Setting up a castus email account on BT (Outlook Express)
For this you will need the following:
- Your BT email address
- Your BT email password
- Your Castus email address
- Your Castus email username
- Your Castus email password
The procedure
- Add a new email account, by going to Tools > Accounts. Click Add.
- Fill out your name. Click Next.
- Fill out your Castus email address. Click Next.
- Ensure the drop down has POP3 selected.
- Enter pop.castus.co.uk in the Incoming mail server box.
- Enter mail.btinternet.com in the Outgoing mail server. Click Next.
- Enter your Castus email username in the Account name box
- Enter your Castus email password in the Password box. Click Next.
- Click Finish.
- Now double click the account that has just been created (it should be called pop.castus.co.uk)
- Click on the Servers tab
- Tick the box: My server requires authentication
- Click on settings
- Click on Lon on using
- Enter your BT email address as the Account name
- Enter your BT email password as the Password
- Click OK
All done – if you have any problems double check your usernames and passwords – this is the cause of 99% of email set up problems.