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What you need

1. Your Bell Mail email address
2. Your password
3. Your incoming mail server address (POP): pophm.sympatico.ca
4. Your outgoing mail server address (SMTP): smtphm.sympatico.ca

Creating the Account

Watch our interactive video to learn how to create a new email account in Outlook Express:

Read the video transcript:

1. Select the Tools menu

2. Select the Accounts menu item
   
   
   

3. Click the Add button
4. Select the Mail menu item
   
   
   

5. Enter your Display name in the box. When you send an email your Display Name is used to identify you as the sender.
6. Click the Next button
   
   
   

7. Enter your Bell Mail email address in the E-mail address box.
8. Click the Next button
   
   
   

9. Enter your Incoming mail (POP3) server (pophm.sympatico.ca) in the box.
10. Enter your Outgoing email server (SMTP) (smtphm.sympatico.ca) in the box.
11. Click the Next button
    
    
    

12. Enter your email address in the Account name box.
13. Enter your password in the Password box.
14. Click the Next button
    
    
    

15. Click the Finish button
16. Click the Properties button
    
    
    

17. Select the Servers tab
18. Click the My server requires authentication check box.
19. Click the Settings button
    
    
    

20. Ensure that the Use same settings as my incoming mail server radio button is selected.
21. Click the OK button
    
    
    

22. Select the Connection tab
23. Click the Always connect to this account using check box.
24. Ensure that Local Area Network is selected in the drop-down menu.
    
    
    

25. Select the Advanced tab
26. Click the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
27. Select the Incoming mail (POP3) box and delete the number 110.
28. Enter the number 995
29. Click the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
30. Set the Server Timeouts slider bar to 5 minutes.
31. Click the OK button
    
    
    

32. Click the Close button
    
    

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