POP3 and IMAP accounts are just the usual way to work with email.
ISP = Internet Service Provider. When you sign up for an Internet account
your ISP usually supplies an email account. That account is usually of type
POP3 but might be a different type - IMAP. They usually give instructions on
how to add that account to your email client - in this case Outlook.

For those who want or need additional email accounts you can get them via
free or paid services.

Who provides your internet service?

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Bill R MVP
"sam" wrote in message
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I have no idea what a POP3, IMAP and ISP means. Could you please define
them
in lamest terms.

Thanks,
Sam

"BillR [MVP]" wrote:

Regular POP3 or IMAP accounts provided by your ISP are what most
stand-alone
users use.
Gmail offers free POP3 accounts.
If you can't access any of these then I'd look at changing to a full
provider.

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Bill R MVP
"sam" wrote in message
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I just got Microsoft Office 2003. I was working on Outlook and in order
for
me to send emails I have to subscribe to a charged msn account of about
$50 a
month. Is there any other option to subscribe to a service that I don't
have
to pay for?

Thanks a bunch,
Sam