Email Setup Guide for Windows Live Mail (IMAP)

Open your Windows Live Mail and follow the steps below to setup your email on Windows Live Mail with IMAP.

Example:
Name: Demo
Email Address: demo@lookafter.com
Type: IMAP

Steps:

1. If you are launching Windows Live Mail for the first time, you will be directly prompted to create a new email account. You can skip to step 3 from here.
   Otherwise, go to the [Accounts] tab.
   
2. Click [Email].
3. On “Add your email accounts”, enter your email address on [Email address:].
   
4. Key in your email account password on [Password:]. Make sure that the [Remember this password] option is selected.
5. Then, enter your name in the [Display name for your sent messages:] field.
6. Check the [Manually configure server settings] checkbox.
7. Click [Next] to continue.
8. On the incoming server information (on the left column), select IMAP for the [Server type:].
9. On [Server address:], key in your mail server, which is mail.yourdomain.com.
   Make sure that the port number is 143 and do not check the [Requires a secure connection SSL] option.
   
10. Select Clear text for [Authenticate using:].
11. Key in your full email address on [Logon user name:].
12. On the outgoing server information (on the right column), key in your mail server on [Server address:], which is mail.yourdomain.com.
    Key in 587 for its [Port].
13. Check the [Requires authentication] checkbox.
14. Click [Next] to proceed.
15. Your email account has been successfully added. Click [Finish] to close the window.
    

Now, you can access your emails from your Windows Live Mail.