Setup Windows Live Email Print

Setting up your email address using Windows Live Mail

Launch Windows Live Mail on your computer

If you are not presented with add new email account wizard

 

1. Click Accounts
2. Click Email

 

You'll be presented with the following window

 

Click Next

On the following screen

Enter your email address
Enter your email account password
Tick Manually Configure Server Settings

Incoming Server Settings (POP3)

 

1. Server Type
   Select POP
2. Server Address
   e.g. mail.yourdomainname.com (this information is to the right of the @ sign in your email address)
3. PORT Number
   110
4. Leave Requires SSL unchecked
5. Authenticate using Clear text
6. Logon User Name
   enter your full email address

 

Outgoing Server Settings (SMTP)

 

1. Server address
   mail.yourdomainname
2. Port number
   25 or 26
3. Leave requires SSl unchecked
4. Tick Requires Authentication
5. Click Next

If successful you'll be presented with the following screen

Click finish. There are still a couple of steps so read on.

 

 

1. Click the accounts Tab
   
   
   
   
2. Click Properties
   
   
   
   
3. Click the Advanced Tab
   
   
   
   
   
4. At the bottom of this tab 
   Untick leave a copy of messages on the server or
   Tick remove copies of messages from the server after xx days. We suggest no more than 7 days to avoid your mailbox quota being reached.
   
   
5. Click OK and you are done.