail server type: POP3
     • Incoming mail (POP3): ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net
     • Outgoing mail (SMTP): imailhost.worldnet.att.net
     • Account name: Put your e-mail ID here. The e-mail ID is the part to the left of the @ in your e-mail address.
     • Password: Put your e-mail password in this field.
     • Select the Remember password option if you don't want to have to type in your password whenever you check your e-mail.
     • Check My server requires authentication and click the Settings button.
       
     • Select Log on using and enter the following information:
       • Account name: emailid@worldnet.att.net
       • Password: your e-mail password
     • If you don't want to enter your e-mail password every time you check your e-mail, select the Remember password option. Click the OK button to go back to the Properties window.
       
   • Connection tab
     Select the option that applies to you.
     
   • Advanced tab
     Change the information as follows:
     • Outgoing mail (SMTP): Select the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) option and then change the outgoing mail port number to 465.
     • Incoming mail (POP3): Select the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) option and port 995 will be entered into the incoming mail port field automatically.
       
5. When you're finished, click Apply to save your settings and then OK to close the window.

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