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Set up your email automatically
Internet Check-up configures Windows Mail quickly and easily.
Learn moreYou'll need the following information on hand before you start:
- Your email address
- Your email password
- The outgoing (SMTP) mail server name: smtphm.sympatico.ca
- The incoming (POP) mail server name: pophm.sympatico.ca
Manual instructions
Watch our interactive video to learn how to create a new e-mail account in Windows Mail:
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Read the video transcript:
- Select the Tools menu
- Select the Accounts... menu item
- Click the Add... button
- Ensure that E-mail Account is selected
- Click the Next button
- Enter your Display name in the box. When you send an e-mail your Display Name is used to identify you as the sender.
- Click the Next button
- Enter your Bell Mail email address in the E-mail address box.
- Select the Servers tab
- Click the My server requires authentication check box.
- Click the Settings... button
- Ensure that the Use same settings as my incoming mail server radio button is selected
- Click the OK button
- Select the Connection tab.
- Click the Always connect to this account using check box.
- Ensure that Local Area Network is selected in the drop-down menu.
- Select the Advanced tab.
- Click the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
- Select the Incoming mail (POP3) text box and delete the number 110.
- Enter the number 995.
- Click the This server requires a secure connection (SSL) check box.
- Set the Server Timeouts slider bar to 5 minutes.
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Close button.
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Discover how to decipher error messages that you receive when trying to send and receive e-mail with Windows Mail.
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