Setting up E-Mail in Windows Vista

Setting up E-Mail in Windows Vista. Like most people, I depend heavily on email, and it is one of the first things I tend to configure after purchasing a new OS.

Lets get started:

The New Client:

As you all might know… Microsoft has changed the name of the Windows Vista’s mail client (compared to the XP mail client) to “Windows Mail”. This seems to be kind-of a knock-off of Apple’s “Mail” client. Nevertheless, in order to configure your mail client in Windows Vista, you will need to find the “Windows Mail” Icon on your desktop, or in your newly designed “Start” menu. Once you have located that icon, you may proceed as follows to setup your POP email accounts:

1. Click on the “Windows Mail” Icon.

2. *Click on the “Tools” option in your menu bar.

3. Click on “Accounts” (A dialog box containing the necessary options will appear).

4. Click on the “Add” button.

5. Select “Email Account” (This should be selected by default).

6. Click on “Next”.

7. Type in your Name, Title, or whatever you would like to be displayed as your identity when others receive your emails.

8. Click on “Next” to continue.

9. Type in the email address you would like to send and receive emails from.

10. Click on “Next” to continue.

11. Make sure “POP3″ is selected in the “Incoming e-mail server type” combo-box.

12. Type in your POP and SMTP server in the following text boxes provided (These are typically [POP.whatever your ISP’s domain name is. top-level-domain], and [SMTP.whatever your ISP’s domain is. top-level-domain]).

13. Click on “Next”.

14. Type in your e-mail username in the “E-mail username:” text box. (This is commonly the first part of your email address and not the entire email address. For instance in the email address “test@test.com” “test” (the letters and numbers [characters] before the @ symbol) are your username.

15. Type in your password for your email account in the “Password:” text box.

16. Click on “Next” to continue.

17. If you do not wish to download your emails at this time, put a check-mark in the “Do not download my emial at this time” check box. (You should do this if you need to configure your email account setting to leave a copy of your email on the server etc.).

18. Click on “Finish”.

19. This will complete the setup of your email in the new client.

Note: If you did not put a check-mark in the “Do not download my emails at this time” check-box, your emails will be downloaded after setup.

* At this point, if you have not yet configured a default mail client on your machine, you may be automatically prompted to setup your account… simply jump to the matching number (typically number 7) in the above list for help configuring that specific option.

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