switch e-mail accounts

[bettington]

I am currently using windows mail. It gathers my e-mails from an optonline
account and I am able to store them into folders and manage them with windows
mail. I will be leaving optonline and have registered a new e-mail account
with my website host. I would like to now have windows mail gather my
e-mails from this new account - and not lose any of the files I have created.
Can you help? Thanks

 

[Guest]

I am currently using windows mail. It gathers my e-mails from an optonline
account and I am able to store them into folders and manage them with
windows
mail. I will be leaving optonline and have registered a new e-mail
account
with my website host. I would like to now have windows mail gather my
e-mails from this new account - and not lose any of the files I have
created.
Can you help? Thanks

You can create more than one email account under Windows Mail, and
have it gather mail from all of them. It puts all the incoming mail into
one Inbox, though.

A website email account will not work under Windows Mail if you
have to use the HTTP protocol to reach it. In this case, you may
want to download and install Windows Live Mail, which does
work with this protocol:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[bettington]

thank you. excuse my ignorance, but how can I know if it will require an
http protocol?

I like the idea of gathering several e-mail accounts thru windows mail and
then sorting them through one inbox.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

thank you. excuse my ignorance, but how can I know if it will require an
http protocol?

That information must come from the mail provider. Most have a webpage with
instructions.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Who is your mail provider?