some advance/custom set up info for Outlook Express -
http://www.optimizingpc.com/install/...okexpress.html
http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/guides/emai...tlookexpress6/
Importing Items into Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...importing.mspx
also under Help in your toolbar of OE you might find something I've missed. Or it might explain it better.
If you still have problems you can check the site of your email - yahoo, hotmail, gmail, Verizon etc??
they have tutorials were you can double check your settings for the OE email program.