Setup new email account in Windows Live Mail

Please follow the steps below to setup your email account in Windows Live Mail.

1. Start Windows Live Mail.
2. On the top menu, select the tab "Accounts" and click onto icon Email.

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3. A menu "Add your email accounts" will appear, fill in the following:

Email Address: [YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS]
Password: [YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD]
Display name for your send messages: [YOUR FULL NAME]
Manually configure server settings: YES

4. Click Next button to proceed.

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5. Under "Configure Server Settings", fill in the following information:

* Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

[Incoming server information]
Server Type : IMAP or POP3
Server address : mail.yourdomain.com
Port: 993(IMAP)
Port: 995(POP3)
Requires a secure connection (SSL): YES
Authenticate using: CLEAR TEXT
Logon user name: [YOUR FULL EMAIL ADDRESS]

[Outgoing server information]
Server address : mail.yourdomain.com
Port: 465
Requires a secure connection (SSL) : YES
Requires authentication : YES

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6.�Click Next button to proceed, after that click Finish to complete the setup.

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* Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

Note: IMAP will synchronise your email content with the webmail, POP3 will download the email from the server and delete it from the mail server.
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