To set up an email address on Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Windows 10 Mail, or Office 365, you will need to know the following information:
- Your email address
- Your password
- The incoming server name
- The incoming server port
- The outgoing server name
- The outgoing server port
- Whether you need to use SSL or TLS
Once you have this information, you can follow these steps to set up your email account on most email programs:
- Open the email client.
- Click on "File" or "New".
- Click on "Add Account".
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Enter the incoming server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Enter the outgoing server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Click on "Next".
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
Here are the specific steps for each email client:
Outlook
- Click on "File".
- Click on "Add Account".
- Click on "Manually configure server settings or additional server types".
- Click on "Next".
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Enter the incoming server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Enter the outgoing server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Click on "Next".
- Click on "Test Account Settings" to make sure that your settings are correct.
- Click on "Finish" to complete the setup process.
Windows Live Mail
- Click on "Accounts".
- Click on "Add Account".
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Click on "Next".
- Enter the incoming server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Enter the outgoing server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Click on "Next".
- Click on "Finish" to complete the setup process.
Windows 10 Mail
- Click on the "Mail" app.
- Click on the "hamburger menu" (three horizontal lines) in the top left corner.
- Click on "Settings".
- Click on "Accounts".
- Click on "Add account".
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Click on "Next".
- Enter the incoming server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Enter the outgoing server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Click on "Next".
- Click on "Finish" to complete the setup process.
Office 365
- Go to the Office 365 website.
- Sign in with your account information.
- Click on the "hamburger menu" (three horizontal lines) in the top left corner.
- Click on "Mail".
- Click on the "Settings" gear icon in the top right corner.
- Click on "Accounts".
- Click on "Add account".
- Select the type of email account you have.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Click on "Next".
- Enter the incoming server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Enter the outgoing server name, port, and whether you need to use SSL or TLS.
- Click on "Next".
- Click on "Finish" to complete the setup process.
Once you have completed the setup process, you should be able to send and receive email from your new account.