How to add your email account
Info:
IMAP is only available to mail.com Premium customers.
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Select Accounts and thenEmail.
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Enter your email address and password. Check Manually configure server settings. Click on Next.
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Choose the server type IMAP and enter the server address
imap.mail.com and the port
993. Check Requires a secure
connection. Enter the the server address smtp.mail.com for the outgoing server and port
587. Check each box for Requires a secure
connection and Requires authentication.
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Click on Next and then on Finish.
Windows 8 Mail synchronizes with your
mail.com mailbox.
Next step:
You have to link the folders so that your email will be filed in the correct folders.
How to link your folders
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Right-click on the new account (a) and click on
Properties (b)
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Select the
IMAP tab and enter the names of the
mail.com IMAP
folders (c):
- Sent Items path:
Sent Items
- Drafts path:
Drafts
- Deleted Items path:
Deleted Items
- Junk path:
Junk email
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Click
Apply and
OK.
Windows Live Mail will file the email in the respective folders.