Windows Vista – how to setup email

Windows Mail (Vista) set-up instructions

How to Configure your E-mail Account in Windows [Vista] Mail

1.  Open Windows Mail.
2. Click on Tools and select Accounts from the drop down list.
3. On the Internet Accounts screen, Click the Add button.
4. Select E-mail Account on the “Account Type screen” and click Next.
5. Enter the Display Name of your choice and click Next.
6. Enter your email address and click Next.
7. Select POP3 from the drop down list of server types. Enter mail.yourdomain.com in the “Incoming Mail Server” field. Enter mail.yourdomain.com in the “Outgoing Mail Server” field and click Next. Note: Check the box “Outgoing server requires authentication.”
8. Enter the E-mail username (your email address) and Password, then check the box ” Remember password” and click Next.
9. Make sure “Do not download my e-mail and folders at this time” is checked and click Finish to return to your Internet Accounts list.
10. Select the email account you just created, then click Properties.
11. On the Properties screen, Click the Advanced tab and click on “TLS, if available”. You can leave the port numbers unchanged.
12. Your e-mail account is now configured to check and send mail.