1. Launch the Windows Mail , a wizard will pop-up asking you to configure your mail account.
2. If it doesn’t pop-up the wizard then go to the Tools menu and choose Accounts ,an Internet Accounts window will open.
3. Click on the Add button , you will get list of account types and you need to choose E-mail account.
4. A window will appear where you need to type your name in the display name field and press Next.
5. In the second window, you will need to place your e-mail address and press Next.
6. Now choose which type of e-mail server you are using i.e POP3 or IMAP as the protocol for retrieving the mails.Type the address of POP3 or IMAP ,such as “mail.yourdomainname.com“.
7. You need to check the option for “Outgoing server requires authentication” if you SMTP server requires authentication, then press the Next button.
8. Now type your username and password , then press Next button.
9. Last window has the option “Do not download my e-mail at this time” , you can check this option if you don’t want to downlaod the mails immediately from the server.
10. Cheers , your email account in Windows Mail has been setup.
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