Setting up Windows Live e-mail is similar to setting up a new new computer in that it only happens once. The only exception to this rule is the creation of a new user account.
Instructions
Step 1
Make sure you have the necessary information to create each account: an email address and password, the type of email server used by the email service, and the addresses of the incoming and outgoing email servers used by the email service provider.
Step 2
Make sure that access to mailboxes is unblocked using the POP3 protocol.
Step 3
Press the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "All Programs" item.
Step 4
Select Windows Live and open the main menu from the top bar of the application window.
Step 5
Select "Add Account" from the "New" menu of the Windows Live window.
Step 6
Enter the required e-mail address in the “E-mail address” field and enter the required password in the “Password” field of the “Add e-mail account” window that opens. mail.
Step 7
Enter the desired name in the Display Name field and select the Manually configure server settings for email account check box.
Step 8
Click the Next button to confirm your choice.
Step 9
Enter POP3 in the Incoming Server field, and enter pop.servername in the next field. Enter the desired value in the "Port" field and check the "Connect over a secure connection (SSL)" box.
Step 10
Select "Basic Authentication (Plain Text)" in the "Use to sign in" field and enter the username you entered earlier during registration.
Step 11
Enter smtp.server_name in the "Outgoing server" field and enter the desired value in the "Port" field.
Step 12
Select the check boxes next to "Connect using a secure connection (SSL)" and "Outgoing server requires authentication."
Step 13
Click the Finish button to apply the changes.
Step 14
Find the created account in the left pane of the Windows Live window and call the service menu by right-clicking on the field of this record.
Step 15
Select "Properties" and go to the "Servers" tab. Verify that the above values are correct and click the Options button in the Outgoing Server section.
Step 16
Select the check box next to "As for incoming mail server" in the "Log on" section of the "Outgoing mail server" dialog box and click OK.
Step 17
Click the Advanced tab and select the check boxes for both Connect over a secure connection (SSL) in the Server port numbers section and Leave a copy of messages on the server in the Delivery section.
Step 18
Click OK to confirm the command.
