Outlook Express displaying an incorrect email address or name?

This section will help you change your email address if it’s wrongly displayed in Outlook Express 6. Here’s how:

1. Open Outlook Express as usual.
2. Go to Tools in the main menu, then select Accounts from the drop down menu:
   

   The Internet Accounts window opens.

3. Click on the Mail tab to open this window:
   
4. Select the account you want to edit, and click on the Properties button. The Properties window opens, and looks similar to this:
   
5. Check the email address shown in the E-mail address field. If the address is wrong, anyone replying to an email from you will be replying to the wrong email address!

   To edit your address, click in the white box to the right of E-mail address, delete the text and retype your email address. Then click on the OK button.

6. Check the name shown in the Name field. If your name is wrong, anyone receiving an email from you will see the wrong name in the “From” column of their email.

   To edit your name, just click in the white box to the right of Name, delete the text and retype your name correctly.

7. Now click on the Close button, and you’re done.

Now your email address and name will appear just as you want it on emails that you send.