Note: pop.yourdomain is the example for your email server. Place in pop.<your website name>
For example: support@sbwh.com would have a mail sever (incoming and outgoing) as pop.sbwh.com
To get Windows Live Mail go to:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview?wa=wsignin1.0
To change your mail settings:
- Right Click the name above you inbox and select properties
- Click the Servers Tab
To add smtp outgoing authentication:
- Right Click the name above you inbox and select properties
- Click the Servers Tab
- Make sure My Server requires authentication is checked ON
- Click settings
- Choose Use same settings as my incoming mail server and click OK twice
To add a new email account (first time use):
- Upon opening Windows Live Mail for the first time, a wizard will automatically start
- Enter the email address for the account
- Enter your password
- Enter your Name
- Check the box next to "Manually configure server settings for e-mail account"
- Click Next
- Leave the incoming e-mail server type as POP3
- Enter your incoming mail server (e.g.: pop.yourdomain.com)
- Enter your outgoing mail server (e.g.: smtp.yourdomain.com)
- Only check "Outgoing server requires authentication"
- Click Next
- Click Finish
To add an email account to an already set Windows Live Mail client:
- Click on Add an e-mail account
- Follow the instructions for first time use
If you need to use a non standard SMTP port due to your ISP blocking port 25...
- Right Click the name above you inbox and select properties
- Click the advanced tab
- change outgoing mail (SMTP) from 25 to 2525
- Click Apply, OK, and Close.
Your email should now be setup