Vista - set up word mial

does any one know how to set up the mail account please help i tried

incoming.excite.com

and

mail.excite.com

and

smtp.excite.com

none of these work can you tell whatto use forincoming and out going mail
for pop3 account i also tried pop3.excite.com what am i doing wrong?

Does Mail.com support POP3 mail?

You can use Eprompter to check it : http://www.eprompter.com Free

"Rose" <rhumbleness@excite.com> wrote in message
news:BFAF7DE4-7D91-40FC-9A84-157CEE841343@microsoft.com...
> does any one know how to set up the mail account please help i tried
>
> incoming.excite.com
>
> and
>
> mail.excite.com
>
> and
>
> smtp.excite.com
>
> none of these work can you tell whatto use forincoming and out going mail
> for pop3 account i also tried pop3.excite.com what am i doing wrong?

Excite seems to be web-based, unless you pay for premium service to get POP
access?
http://www1.excite.com/email/gold_intro
Is this correct?
Windows mail cannot access webmail accounts.



"Rose" <rhumbleness@excite.com> wrote in message
news:BFAF7DE4-7D91-40FC-9A84-157CEE841343@microsoft.com...
> does any one know how to set up the mail account please help i tried
>
> incoming.excite.com
>
> and
>
> mail.excite.com
>
> and
>
> smtp.excite.com
>
> none of these work can you tell whatto use forincoming and out going mail
> for pop3 account i also tried pop3.excite.com what am i doing wrong?

Hi, Rose.

The obvious answer is for you to ask Excite.

Microsoft doesn't (officially) know the server name for my ISP
(mail.grandecom.net, both incoming and outgoing) or for yours or anybody
else's. That information comes from your ISP or whomever provides your
email service. The same outfit that assigned your UserName for use on their
server. The information should be in the packet you (might have) received
from Excite when you signed up. If you signed up online, there may have
been an email or you may have downloaded files that told you what you needed
to know. In addition to your UserName, password and server name(s), you
also need to know which security features to check, such as SPA.

If all else fails, go to http://www.excite.com/ and ask. Or wait here for
another Excite customer to tell you what you need to know.

All this has not changed from Windows to Vista - and it is the same no
matter which email client you are using.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Rose" <rhumbleness@excite.com> wrote in message
news:BFAF7DE4-7D91-40FC-9A84-157CEE841343@microsoft.com...
> does any one know how to set up the mail account please help i tried
>
> incoming.excite.com
>
> and
>
> mail.excite.com
>
> and
>
> smtp.excite.com
>
> none of these work can you tell whatto use forincoming and out going mail
> for pop3 account i also tried pop3.excite.com what am i doing wrong?

"Rose" <rhumbleness@excite.com> wrote in message
news:BFAF7DE4-7D91-40FC-9A84-157CEE841343@microsoft.com...
> does any one know how to set up the mail account please help i tried
>
> incoming.excite.com
>
> and
>
> mail.excite.com
>
> and
>
> smtp.excite.com
>
> none of these work can you tell whatto use forincoming and out going mail
> for pop3 account i also tried pop3.excite.com what am i doing wrong?

Use the same settings for servers, authentication and ports that you used in
Outlook Express. In fact, if you export you account from OE in Your
previous version of Windows, you can import the IAF file into WinMail.
(Tools | Accounts in both cases)

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.