setting up e-mail - windows live mail

Windows Live Mail, available in Vista and Windows 7, is accessed through the Start Menu by typing Live Mail in the Search Bar, then clicking on the search result. The screenshots shown here are for adding an e-mail account from within the program.

1. When the program is open, look for Tools in the menu. Click Tools, then Accounts. You can also look for the link in the left column that says Add an E-Mail Account.

 

2. Click Add, and E-Mail Account, then Next.

3. You will be asked to enter the address for this e-mail account. The purpose of this is so that if your friends want to reply to your e-mail, the reply will go to this address. Next is the password for this account. You are then asked for your Display Name. This is the name that others will see when they receive your e-mail. So if you want others to read that they got an e-mail from Uncle Wiggly, that's what you would enter in this line. Maybe to be a little less scary, you could just put your regular name here. Click Next.

The password will be entered next. It's important to note that the password is case-sensitive, so if your password is "PassWord", you will need to enter it as such, with the capital letters. I always check the box to Remember Password, since you will be driven nuts having to enter the password every time your e-mail client looks for new e-mail. If you're in a sensitive location where such lax security will be a problem, feel free to enter your password every time. But if you're only at home, well...

 

4. Here's the mail server part. You will need to enter the server names for the incoming and outgoing e-mail .

 

• Note that the dialog asks what kind of mail server you are using. Unless you hear otherwise from your ISP, you will be using a POP3 server.

• Type in the server addresses accurately for each server.

Click Next.

That's it! Click Finish.

 

When you're back in the main program window, test the settings by hitting Send/Receive. If you get no error messages, your settings are good.

Some e-mail programs like Outlook will allow you to check the settings during the account setup. All this does is send a message to yourself through the account. It will alert you if there is a problem.

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