 Configuring
Outlook Express Mail and News
These instructions are to be used only after Ministry of Sound have registered you
and have issued you with an account.
You are advised to read these instructions carefully before actually undertaking the
following procedures.
When you first double click the Outlook Express icon a window will appear named
"Browse for folder", please select the folder that you wish your mail to be
stored in, we recommend that you select the default and click OK. If you
have registered using our signup server all of the rest of your mail and news settings
will be automatically configured for you. Allowing you to send/receive mail and news
immediately.
Alternatively, if you have re-installed our software or manually registered an account
then please follow the instructions below for configuring Outlook Express.
In order for the wizard to run correctly you must have configured your Ministry of
Sound Internet connection beforehand. To do this double click on the Internet Explorer
icon from your desktop. When Internet Explorer launches select Configure existing
account and your connection will be configured automatically. You may be prompted for
your Windows 95/98 CD-ROM during this process so make sure you have it available.
Configuring
Outlook Express using the setup wizard
Stage 1:
Configuring Outlook Express Mail
- Double click on the Outlook Express icon on the Desktop.
- A window will appear named "Browse for folder". Please select the folder that
you wish to have your mail stored. We recommend that you select the default and just click
on OK.
- A window will then appear named "Your Name". Please enter your real name in
the "Display Name" box. Then click Next.
- A window will then appear named "Internet e-mail Address", please enter your
e-mail address in the box provided. Then click Next.
N.B. Customers should note that the e-mail address should take the form of the
following: <USERID>@ministryofsound.net
- A window will then appear named "e-mail Server Names". The server names should
be already entered for you. If you do not have entries for the server names they are as
follows:
"My incoming mail server is a POP3 server".
"Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server" - mail.ministryofsound.net
"Outgoing mail (SMTP) server" - smtpmail.ministryofsound.net
After the details are entered click on Next.
- A window will then appear named "Internet Mail Logon". Make sure "Log on
using" is enabled. Within the box named "POP Account Name" please enter
your <USERID>@ministryofsound.net. You will then need to enter your
Ministry of Sound password in the box named "Password" (be sure to enter the
password in the correct case). After this has been completed click Next.
- A window will appear called "Friendly Name". The name of our incoming mail
server should already be entered into the box headed "Internet mail account
name", so just click Next.
- A window will then appear named "Choose Connection Type". Make sure that the
box headed Connect using my phone line is checked, then click Next.
- The next screen will appear named "Choose Modem", if you haven't selected what
modem to use to dial. Ensure that the correct modem has been selected in the box, then
click Next. If this screen is not displayed then please proceed to Step 10
below.
- A window will appear named "Dial-Up Connection". Make sure that Use an
existing Dial-Up Connection is enabled. Then highlight MinistryofSound in the
box beneath and click Next.
- Congratulations, you have now set up the e-mail facility within Outlook Express. Click
on Finish. The Outlook Express Wizard will now prompt you to configure the News
facility, please proceed to Stage 2.
Stage 2:
Configuring Outlook Express News
- The first screen that the Wizard produces is named "Your Name". Please enter
your full name in the "Display Name" box, and then click Next.
- A window will then appear named "Internet News e-mail Address". Please enter
your e-mail address in the box named " e-mail Address", and then click Next.
- A window will then appear named "Internet News Server Name". The box named
"NNTP: News Server" should already have the name of our News Server entered in
it. If you do not have an entry for the news server please enter: news.ministryofsound.net
and then click on Next.
- A window will then appear called "Friendly Name". The box headed
"Internet News Account Name" should already have the name of our current News
Server entered in it, so just click Next.
- A window will then appear named "Choose Connection type". Ensure that the box
headed Connect using my phone line is checked. Then click Next.
- The Wizard will then display a window named "Choose modem" if you haven't
already selected the modem that you wish to use. Ensure that the correct modem is selected
in the pull down window, then click Next. If this window is not displayed then
please proceed to Step 7 below.
- A window will then appear named "Dial-Up Connection". Ensure that the box
labeled Use an existing Dial-Up connection is checked, then highlight MinistryofSound
and then click Next.
- Congratulations you have now configured Outlook Express News. Click on Finish to
complete the set up process. The wizard has now finished, Outlook Express now prompts you
to connect to download any new e-mail. It may bring up a connection screen headed
"Select the connection you would like to dial:" if you would like to connect
please ensure that MinistryofSound is selected from the drop down menu. Then click
on OK. If you do not wish to connect at this point please select Cancel.
- If you click on OK to connect to MinistryofSound a window will be displayed named
"Connect to" please make sure the "Phone" is set to <Default>.
After the details have been entered click on OK. You will now dial into Ministry of
Sound.
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