If you do not already have Outlook Express open, you can either double- click on the Outlook Express icon on your desktop, select Outlook Express from your Apple menu, or in Internet Explorer, click the Mail button on the toolbar. If you are prompted to use a Setup Wizard, cancel it.

1. Click Edit, and then click Preferences. Under the Accounts selection, make sure you can see the E-Mail option. If you cannot, click on the arrow so that the menu items underneath are displayed. Click on the E-Mail option.
2. Enter in your account information. For Full Name, enter the name you would like people to see when they receive email from you. In Email Address, enter your email address. This will be your username@midcoast.com, so if your username is johndoe, you'll enter johndoe@midcoast.com. You can enter an organization if you like.
3. Under Sending Mail, enter midcoast.com in the SMTP server field. Under Receiving Mail, enter your username in the Account ID field and enter mail.isoc.net in the POP Server field. If you would like Outlook Express to save your password, check save password. In the Account Name field, enter your username. Your preferences will look similar to this screen once finished. Click OK at the bottom of the window.

Now, you can receive and send email from this account. To do this, click the Send & Receive button on the toolbar. To compose a new message, click the New button on the toolbar.

To add additional accounts, click the New Account... button on the preferences window. In the window that is brought up, type a different name (the username for the additional account you're adding is a good name to use). Select POP as the Account Type at the bottom, and click OK. Fill in all the settings for the account (the same ones as specified above, except replacing the username and email address with the ones associated with the account you're setting up). You've successfully set up Outlook Express!