configure windows mail to hotmail or yahoo

[sam65]

i am new to this and would appriciate if anyone could tell me how to
configure my windows mail on my laptop. my os is vista home prem. thank you.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Is your Yahoo account one of the free US-based ones? If so, it doesn't
have POP access, only web (HTTP) access.
For $19.99 per year Yahoo will upgrade your account to Mail Plus,
which does have POP access: http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com

Likewise, free Hotmail accounts have no POP access. However, if you
upgrade Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail, it enables access:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

If you pay for Internet access, your ISP will give you a free email address
that has POP access. You can also get a free POP email account from
Gmail.

 

[sam65]

Is your Yahoo account one of the free US-based ones? If so, it doesn't
have POP access, only web (HTTP) access.
For $19.99 per year Yahoo will upgrade your account to Mail Plus,
which does have POP access: http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com

Likewise, free Hotmail accounts have no POP access. However, if you
upgrade Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail, it enables access:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

If you pay for Internet access, your ISP will give you a free email address
that has POP access. You can also get a free POP email account from
Gmail.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP



i have a gmail account could you tell me how to configure it?

 

[Guest]

See here:

http://email.about.com/od/windowsmailtips/qt/et_get_gmail.htm

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13273

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=86383

<http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725>

<http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_change_return_address_google_gmail.html>

Note that these instructions cover both the IMAP method of
connecting and the POP method. Choose one of these, and
don't get them mixed up.