Configure an email account to use Windows Live Mail

Please follow these steps to set up Windows Live Mail to retrieve and send emails from our mail servers (Please replace "yourdomain.com" with your real domain name)

> Please login to Windows Live Mail.

> Please go to Tools/Accounts.

> Please click on Add and choose E-mail Account.

> Email address: Please enter the full email address of the POP account you are going to access.

> Password: Please enter the password associated with the above account.

> Display Name: Please enter the name you would like to display on the email and then click Next.

> Please choose POP3 for the incoming mail server.

> Incoming server: mail.yourdomain.com.

> Please Choose Authenticated POP (APOP) for Log on using.

> Login ID: Please enter the full email address of the POP account you are accessing (ex. [email protected]).

> Outgoing Server: Please enter the name of the SMTP server (ex. mail.yourdomain.com).

> Please click on My outgoing server requires authentication. Click Next. Note: be sure that "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" is unchecked.  Leave everything else in its default state.  By default Windows Live Mail will keep a copy of the emails on our email server.

> Please click Finish.

Please Note: SMTP default port is 25, an alternative port is 8889

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