Uninstall/reinstall Outlook Express

Question

I partially installed Outlook Express as my mail program. The installation dialog window asked for codes I didn't understand, relating to POP3 and SMTP, so I cancelled the installation and remained with Comcast Webmail as my email program. But now I get messages like 'Unable to connect' mentioning that POP3 thing, and also it says 'You have four unsent messages, do you want to send them now?' And if I say yes, then I get that POP3 thing again. I don't know what the messages are. CAN I EASILY UNINSTALL/REINSTALL OUTLOOK EXPRESS? I went to Microsoft Knowledge Base and they offered a solution that I printed out but it is way over my head with references to all sorts of upper-lever hardware lingo, using REGEDIT and all that. There must be a simple method!

fudgieguys · Answer

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/using/howto/oe/setup.mspx   Read this and see if it explains POP3 and SMTP.

Mary G · Answer

Outlook Express is part of Windows and you cannot uninstall it. Comcast has a help page that can give you the necessary settings, but until you do, close Outlook Express and do not allow it to start up automatically. http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=EmailOutlook_Express17686

tommyo1954 · Answer

Not 100% positive here, but I'll try......   Open Outlook Express Click ' tools '  ( way up topon the toolbar ) Click ' accounts ';    click ' properties ';   click the ' general ' tab  and enter your name and e-mail address, and also put a check-mark in the box that says  ' include this account when recieving mail ...  ...  .. '   Now click  ' servers '   tab.     Where it says.. ' my incoming mail server is a POP 3 server '                where it says ...   my incoming mail ( POP 3 )  is a .  .....   make sure you type  POP-3 in that box                   where it says ...    Incoming mail  ( POP 3 ); make sure you type   ' mail.comcast.net '  ( without the ditto marks..)                   where it says outgoing mail ( smtp ) ...    make sure you type.. ' smtp.comcast.net '    Next, enter the account name.  and your password..    Also make sure you put a check that check-box so it remembers your password.  that way it wont hound you for the password every time you open Outlook Express.   I think that is all the required info...   I hope I didn't leave anything out; this is the first time I am helping somebody set up a e-mail acct.   Hope I helped a bit !!   Let me know please...   Also, if anyone reading this notices that I forgot something, please mention it ...    Take care; hope this works for you..

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Uninstall/reinstall Outlook Express

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