Vista - default email, windows live mail, windows mail- BIG MESS!

i also tried to change my default email to windows live, it doesn't work,
comes up w/ some weird kind of mail that doesn't send messages (not sure if
it's trying to use windows mail even tho it's set to windows live mail, or
what). so, i'm trying to set up my windows live account (which is new, just
set it up a couple of months ago), through windows mail. tried setting to
pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com and when it goes to connect i keep getting
this error message:
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'pop3.live.com', Server:
'pop3.live.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error:
10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
i really want my default e-mail server to be set up to something that works.
and i do not want to go back to using my yahoo account. PLEASE HELP!!

"valerie" <valerie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CE75B49D-FEA7-4DA8-B9C1-9403BE1D0B9B@xxxxxxYou are using the wrong Port numbers, change them on the Advanced tab of
your accounts properties, set it up as follows:


POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@xxxxxx
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog...33!49799.entry


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

ok, i made those changes and hit apply then ok. now what do i do??

"mac" wrote:

"valerie" <valerie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F0B6C4F8-3341-45E7-AEDE-291E349D9C5B@xxxxxxWell, did you try to send a message to yourself to test it?

If it fails please copy and paste the error message to your reply here.


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

"valerie" <valerie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CE75B49D-FEA7-4DA8-B9C1-9403BE1D0B9B@xxxxxxHi, first thing to try is to ensure that WM is set as the Default mail
client..

Close WM.

Go to default programs, either from the start menu or in Control
Panel>Set your default programs>wait for the list of programs to
populate>select Windows Mail and ensure that it is set as default for all
its protocols

Also while in the Default Programs, click on "Set program
access and computer defaults." Select Custom, and
then select Windows Mail & Click OK.


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Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. MAIL. [DTS] UK.
http://www.getsafeonline.org/

My Outlook Express never worked right either. I can't get Microsoft mail to
work EITHER!!! I've been thru the setup step-by-step!! I'm fed up with the
whole thing!!! I keep getting the error messages, and plug-in failure, and
yada, yada, yada!!

"valerie" wrote:

If you get an error message, right-click on it, select Copy, then paste it
into a reply.

Neither program has any plug-ins, so where's that coming from?


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Windows 7 RC
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
http://download.live.com/wlmail


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