10.1. Setting Up Windows Mail The first time you use Mail (Start Note: If you used the Vista program called Easy Transfer Wizard to bring over your files and settings from an older PC, Windows Mail is probably already set up quite nicely . If that's the case, skip to the next section. Click Next to step through the wizard's interview process, during which you'll provide the following information:
The outgoing mail server (the SMTP server ) usually looks something like mail.mindspring.com or smpt.comcast.net.
If you wish, turn on "Remember password," so that you won't have to enter it each time you want to collect mail. ( Turn on Secure Password Authentication [SPA] only if instructed by your ISP or network administrator.) Click Finish to close the wizard and open Windows Mail. |