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How to configure Windows Live Mail for Outlook?
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Desktopemail clientsare always useful if you want to quickly check your email. Speaking of which, one of the most used desktop clients wasOutlook ExpressandWindows Live Mail.
The development ofOutlook Expressis permanently canceled, and there’s no way to install it on any modernWindows operating system.
Fortunately, you can stillinstall Windows Live Mail on Windows 10, and today we’re going to show you how to configureWindows Live MailforOutlook.
Outlook Express was a defaultemail clienton older versions of Windows, and as such, it has gained tremendous popularity.
As previously mentioned, Outlook Express was scrapped by Microsoft and it was replaced byWindows Live Mail.
Many users were pleased withWindows Live Mailand accepted it as an Outlook Express successor.
WithWindows Live Mailbeing such a popularemail clienton the Windows platform, we decided to make a small guide on how to configure it to work withOutlook.
How can I configure Windows Live Mail to work with Outlook onWindows 10?
First thing you’ll notice when you openWindows Live Mailis the account creation screen.
Windows Live Mailworks with many popular webmail services such as Gmail,Yahoo, andOutlook, and the account creation process is straightforward.
All that you need to do is to enter your email and password andWindows Live Mailshould automatically configure it. If you wish, you can also manually configure your email account.
The account creation process is straightforward for certain webmail services such as Gmail, and it doesn’t require any additional configuration.
Unfortunately, account creation process got a bit more complex while trying to use Outlook account withWindows Live Mail, but we managed to fix that by following these steps:
If the steps above seem familiar to you, it’s because the same configuration process is used forOutlook 2007versions older than 12.0.6680.5000.
Of course, if you useOutlook 2007version 12.0.6680.5000 or newer, there’s no need to manually enter this data.
As you can see,Windows Live Mailruns perfectly on Windows 10, although you might run into certain account creation issues, you can easily fix them by setting the server information manually.
It’s worth mentioning thatWindows Live Mailisn’t being developed anymore, and the last update for it was released in 2012.
AlthoughWindows Live Mailis a greatemail client, you might want to use a client that is being updated more frequently.
Even thoughWindows Live Mailworked great with Outlook in the past, reports were stating that Windows Live Mail won’t be able to synchronize with Outlook anymore.
So users considered an alternativeemail client.
Microsoft ended support forWindows Live Essentials, a suite of freeware applications, that includes Windows Live Mail. Therefore, it is no longer available to download from Microsoft.
OE Classicis an amazingWindows Live Mail alternative, so if you’re looking for a simpleemail clientfor Windows 10, you might want to try OE Classic.
Also, you can trythe best Windows 10 email clients and apps to use from our list.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
