How to repair your Outlook Express e-mail account

These instructions will show you how to fix your Outlook Express e-mail account if you have an account with AtTheTipWebs.com and use Trend Micro's PC-Cillin 2003 or earlier versions. The problem is caused by PC-Cillin, it changes your computer's incoming mail server so it can scan incoming e-mail messages for viruses before they get into your in-box. They have a fix for this but their support isn't user friendly (sucks). This needs to be changed back to your, the correct, mail server.

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1. Open Outlook Express, go , then .
    
2. From the top menu click then .
3. From this window, click the tab. This will show you all the mail accounts set-up on the computer.
4. Click the account you need repaired. It will turn blue.
5. Click button on the right.
6. Click the tab at the top of the window.
7. You need to change the Incoming mail (POP3): and the Account name:. In the Incoming mail box, replace the word localhost to your domain information (mail.yourwebaddress.com). Then go to the Account name box remove everything behind your user name (the part of your e-mail address before the "@" sign).
   From this:
   
   To this:
   
8. After you change the information click then click .
9. Click the button.
10. Click the button to check for new messages.

NOTE: If you have mail in your Outbox you may need to click the Send/Recv button 2 or 3 times.

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