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Adding/ removing a Windows Mail Account in Vista.

Follow this step-by-step guide to add or remove an E-mail Account from Windows Mail client in a Vista environment.

Through Windows Mail, you can manage different e-mail accounts at one point of time.  It puts all the accounts into different folders, making it easy to access and maintain.  You can have:

  • Personal e-mail accounts.
  • Work e-mail accounts.
  • Newsgroups.

Windows Mail also supports directory services.  These are online address books that are provided by large organizations like colleges and businesses.

Before you add an account, ensure you have the following information related to your e-mail account.

  • E-mail address.
  • Email Server name. (pop3 or imap etc.,)
  • Outgoing and Incoming server names. (smtp.example.com etc.,)
  • Email Username and Password.
  • Incoming and Outgoing server port numbers.

Adding Windows Mail Account:

  1. Open Windows Mail by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Windows Mail.


  2. On the tool bar, click Tools -> Accounts.

  3. Click Add, select the type of account.

  4. Click Next and follow the instructions.



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Deleting a Windows Mail Account:

  1. Open Windows Mail by clicking Start -> All Programs -> Windows Mail.


  2. On the tool bar, click Tools -> Accounts.

  3. Click on the account you want to delete and click Remove.



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