How to get email working in Outlook Express

[tborish]

I have my email account set up in Outlook Express. However, I can send email, but I can't receive any. I can check it through the web just fine, but I would like to also receive it through Outlook Express.

I have the incoming and outgoing mail servers set as the same. What else can I do to make sure I can receive email through Outlook Express? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[QT]

Do you have any errors you can post?

Make sure your server actually has POP3 service running on it.

[tborish]

Thank you for the quick reply. Actually, there are no errors to report on Outlook Express -- nothing pops up. I can send email fine...but I can only receive emails using the Squirrel webmail. So, when I send myself an email, I can only receive it on the web and not on Outlook Express.

It says that I have a POP3 + Imap Server on my admin. Anything else I should try?

[QT]

If you leave Squirrelmail open, Squirrelmail will
get it before Outlook can download it.

The only other thing that I can think of is double check and make sure that you've set up Outlook correctly.

[tborish]

Well...I don't have Squirrel webmail open at the same time. I gave myself at least 15 minutes (after sending a test email) on Outlook Express before checking it on Squirrel webmail. I can receive emails through Squirrel webmail immediately upon checking it there. In fact, I sent a test email last night and checked it this morning -- it did not show up when I checked Outlook first but it did show up when I checked Squirrel after.

I went through all my settings and can't find anything wrong. I guess I'm just out of luck on this one -- thanks for your help! :)

[QT]

Is this a Standard Linux Server? Any control panels?

[tborish]

Yes, it says that my mail server is mail.mydomain.com. I don't see anywhere else to alter/edit my email settings. The thing is, shouldn't this be easy to the point that I shouldn't have to alter anything for my email account?

I mean, I know how Outlook Express works (I have 3 other accounts running on there) and everything is set up correctly.

[QT]

I meant your server at ServerBeach...
Is it a linux server? Does it have any control panel? Which? :)

[tborish]

I found what the mistake was.....in my incoming mail settings, I simply had my username (and not the @mydomain.com after). I did not have to use this setting for my other email accounts using Outlook Express, so I figured it would work -- and it obviously didn't.

At any rate, thank you for all of your help and time on this issue. Perhaps this can be used as a learning lesson for other people in case they have problems running Outlook Express :) Thanks again!

[QT]

Glad you got it figured out. :)