Handling Unique Mail Situations

Outlook Express 6 has features that go well beyond the most common email-related tasks of reading and composing mail, addressing and sending messages, or using the Address Book. For example, you may have more than one email account. You can set preferences for these accounts, choose to keep them separate, or to bring them all into the same OE Inbox. You'll also learn ways to organize and filter your mail, check your mail while traveling, and how to make an alternate backup location for the mail you want to save and protect. In this section, we'll describe these more advanced situations and capabilities. Even if you don't intend to use these features, skim through the sections just so you know what features are available. Once you know what features are built in, you might want to come back and try them out later.

Modifying an Existing Email Account

After setting up an email account or two, you may find that you'd like to change a few things, such as the server name, password, connection preference, and more. To do this, go to Tools, Accounts, click the mail tab, and click Properties. Poke around in here to see all the characteristics that you can change.

Under the General tab, you can change how your name will appear on outgoing mail. Whatever you enter in the Name box will be what the recipient sees. Think about whether you'd like your email to be listed in recipients' inboxes in a casual or formal way, or even with your business name instead. (In other words, enter "Bob Cowart" or "Mr. Robert Cowart" or "Bob's Car Care.")

You might want to send mail from one email address, but have replies go to a different email address (when recipients click Reply.) To do this, enter the outgoing email address in the Email address box, and the alternate email address in the Reply address box.

Some email accounts (University accounts, for example) require you to connect to the Internet using a specific connection in order to access your email. If you need to change the connection used for an account, open the Internet Accounts dialog and follow these steps:

1.	Click the Mail tab to bring it to the front, and select the account you want to change. Click the Properties button on the right side of the dialog.
2.	Click the Connection tab. If you need to use a specific connection, place a check mark next to Always Connect to This Account Using, and select a connection from the drop-down menu.
3.	Click OK and Close to exit all the open dialogs.