Trying to set up WLM acount

Greg S said:

Roderunner said:

Yes you can, top left hand corner. Or use my version.

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Heads up, your email addy is showing in the screenshot

Oops me too Greg - sorry too much hurry not enough haste

Still having problems with it have set and reset, reinstalled and last night three messages came through but cannot get it to "test" itself.

I might have to try that hotmail trail and see what happens. Infuriating though because I put it on this machine (my old Dell XP) and bingo not a hitch - first time with all that POP and STMP in/out stuff. I just entered my add in POP inbound mail.*********@*******.com and the same for outgoing there wasn't a problem. But this new machine I have done the same with their details and zip!

I really like fixing friends machines for them but this one feature I find a continuous nightmare. Why in the name of reason one just cannot just add the old address and password they have been using and it works is beyond my comprehension (and almost my patience). It's only because most of my friends are not really that savvy (not that I am either) and changing the address with all of their contacts causes so much confusion.

ICit2lol said:

Still having problems with it

The magic bullet is to set up your account in WLM manually for POP, if you let nature take its course, it will try to set it in IMAP (IMHO it's worse than toothache).
The first to do is, make sure your account can be accessed by POP and enable it.
SMTP setting is smtp.xxxx.com port 465 or 587
POP pop.xxxx.com port auto sets to 995
SSL for both above. Tick box:- server requires authentification.
A lot easier done than said, then all you need to do is set 'Options'
I recommend using a Windows Live ID i.e. Hotmail dot Com.

Roderunner said:

ICit2lol said:

Still having problems with it

The magic bullet is to set up your account in WLM manually for POP, if you let nature take its course, it will try to set it in IMAP (IMHO it's worse than toothache).
The first to do is, make sure your account can be accessed by POP and enable it.
SMTP setting is smtp.xxxx.com port 465 or 587
POP pop.xxxx.com port auto sets to 995
SSL for both above. Tick box:- server requires authentification.
A lot easier done than said, then all you need to do is set 'Options'
I recommend using a Windows Live ID i.e. Hotmail dot Com.

Thanks Rodey will give it another go as I really do not like things beating me.

Sassenach John

Mfi.

No go am going to give up on it I've tried everything now and it just isn't going to work I just keep getting the error 0x800CCC0E.

What I don't get is why did "it" download those three messages last night and then nothing. The live rests are being sent to her email address but not on this machine

Absolute nightmare system.

Hi Greg,
the reason I sign in with a live ID is, my contacts are saved on it, then I don't have to add them manually, it also gives me an added layer of protection in 'Blocked Senders'. I use Gmail accessed by POP, when accessed, Google archives the message, so I only get intimation of new mail on Igoogle home page. I can delete mail from WLM as I please, yet its still on Google.

ICit2lol said:

No go am going to give up on it I've tried everything now and it just isn't going to work I just keep getting the error 0x800CCC0E.

What I don't get is why did "it" download those three messages last night and then nothing. The live rests are being sent to her email address but not on this machine

Absolute nightmare system.

It's not like an Aussie to give up so easily. Read my link. https://support.live.com/Default.asp...&wfxredirect=1

Greg, I'm using:-



It has better features & useability.