Email Application Setup: Windows Live Mail

Add a New Account

1. Open Windows Live Mail.
2. Go to the Accounts tab
   
3. Click Email.
   
4. Enter the following settings: |
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   Email Address: | Your full email address
   Password: | The password for the email account you're setting up.
   Display Name: | Enter your name as you want it to appear on your outbound email.
5. Check the box to Manually configure server settings for e-mail account.
6. Click Next.
   
7. Enter the following settings for an IMAP with SSL* configuration: |
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   Incoming Server | mail.example.com (replacing example.com with your domain)
   Incoming Port | 993
   This server requires a secure connection (SSL) | Check the box ☑
   Login ID | Your full email address
   Outgoing Server | mail.example.com (replacing example.com with your domain)
   This server requires a secure connection (SSL) | Check the box ☑
   This server requires authentication | Check the box ☑
8. Click Next.
9. Click Finish.

For POP3 or IMAP without SSL settings, check out our Email Application Setup article or view your configuration data in your Email Manager.