Configuring Windows Mail to send and receive email

The follow is from Microsoft Windows Mail Help and Support Section:

When setting up an e-mail account in Windows Mail, you'll be asked to select
the type of e-mail server your account uses. Windows Mail supports the
following e-mail server types.

a.. Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) servers hold incoming e-mail messages
until you check your e-mail, at which point they're transferred to your
computer. POP3 is the most common account type for personal e-mail. Messages
are typically deleted from the server when you check your e-mail.

b.. Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) servers let you work with
e-mail messages without downloading them to your computer first. You can
preview, delete, and organize messages directly on the e-mail server, and
copies are stored on the server until you choose to delete them. IMAP is
commonly used for business e-mail accounts.

c.. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers handle the sending of
your e-mail messages to the Internet. The SMTP server handles outgoing
e-mail, and is used in conjunction with a POP3 or IMAP incoming e-mail
server.

Notes
a.. If you're not sure which type of e-mail server your account uses,
check with your e-mail provider or Internet service provider (ISP).

a.. Windows Mail also supports additional server types: Network News
Transfer Protocol (NNTP), which is used to read and post newsgroup messages,
and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which is used to access
directory services.

a.. Windows Mail does not support the HTTP:// protocol, which was used by
Outlook Express to access Hotmail and other web-based e-mail services. For
more information about accessing web-based e-mail, visit the Microsoft
website.


Here's my quick overview of what was said in the above help section. You
might want to make sure you have set-up your email account(s) and if so then
you might want to make sure that you have entered entered the outgoing and
incoming setting correctly as well. You can find these options by clicking
Tools then click Accounts then selecting the mail account you're having the
problem then click properties then click the Servers tab. In the servers
tab you will find your user name, password, POP3 settings, and also a few
other things your ISP may require when getting email. If you're unsure of
what your ISP (Internet Service Provider) requires for these options, you
might want to call your ISP's tech support to walk you through the steps to
set-up your email account(s).

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Craig