You may also have to restart Windows Live Mail. If Windows Live Mail then asks you whether you would like to refresh your folder list choose Yes. Click OK to close the Properties window, then click Close to close the Accounts window. The completed screen will look something like this:Ĩ. Be sure to enter them exactly as shown (one capital letter and the rest lowercase), and not, for example, as "sent" or "SENT". Note that the values Sent, Drafts, and Trash are case sensitive. (Otherwise drafts, deleted, and sent messages will be stored on your local hard disk, called "Storage Folders" by Windows Live Mail)ĭ) Enter Trash for the Deleted Items path.Į) You can leave the Junk path set to whatever folder name you desire. To have Windows Live Mail save drafts, deleted messages, and copies of sent messages on the IMAP server (rather than on your PC), set the following options:Ī) Tick the box marked Store special folders on IMAP server. Select the Servers Tab and enable My Server Requires Authentication 3. Tick the box marked Check for new messages in all foldersħ. Open your mail client Windows Live Mail and select, Accounts then Properties 2. Windows Live Mail will automatically choose the proper TCP ports for your email account: outgoing port 110 for POP3 or outgoing port 143 for IMAP. You should click on the account you wish to adjust to highlight it, and then click PropertiesĦ. (Note, if the menu bar is not visible at the top, you can hold down the Alt key and press the letter T, then release both keys)ģ. Click Tools and then Accounts from the menu bar. If not, select Accounts in the menu bar and then click on the Email icon to bring up the Add your. If this is your first time opening Windows Live Mail, the Add your email accounts window window should automatically pop up. To do so, we need to configure things as follows:Ģ. Begin by opening Windows Live from your Start menu, or desktop shortcut if you have created one. When you configure email account using Windows Live Mail, you may need to change a few settings in order for your sent and deleted mail to be visible across two or more devices. It makes it easier to find and edit account settings in the future.Windows Live Mail - Configuring IMAP Folders For convenience, click the Menu icon to the left of the question mark, and select Show menu bar.Check both checkboxes below Outgoing server: This Server Requires a secure connection (SSL) and My outgoing server requires authentication.Change the Port to 587 beside the Outgoing server.Log on using should show Clear text authentication in the field.The default Port set by the email application should be left as is.Under the Incoming Server Information, check the checkbox This server requires a secure connection (SSL).For email in your own domain ( enter in both the Incoming server and Outgoing server fields.
The purpose of this page is to describe how to set up a new email account to work with OlympusNet email servers.
Please note that Windows Live Mail is part of a suite of software called Windows Essentials.