Newly activated Windows mail account...Cannot get incoming mail to work

  • Thread starter Thread starter Lou Colombo Weichert Realtors
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Lou Colombo Weichert Realtors

I just activated my Microsoft mail account and I am able to get mail out,
but no incoming. My ISP is AOL, my settings are set to POP3 for incoming
mail server and I have entered 127.0.0.1 for address. My error is that
unable to connect to server at this time, keeps asking me if I want to "wait
another 60 seconds" or "stop" . Eventually I give up. I am currently using
Spy Sweeper, but I have tried disabling e-mail attachment shield with no
success. This was a suggested fix by Help in Spy Sweeper.

Any and all help to get me up and running would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Lou
 
First, let's correct some terminology.
You don't have a Microsoft mail account. You have an AOL mail
account, and you are using Windows Mail as your email program
to send and receive messages for that AOL account.

Please explain why you entered 127.0.0.1?
Make sure you follow AOL's instructions for setting up your email:
http://postmaster.aol.com/imap/express.html
Those instructions were written for Outlook Express, but Windows
Mail uses the same settings.
 

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