1. Load up Outlook express, (you do NOT have to be on the Internet to do this)
   
2. Select the menu option labeled "Tools" then select "Accounts"
   
3. From the next menu select "Add" then select "Mail"
   
4. When it asks for your name, this is your actual name (eg. John Smith) click "Next"
   
5. For internet email address type in your new email address (eg. johndoe@coastnet.com) click "Next"
   
6. Email server names are pop3. Both incoming and outgoing mail servers are the same: mail.coastnet.com and click "Next"
   
7. Internet mail logon: have the dot in "Logon Using" and type in your user name (this is the first part of your email address (eg. jsmith) and then your password, which only you should know. Click "Next"
   
8. Friendly name: you can change this to reflect your personal mail settings (eg. jsmith email)
   
9. Choose connection type and set it for connect using my phone line. Click "Next".
   
10. Dial-up connection: select "Yse an existing dialup connection" and select your Coastnet connection. Click "Next"
    

Configuring your mail boxes with multiple users

So far you have configured Outlook Express to collect email from more than one mail box. If you choose to leave things the way they are, all of the email accounts being checked will place their new messages into the default "In Box". To assist in organizing your email better there is a feature of Outlook Express called the Inbox assistant. This assistant is handy for creating personal folders for email and filtering.

To use the inbox assistant to create personal email boxes, follow the following steps:

1. Select the menu option labeled "Tools" then select inbox assistant
2. Once the menu appears select "Add"
3. You will see lots of different features you can play with, but the one we want to use starts when you place a check mark in the box next to Account
4. You should now have a list of accounts you can choose from, select your new account name
5. Under Perform the following action select "move to" then click "folder"
6. Click the button on the right labeled "new folder" and name it what you want
7. A new folder will appear in the list, click on the folder and click OK
8. Click ok again, and you're done, feel free to test this out by sending a message off to your new email address and it should wind up in the new folder that you just created.

Hint: In order for people who receive your email to have it come from your specific account (rather than the default), you must select "File" then select "Send as" and pick your account name there instead of simply hitting the "Send" button.

  How to set up multiple email boxes using Outlook Express for Macintosh:

1. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences
   
2. Under Accounts, make sure that E-mail is highlited
   
3. Click on the New Account... button
   
4. Name the account whatever you like (it's not important to the setup) and set the type to POP and hit OK
   
5. Fill in the fields as follows:
   • Full Name: Anything you like (usually your name)
   • E-mail address: Your full email address including the '@coastnet.com'
   • SMTP server: mail.coastnet.com
   • Account ID: The first part of your email address (your username)
   • POP Server: mail.coastnet.com

6. You can check the Save Password and enter your dial-in password if you don't want Outlook Express to ask your for you password everytime you check your email
7. Click OK

Now you have the second address setup, you can have Outlook Express copy the new accounts mail to a separate folder if you wish:

Configuring your mail boxes with multiple users

1. First, make a new folder to store the mail in. From the File menu, select New Folder and then name it
2. Under the Tools menu, choose Inbox Rules...
3. Click on New Rule
4. Give the Rule a name and then under Criteria, change the "From" to "To Contains" and in the empty box type in the new email address.
5. Under Actions 1, select Move and then a new drop-down menu will appear and allow you to select the mailbox that you made in step 1
6. Click OK and that's it

Hint: To have Outlook Express send a message from a particular account rather than the default, when you have a new message up ready to be sent, you'll see a drop-down menu called Account (just above the "To:" field) where you can specify which account to send from (and thus which return address is used).