Outlook express is provided free with Internet Explorer.

Start Outlook Express. When the program opens, click on the Outlook Express icon. Take a look at the picture below notice where the cursor (arrow) is on the window and click so that Outlook Express is highlighted this way on your computer.

This opens the Outlook Express main panel on the right. In the Email Category, click on Set up a Mail Account - I've drawn a circle in fuschia to show you where it is in the picture below.

In the next window, picture below, click on Create a New Internet mail Account and then click on Next.

In the next window you will be prompted to type in your full name here and click Next. Unfortunately for me my first name is "Trainer" and my last name is "Account".

In the next window type in your email address, my address happens to be tra11@barnard.edu. Click Next.

In the Next Window Next to "My incoming mail server is a" click on the drop down arrow and choose IMAP as shown

While still in the same window, after you have selected IMAP in the same window type in the server names as follows:

Incoming mail server:

eclipse.barnard.edu

Outgoing mail server:

send.columbia.edu

Click Next.

In the next window, Internet Mail Logon, type in your login name (username)  if it is not pre-filled for you, in this case my username is

tra11. The Remember password box, indicated with fuschia arrow is checked by default. This means that you won't have to type in your password to check your email. If you are not worried that someone else might get onto your computer then you can leave this checked. If on the other hand you have loved one who might use your computer, then you should click this box to "uncheck" it as I have done below so that your no one else can read your email without your password. Click Next.

Click Finish.

A dialog box will come up asking if you would "...like to download folders from the email server you just added..." and of course you do, click Yes.

After you click Yes, the logon dialog box will come up. Type in your username and password and then click OK.

This will bring up the Show/Hide IMAP folders window. With two tabs, "All" and "Visible", click on Visible. and then click OK.

This will bring you back to the Outlook Express window, but now you will have an additional item - you email account, called eclipse.barnard.edu which I have circled in pale fuschia. When you click on Inbox you'll see all your mail, but we're not done yet!

Click on the Tools in the menu bar and...

...select Accounts.

 The Internet Accounts window will open. Click on the Mail tab, and then click on the name of your account - eclipse.barnard.edu and then click on Properties.

The Properties window for your account will open. Click on General. Make sure that the information in this window is correct for your account and that the box Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing is checked.

Next click on the Servers tab as shown below.

Make sure to check My server requires authentication

After you have done this, click on Settings on the lower right hand side of the window as indicated below.

This opens the window where you can specify settings for your outgoing mail server.

Click on the radio button for Log on using

And the in the Account name field, type in your Account name which is the same as your username of login name.

In the password field type in your password. Having your password stored here means that anyone can send email from this computer using this account, however they will not be able to read your mail because these settings apply only when you are sending out mail. The advantage here is that you won't have to type in your username and password each time you need to send an email message. Make sure that you check Log on using Secure Password Authentication and then click OK.

You will now be back at the properties window for your account. Click on the Advanced tab as indicated below.

Next to Outgoing mail (SMTP), click to check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL).

and

Next to Incoming mail(IMAP), click to check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL).

Then click OK.

This brings you back to the Internet Accouts, click Close.

Now you're done!