Issue
Need to configure your Windows Live email account into your Thunderbird 3.0
Symptoms
None
Cause
None
Workaround
STEP 1: Open Thunderbird.
STEP 2: Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings
STEP 3: Choose the Add Mail Account from the drop-down list located under the account list on the left.
STEP 4: Enter your name, your email address and your password. Click Continue.
STEP 5: Thunderbird will query the email server and automatically configure the appropriate IMAP connection settings for your account (if you would like to configure POP instead, please complete the rest as the STEP 6). When complete, Thunderbird will show you a confirmation dialog as below:
STEP 6: To use POP instead of IMAP for your incoming messages, click Edit and change the following values:
- Incoming: change to “pop3.live.com”
- Outgoing change to “smtp.live.com“
- Protocol (the drop-down list to the right of the Incoming field): change to “POP”
- Port (the field to the right of the protocol drop-down list): change to “995”
Additional Information
– Configuring Mail Clients for Windows Live
– If you are unable to perform the steps, kindly issue a ticket to our Support Team
– If you are unable to perform the steps, kindly issue a ticket to our Support Team