Help setting up email account

I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im supposed
to put there.

"csgrant" <csgrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00A6D1D5-B832-4685-A320-56EF22FE48BE@microsoft.com...
>I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
> means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im
> supposed
> to put there.

The mail servers are machines provided by whatever company you connect
to in order to receive email and send email. For small mail providers, they
can be two separate names for the same machine.

The names of the email servers you should use depend on which email provider
you are trying to connect to. Many people choose their internet providers
as
their email providers also, since most internet accounts include one or more
email accounts. Ask your email provider where to find their instructions
for connecting to their email servers. If they haven't written instructions
for
Windows Mail yet, their instructions for Outlook Express should also work
under Windows Mail if they don't call for the HTTP protocol. The
instructions
are usually somewhere on their web site. Or, you could tell us who your
email provider is and see if anyone here already knows where to find their
instructions.

I usually use Yahoo for my email provider

"robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net" wrote:

>
> "csgrant" <csgrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:00A6D1D5-B832-4685-A320-56EF22FE48BE@microsoft.com...
> >I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
> > means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im
> > supposed
> > to put there.
>
> The mail servers are machines provided by whatever company you connect
> to in order to receive email and send email. For small mail providers, they
> can be two separate names for the same machine.
>
> The names of the email servers you should use depend on which email provider
> you are trying to connect to. Many people choose their internet providers
> as
> their email providers also, since most internet accounts include one or more
> email accounts. Ask your email provider where to find their instructions
> for connecting to their email servers. If they haven't written instructions
> for
> Windows Mail yet, their instructions for Outlook Express should also work
> under Windows Mail if they don't call for the HTTP protocol. The
> instructions
> are usually somewhere on their web site. Or, you could tell us who your
> email provider is and see if anyone here already knows where to find their
> instructions.
>
>
>

csgrant wrote:
> I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
> means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im supposed
> to put there.


The mail you get is temporarily stored for you by an internet server,
often that machine uses the Post Office Protocol and so is called a POP
server. The mail you send goes from your machine to an internet server
that often uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol which is often called
SMTP.

Protocol just means the way the machines "Talk" to each other.

There are thousands of these servers out there, usually though people
use one provided by the same kind folk that provide your internet
access, your Internet Service Provider or ISP.

So for example a POP server may be called POP.EXAMPLE.COM or
MAIL.EXAMPLE.COM

An SMTP server might be SMTP.EXAMPLE.COM or MAIL.EXAMPLE.COM

(These are just examples, they could be called anything really)

And to further confuse the issue BOTH severs can be run on the same machine.

So to get these details for the text boxes you need to either call your
ISP tech support, that is probably the best thing, or tell us the part
of your email address AFTER the @ sign and we can take a guess for you.
do NOT give your full email address in newsgroups like these.

Then you may be out of luck, since US-based free Yahoo accounts don't
have POP access, only web access. Windows Mail can't handle webmail.

One option is to pay Yahoo for their Mail Plus service:
http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com

If you don't mind using a different email address you can get a free one
from your Internet service provider, or from Gmail.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"csgrant" <csgrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:00184A1F-5F4E-4D6A-B166-2B54320DA868@microsoft.com...
>I usually use Yahoo for my email provider
>
> "robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net" wrote:
>
>>
>> "csgrant" <csgrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:00A6D1D5-B832-4685-A320-56EF22FE48BE@microsoft.com...
>> >I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
>> > means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im
>> > supposed
>> > to put there.
>>
>> The mail servers are machines provided by whatever company you connect
>> to in order to receive email and send email. For small mail providers, they
>> can be two separate names for the same machine.
>>
>> The names of the email servers you should use depend on which email provider
>> you are trying to connect to. Many people choose their internet providers
>> as
>> their email providers also, since most internet accounts include one or more
>> email accounts. Ask your email provider where to find their instructions
>> for connecting to their email servers. If they haven't written instructions
>> for
>> Windows Mail yet, their instructions for Outlook Express should also work
>> under Windows Mail if they don't call for the HTTP protocol. The
>> instructions
>> are usually somewhere on their web site. Or, you could tell us who your
>> email provider is and see if anyone here already knows where to find their
>> instructions.
>>
>>
>>

"csgrant" <csgrant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00A6D1D5-B832-4685-A320-56EF22FE48BE@microsoft.com...
>I dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
> means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im
> supposed
> to put there.

> I really dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
> means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im supposed
> to put there. I can not create my acc

Who is your email service provider? Or to ask that question another way,
what is the part of your email address after the @ symbol?
Your mail provider will typically have a web page that shows how to
set up an email program. If you need more help, tell us the name of
your email service provider.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"marianela bracho" <marianelabracho@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:74BDCB2F-D9E1-4341-9423-B302AE90753E@microsoft.com...
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>
>
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>> I really dont understand what the incoming mail server and outgoing e-mail server
>> means. Ive read the help info but I still dont understand what Im supposed
>> to put there. I can not create my acc