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Windows Live Mail (POP3)

To configure Windows Live Mail to send and receive email using our servers using POP3, please follow the steps below (please replace username@example.com with your email address and example.com with webshield.net.au):

1. Open Windows Live Mail.

2. Choose "Tools" -> "Accounts".

Tools -> Accounts

3. Click on "Add".

Accounts

4. Select "E-mail Account".

Click on "Next".

Add an account

5. Enter your e-mail address user@example.com in the "E-mail address" field.
In the "Password" field you need to enter the current password for this particular mailbox.
In the "Display Name" field you should enter the name which you would like to appear on the messages you send.
Select "Manually configure server settings or additional server types".

Click on the "Next" button.

Add an E-mail Account

6. Set the type of the incoming mail server to POP3.
For incoming and outgoing mail servers you should use mail.webshield.net.au
From the drop-down menu "Log on using", choose "Clear text authentication".
Enter your e-mail address username@example.com in the "Login ID" field.
Set the "Outgoing server" port to 25.
Tick the "Outgoing server requires authentication" option.

If you want to use a secure connection then Change the port for the "Outgoing server" to 456.

And then Tick the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" option.



Click on the "Next" button.



7. Click on "Finish".

Your new account settings are complete


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