A beginners guide to setting up Windows Mail
February 7th, 2007 by Ross McKillop |
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This tutorial will guide you through the Windows Mail setup wizard.
- The setup wizard will launch on its own the first time you open Windows Mail. On the first screen, enter your name as you wish it to appear on your outgoing email messages. Click Next to continue.
- Enter your email address in the space provided, and then click Next to continue.
- At this step you’ll want to check with your ISP for your email server settings. If you have cable or DSL in North America, you can refer to this list of email settings for many of the major broadband ISPs (Comcast, Cox, Rogers, Shaw, Verizon, Earthlink, Time Warner etc). When you have the correct info for your ISP, enter it in the spaces provided. Click Next to continue.
- Enter your email user name and password, place a check in the box labeled Remember Password if you don’t want to enter your password each time you check your email, and then click Next.
- That’s it! Click Finish.
- You’ll connect and download any email waiting for you.
- And now have fun with Windows Mail!
7 Responses to “A beginners guide to setting up Windows Mail”
By james puryer on Feb 22, 2007 | Reply
i have followed all instructions but i am having trouble recieving emails.
By Gary on Apr 8, 2007 | Reply
I set up the initial account with no problem. I am having trouble understanding the setting up of the identities I had with OE. When I go to set up new accounts a message says that all other identities have been imported. I can’t find them. Do I have to set up a new account for each of the old identities.
By Burt on May 16, 2007 | Reply
I am using Windows Mail……
I cannot send or receive any e-mail!!!!!!
Yet all the set up is exactly as Comcast instructed.
I have called Comcast support 7 times and still no help. All they do is look in their instruction book.
I think the problem lies much deeper in their system!
By Charlotte L. on Nov 6, 2007 | Reply
I love your instructions and have been trying to get ComCAST TO WORK WITH wINDOWS mail for almost a week. I did exactly as you have pictured here, but still cannot send anything to my Comcast mail. I can send from Comcast to my Yahoo mail. I don’t know where an email to Comcast goes, as it is not bounced back to me, but it’s not there in the inbox.
By Ross McKillop on Nov 6, 2007 | Reply
@Charlotte -
If you call Comcast, they should be able to walk you through setting it up. If they won’t, here are some troubleshooting trials/suggestions:
Click Start > Run and type in cmd
hit enter
You should get a command prompt to appear. At the command prompt, type:
telnet mail.comcast.net 110
and hit enter
You (should) be prompted to enter a user name. Type in your comcast user name whatever@comcast.net - the whatever part (not the @comcast.net part)
hit enter
You (should) be prompted to enter your password. Type it in.
hit enter
Then type list
hit enter.
Let me know if you get that far. If you don’t, let me know which stage ‘fails’ and we’ll take it from there.
Again tho, you could try calling Comcast and telling them you need help setting up Windows Mail. They should stay on the phone w/ you until it’s totally working..
By Yoona on Nov 10, 2007 | Reply
this helped me a lot. HP rocks~!
By Kristin on May 12, 2008 | Reply
I think/hope I set everything up right… but on the 6th box where it says “authorizing” it keeps asking me for my username and password and won’t stop!