How do you set up Windows Mail account?

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Kyria Hicks

I've tried about 20 times to set up an account, but i don't understand how
to do it. what information do i need? is there anyone who can telll me
EXACTLY what i need and need to do to make this work?

it's stuck at the part where you type in the POP3 server, whatever that is,
and the STMP thing.only it clicked on the HTTM thing and now it won't go
away.

PLEASE HELP!!!
 
Your ISP will tell you exactly what you need to know. Call them for this
vital information.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
 
As long as it is not hotmail. Let say your email address is (e-mail address removed)
then in the pop3 box you would enter "pop.longmail.com" and in the smtp box
you would enter "smtp.longmail.com" both without the quotes.
 
Dicky100 said:
As long as it is not hotmail. Let say your email address is
(e-mail address removed)
then in the pop3 box you would enter "pop.longmail.com" and in the smtp
box
you would enter "smtp.longmail.com" both without the quotes.
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A generaliztaion that is often incorrect. Other mail carriers have other
ways of naming their servers.
 
Rose Calvin/ Magnus said:
I'm having proplem:
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I also have problems, but none of them have to do with Windows Mail, so
they'd be off topic here.
 
Kyria Hicks said:
I've tried about 20 times to set up an account, but i don't understand how
to do it. what information do i need? is there anyone who can telll me
EXACTLY what i need and need to do to make this work?

it's stuck at the part where you type in the POP3 server, whatever that is,
and the STMP thing.only it clicked on the HTTM thing and now it won't go
away.

PLEASE HELP!!!
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The details depend on which email provider you are trying to use.
Many people choose their internet provider as their email provider
since most internet accounts include one or more email accounts.
Ask your email provider where to find their instructions for setting
up to use their email servers. If they haven't written instructions
for Windows Mail yet, their instructions for Outlook Express
should also work under Windows Mail if they don't call for the
HTTP protocol. The instructions are probably somewhere on their
web site. Or, you could tell us which email provider you want to
use and see if anyone here already knows where to find their
instructions
 
my comouter keeps saying " The host 'pop3' could not be found. Please verify
that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: 'robs mail', Server: 'pop3', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D " how do i fix
this what is the server name? please help
 
"POP3" is not the correct server name.
Your email account provider should have a help page on their website with
the correct email server settings.

Once you get them, click on Tools - Accounts - Add..
 
Who is your mail provider? Or to ask that question a different way, what
is the part of your email address after the @ symbol?
 
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