Windows Mail Setup?

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Jay Woodruff Taunton

I don't know how to set up my Windows mail. When it gets to the last part of
the set up where it says POP3, etc. What do I put in those last two boxes?
Please Help,
Jay Taunton
 
To retrieve your MSN/Live/Hotmail with Windows Mail, you have
to access the POP3 server (mail is downloaded to your computer).

the required settings are here... try 587 for the Outgoing port...
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry

However, Windows Mail is hard-coded to reject Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts.
But you can fool it by entering a fake email address ([email protected]), and
then
changing it to your real address ([email protected]).


With the newer Windows Live Mail, you can access the Hotmail/Live account
via DeltaSync (mail is kept on the server).
 
Jay Woodruff Taunton said:
I don't know how to set up my Windows mail. When it gets to the last part
of the set up where it says POP3, etc. What do I put in those last two
boxes?
Please Help,
Jay Taunton

Here is the trick that may be needed, to set up the Hotmail, Live etc
account in WM.


Start with a new account setup and use (e-mail address removed) for example.

Setup the account with the correct server, port and SSL settings, (below),
save it, ignore errors, then go back and enter the correct email address
and (e-mail address removed) or msn.com or live.com

Try the following settings for Hotmail or Live accounts?


POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example (e-mail address removed)
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


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