eMail Setup in Microsoft Windows Mail

Posted by Roger Wheatley on January 28, 2010 in Tutorials | 1 comment

Here is how to set up Windows Mail to work with your email account.

You will need the following information to complete this setup guide:

Your email address.
Your email address login password.
The SMTP address of your ISP provider.
Your POP3 address.

1. From the Start menu, click the email Windows Mail icon.
2. Click “Tools”, then select “Accounts”.
3. In the “Internet Accounts” window, click “Add”.
4. Select “eMail Account”, then click “Next”.
5. Enter “Display name” information (usually that is your full name), then click “Next”
6. Enter email address ([email protected]), then click “Next”.
7. Select “POP3″ from the drop down menu. Now enter the Incoming and Outgoing mail server locations.Incoming mail server (POP3)
   Your incoming server is yourdomain.com, where “yourdomain.com” is the actual name of your domain.Outgoing mail server (SMTP)
   Enter smtp.yourISP.com for your outgoing mail server. Use the outgoing SMTP address your ISP provider gave you. (If you use Roger’s High Speed Internet, then you should enter: smtp.broadband.rogers.com).

   Click “Next”.

8. Enter email username. (That’s your full email address).
   Enter Password. (Your password is case sensitive).
   Select or deselect the Remember password box, depending on preferences.
   Click “Next”
9. Click “Do not download my email at this time”, then click “Finish”.

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