

Step 2 – Adding the email settings on Windows Live MailĬlick on the “ Add an e-mail account button located on the left (refer image above), or go to “ Tools” -> “ Accounts” and hit the “ Add” button.

Make sure that your email accounts are POP (Post Office Protocol). If you have several emails on your web site/s, you can, ideally, set up all of these on Windows Live Mail one by one. Please follow the instructions closely and pay special attention to the screenshots I have provided. The setup process is fairly simple and you would be able to add an email account in a couple of minutes. Detailed step-by-step instructions for Windows Live Mail setup Note: To setup your Yahoo!Mail account, you need to hold a premium account at the service. To configure Hotmail and Gmail accounts in Windows Live Mail, please refer separate pages on this site. One this page I shall provide step by step instructions and Windows Live Mail settings with which you would be able to add email accounts from your web site (company web site), your ISP (such as Comcast) or your school. This means you can effectively store and check and all your messages at one place – your computer.

Not only can you set up multiple email accounts but also configure your Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo!Mail accounts in the software.

This feature packed software is so much more than a simple email program it can serve as a news client, an RSS reader and a blogging tool.īut coming back to the email client functionality of Windows Live Mail, this is several notches above its predecessors. The company has announced the discontinuation of the development and support for the two older email clients and recommends all users download and install Windows Live Mail. Windows Live Mail is the latest email client from Microsoft and is meant to replace two older programs – Outlook Express and Windows Mail Vista.
