How do you set up Windows Live Mail to check your University of Akron email account?

Answer 1

This setup is for Windows 7 users who are trying to establish their new Windows Live Mail accounts.

This information can also be found here http://support.uakron.edu/wiki/index.php/Google_Apps_Windows_Mail_Setup. These are the steps to setup your account for gmail. This is the exact same setup you need to change @gmail.com to @zips.uakron.edu.

Before you start the following steps you need to log into your .zips.uakron.edu e-mail account and click Settings in the top right corner. Find the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and under that tab click Enable IMAP. Now you are set to do the following:

1) Open your Windows Live Mail account.
2) On the left hand side click Add e-mail account.
3) A window will pop up and you will need to put in your e-mail address and password. (It should be something@zips.uakron.edu if you have switched over to their g-mail option)
4) Next type in a Display Name.
5) Click Next.
6) Change "My incoming mail server is a" to the IMAPoption.
7) On the Incoming server line enter imap.gmail.com
8) Check the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box
9) For the Login ID make sure that it has the @zips.uakron.edu tag after your user name.
10) Go down to the Outgoing server line and enter smtp.gmail.com
11) Check the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" box
11) Check the "My server requires authentication" box.
12) Click Next.
13) Click Finish.
14) You should now have an account displayed on the left hand side of your Windows Live Mail screen.
15) Send a test e-mail to someone you know or to another e-mail account of yours to verify that it is working. Your first e-mail should bring up a log in window since we