The following is a step-by-step procedure for configuring your e-mail account for use with Microsoft Outlook Express on Windows 98/ME/2000. Your screens may vary slightly depending on the version you are currently using.

1. Open Outlook Express by double clicking the icon from your desktop or selecting it from your start > program files menu.

2. Select Tools > Accounts from the menu at the top of the screen.

3. Select the mail tab at the top of the next window and then select the Add button to the right, followed by the Mail.. selection.

4. A wizard will start up and ask you a series of questions to configure your account. You must use the proper information for your specific email address.

5. Enter a display name as you would like it to appear to others, and press the next button.

6. Enter in the email address you want to use. Press the next button.

7. Enter in the incoming POP3 mail server as mail.unions-america.com, or mail.yourdomain if you are setting up a website email account, and enter the outgoing SMTP server as mail.unions-america.com, or mail.yourdomain if you are setting up a website email account. Press the next button.

8. Enter your full email address as the account name, and then enter in your password. Press the next button, then the finish button.

9. Now you need to set your account to use SMTP authentication so you can send email. Select the properties button for the account you just created.

10. Select the Servers tab on the new window. Place a check mark in the box under "Outgoing Mail Server", labeled "My server requires authentication", then click the OK button and close the accounts window. You are now ready to use your account!