To set up Microsoft Outlook Express to send and receive MSN email messages from your MSN account:
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On the Microsoft Outlook Express Tools menu, click Accounts.
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Click Add, and then click Mail.
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In the Display Name box, type the name that you want people to see when you send them email.
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Click I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use, and then type your MSN or Windows Live Hotmail email address (for example, “someone@example.com”).
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Click Next.
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Select HTTP as the server, and then select Other as the provider.
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In the Server Address box, type http://oe.msn.msnmail.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmdata, and then click Next.
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In the Account Name box, type your MSN email address.
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In the Password box, type your password.
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Click Next, and then click Finish.
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When prompted to download folder information, click Yes.
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| The first time that you check email, your folder information is downloaded along with your email messages. |
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