Setting up Windows Live Mail
Windows 7 operating system comes with Windows Live Mail, which can be set up to check your webmail account. Windows Live Mail is a free email client that you can use to send and receive emails from an email account you have set up in cPanel. If you have not set up an email account yet, please contact us or log to your Client Area>cPanel>Email Accounts.
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- Open Windows Live Mail on your local computer.
- If Windows Live mail was never setup on your computer then you will see the Accept the agreement by clicking “Accept”.
- Now, fill in your information for the email address, Password, and make sure to check manually configure server settings. Then click OK.
Fill in the server settings.
Server Type: Choose POP3 or IMAP (if you are unsure of the difference between POP and IMAP please read our article)
Server Address: type in your domain name
POP Port: 110 (Non SSL)
IMAP Port: 143 (Non SSL)
Authenticate using: Select “Clear Text”
Login user name: Use your FULL email address
Outgoing Server Address: Use your domain name
Port: 587 (Non SSL) (this is default, however some ISPs block port 25 traffic)
Click “Next
Click “Finish”
You’re finished setting up Windows Live Mail. You can now use it to check your email, send emails, and much more. You may want to send a test message from Windows Live Mail to be sure the set up was complete.