having lots of trouble with windows mail

[Mrs. B]

i am the same one that was trying to get 3 different mail accounts on
windows mail.... i'm having so much trouble with the mail thing that i can't
even seem to write to you guys,... not sure if this one is going to go
through lol by the way, i don't have outlook express... i go directly to
yahoo, bellsouth, and hotmail.... how do i get the server info to put it to
windows vista?
thanks for the reply

 

[Malke]

i am the same one that was trying to get 3 different mail accounts on
windows mail.... i'm having so much trouble with the mail thing that i
can't even seem to write to you guys,... not sure if this one is going
to go through lol by the way, i don't have outlook express... i go
directly to yahoo, bellsouth, and hotmail.... how do i get the server
info to put it to windows vista?
thanks for the reply

I don't know about Bellsouth, but Yahoo and Hotmail are webmail and not
supported in Windows Mail. If you are reading the Bellsouth online then
it is webmail, too. Webmail is not supported by Windows Mail. My
understanding is that the exceptions are Yahoo Premium (paid) and GMail
which can give you POP access.


Malke

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

As Malke already told you, Windows Mail won't handle web mail,
so that rules out your Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. You might
be better off with Windows Live Mail Desktop:
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
It supports the web mail HTTP protocol.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Mrs. B]

i didn't know they had a windows live mail... lol.... well, how can i make
either one of them my primary, so when i do my web page for e-mail, this
windows mail, won't pop up.... lol

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

The only way to no longer have Windows Mail as your primary
email program is to install a different email program.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[xfile]

Hi,

Just FYI, Hotmail Plus (also paid) also comes with POP and SMTP but they are
using live.com as the server now.

 

[xfile]

Hi,

As many have advised, different accounts (even with the same provider) may
have different settings depending on if that account is paid or simply
given.

I'd suggest you to contact their customers service to find out what type of
account do you have, and for the type of account, does it come with POP/IMAP
and SMTP.

You can simply tell them that you wish to set up your email account in
Windows Mail and would like some information, and most likely, they will
tell you if or not you can do it and then provide information when
applicable.

Good luck.