Add an e-mail, newsgroup, or contacts directory account
If you have several e-mail or newsgroup (An online bulletin board where messages are posted for public consumption and response.) accounts, including Windows Live Hotmail, MSN Hotmail, AOL, and Gmail accounts, you can work with all of them in one window. Access to multiple accounts makes it easy for you to keep work and personal e-mail separate. You can also add contacts directory (A shared online address book that contains contact information about the people in a particular organization, allowing users with access to the directory the ability to find the e-mail address and other details of anyone in the directory. Usually accessed using the LDAP protocol.) accounts, which lets you extend your address book (A list of contacts, that contains the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each of your contacts. If you're signed in with a Windows Live ID, Windows Live Mail uses the contacts list associated with your Windows Live ID.) to include all the members of an online directory.
Important
With most large e-mail providers, if you know your user name and password, Windows Live Mail can usually detect your account's settings and set up the new account automatically. However, when adding some accounts, you may need to get some account information from your ISP (Internet service provider. A company that provides access to the Internet.) or network administrator and enter that information manually. The account information that you need is summarized in step 3.
Type your e-mail address, password, and display name, and then click Next.
If Windows Live Mail can't detect your account's settings, in the Incoming Server Information and Outgoing Server Information sections, fill in the following information about your e-mail account, and then click Next. You may need to contact your Internet service provider to find out some or all of the following information about your account:
The type of e-mail server that you use (POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3. An e-mail protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over an Internet connection by e-mail providers such as Gmail.) , IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol. An e-mail protocol that allows you to manage e-mail messages on a server. You can review headers, create or delete folders and messages, and search your e-mail remotely without downloading it. Used for e-mail accounts such as Microsoft Exchange.) , or HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to transmit files over the Internet. Also used to send and receive web-based e-mail by accounts such as MSN Hotmail or Windows Live Hotmail.) ).
The name and details of your incoming e-mail server. Your incoming server name might be mail.<domain>.com or pop.<domain>.com, where <domain> is the name of your e-mail provider's domain (A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered with common rules and procedures. The domain name is the part of your e-mail address after the @ sign, such as hotmail.com In a web address, the domain name usually follows www.) .
Any relevant security settings.
The name and details of your outgoing e-mail server (POP3 and IMAP accounts only). Your outgoing server name may be smtp.<domain>.com, where <domain> is the name of your e-mail provider's domain.
If the e-mail account can also be used as a Windows Live ID (The user name and password that you use to sign in to any Windows Live, MSN, or Office Live sites and services. If you have a Passport Network, Hotmail, or Messenger account, you can use it as your Windows Live ID.) , select whether or not you want to use it to sign in to Windows Live Mail.
Type the name that you want to display when you post messages, and then click Next.
Type an e-mail address where other newsgroup users can contact you, and then click Next.
Type the name of the news server that you want to connect to, such as news.microsoft.com. If you have to provide a user name and password to log on to your news server, select the My news server requires me to log on check box.
Click Next. If you selected the My news server requires me to log on check box, type your user name and password, and then click Next again.
Click Contacts Directory Account, and then click Next.
Type the name of the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An Internet protocol used by e-mail programs to look up contact information on a server.) server that your ISP or network administrator has given you. If you have to provide a user name and password to log on to your LDAP server, select the This Contact directory requires me to log on with a name and password check box.
Click Next. If you selected the This Contact directory requires me to log on with a name and password check box, type your account name and password, and then click Next again.
Choose whether or not to let Windows Live Mail use the contacts directory to check the e-mail addresses of your message recipients, and then click Next.
Click Finish.
Notes
To add multiple accounts for yourself, repeat the procedure above. Each e-mail and newsgroup account's folder structure appears in the folder pane (The left pane in the Windows Live Mail window, containing the folder structure for all the e-mail accounts, newsgroup accounts, or RSS feeds that you've added. The folder pane also shows your Outbox and any offline storage folders on your computer's hard disk.) on the Mail tab or the Newsgroups tab . Windows Live Mail isn't meant to be used by multiple users on a single Microsoft Windows account. For more information, see Protect your e-mail with a password.
If Windows Live Mail doesn't detect your account's settings automatically, or if you are an e-mail service provider with a large number of users that use Windows Live Mail, you can also send us feedback asking us to add your e-mail service to the list of auto-detected providers.
To change the primary account, in the folder pane, right-click the account that you want to be the primary account, and then click Set as default account.
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. Windows Live Mail isn't meant to be used by multiple users on a single Microsoft Windows account. For more information, see Protect your e-mail with a password.
