Vista/7 Windows Mail Account
Setup
Configuring a new
Email Account using Windows Mail client (Vista)
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Open Windows Mail, and from the
Tools menu select Accounts.
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Click the Add
button.
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Now, select
Email Account and click Next.
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Type in your
Display Name: this is
the name that your recipients will see in
the "From" field of e-mails that you send.
Click
Next.
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Enter your
complete email address and
click Next.
Please make sure to replace "yourdomain.com"
with your actual domain name in all examples
below.
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Select
POP3 as Incoming e-mail server
type.
Note:
POP3 is for receiving email through your
domain hosted area.
SMTP is for
sending mail out through your
Internet Service Provider - Your ISP is the
people you pay money to connect to the internet.
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Enter your complete email address
in
the E-mail username text field and
your email account password in the Password
text field.
The email account
password is the password you entered when
you set up your mailbox in your Control
Panel.
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Click
Next and then - Finish.
