Set up Shaw email account in Outlook Express

I want to use Shaw email with Outlook Express and I already have the program on my Windows XP computer. Shaw told me that I need to set up the email account but have no idea how to proceed. Would greatly appreciate any help in this matter.
Daniel Israel

Your Shaw email account can easily be set up in Outlook Express, the default email program on Windows XP computer. With this you would be able to download and store messages on your computer; thus, email is accessible even without an internet connection.

If you have multiple Shaw email accounts, all of them can be set up in the email client. You can either use Outlook Express Identities to segregate the different users or just put them together and then create message rules to sort incoming email to different folders.

Shaw email in Outlook Express – set up instructions

To send, receive and store emails though Outlook Express, you have to first set up the Shaw.ca account in the email program. All you are required to know are the username, password and the Shaw Communications incoming and outgoing email servers. Step by step instructions are given below along with screenshots.

1. Open Outlook Express and select “Tools” -> “Accounts” – [Slide 1].
2. This opens the Internet Accounts pop up window that list a few default accounts. I don’t think you would have any use for these so simply select them one by one and hit the “Remove” button – [Slide 2].
3. Click “Add” and choose the “Mail” option – [Slide 3].
4. Enter the display name you want. This should ideally be your full name – [Slide 4].
5. On the next screen type in your full Shaw.ca email address – [Slide 5].
6. Choose the correct Shaw Communications incoming and outgoing email server (refer that page) and enter them in the two fields – [Slide 6].
7. You now need to provide the Shaw email login details – username and password – to the Outlook Express program. Do not remove the check box in front of “Remember password” unless you want to type in the same every time – [Slide 7].
8. Click the “Finish” button to complete the process of setting up the Shaw.ca email account in Outlook Express – [Slide 8].
9. The email account will now be listed in the Internet Accounts window. Close this pop-up too – [Slide 9].
10. Go to “Tools” -> “Send and Receive” to download messages from your Shaw Communications email account to your local computer – [Slide 10].

Congratulations! You have successfully been able to set up the Shaw.ca email account in Outlook Express.

If you have other email addresses you can add them in the program in exactly the same manner. FYI, emails from different accounts land in the common Outlook Express inbox. You can segregate them as they arrive at your computer by creating Outlook Express message rules.