If you sign in to Windows 10 with a Microsoft account with an Outlook.com, Live, Hotmail, or MSN address, it's added to the Mail and Calendar apps. You can also add many other email accounts to them to send and receive messages, create and manage events.

Notes:

Add a new email account

Adding an account using advanced setup

There are two ways to access advanced setup options for your email account:

Enter the following information in the window Advanced setup:

Your email service provider will be able to provide you with the parameters you need to enter for advanced setup. But keep in mind that the required settings for popular email service providers are provided in our article Links to POP or IMAP Server Names.

When all the required information has been entered, click the buttons To come in > Ready.

Troubleshooting

If you're having trouble setting up your account, try the following:

Special instructions for other accounts

If you have two-factor authentication enabled for your iCloud account, you'll need to create an app password to add it to the Mail app.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

We've added OAuth support for Yahoo! in Windows 10 Creators Update. To install the Creators Update, go to the software download site and click Update. For more information, see the Windows 10 Creators Update article.

Additional steps you can take if Yahoo! Can't sync account with Mail for Windows 10. Can't sync Yahoo! with mail for Windows 10.

If you have a Japanese company Yahoo! Email account, you need to follow the steps below.

To synchronize your QQ mailbox with the Mail and Calendar applications, you must enable IMAP support in QQ.

Login to your QQ account.

Select Options _gt_ Account _gt_ POP3/IMAP/SMTP/Exchange/CardDAV/CalDAV _gt_ find IMAP/SMTP service _gt_ Open.

You may need to send a text message to enable this service. After pressing the button Open In step 2, a dialog box may appear asking you to use your phone to send a message to the displayed phone number.

After sending the QQ text message, a new dialog box will open with an authorization code. Copy the authorization code as needed to add your QQ mail account in the Mail and Calendar applications.

In the Mail and Calendar applications, delete your QQ account and add it again using the authorization code.

Your QQ account should now sync automatically.

GMX.de or WEB.de

When you try to connect your GMX.de or WEB.de account to the Mail and Calendar applications, you will receive an email in your GMX.de or WEB.de mailbox with instructions on how to grant access.

In a web browser, log in to your GMX.de or WEB.de account.

Find the email with instructions on how to connect your account to the Mail and Calendar apps and follow them.

Your account should then automatically sync with the Mail and Calendar apps.

Still have questions?

In the Windows 10 operating system, you can use both built-in software and third-party services as a mail application. Therefore, we will consider several options for setting up and using mail.

Standard Windows 10 email client and its configuration

The built-in email client of the Windows 10 Metro interface called “Mail” can be configured as follows.

• Click “Start” and select the “Mail” application from the Metro tiles (it is located next to the “Calendar” application).

• A welcome window will open. Click the “Get Started” button.

• A window will appear asking you to add an account. Click “Add”.

• Select a mail service from the list.

• Let's look at an example of setting up mail on a Google account. Enter your email address and click “Next”.

• Enter your mailbox password and click “Login”.

• To make Gmail mail available for viewing from Metro tiles, in the next window, click on the “Allow” button.

• After this, the application will begin synchronizing with Google mail. You can also configure mail from Mail, Yahoo! Icloud.

If you noticed, there is no Yandex account in the list of quick access to mail. It must be added separately. To do this, perform the following steps:

• Click on the gear, which is responsible for calling up the settings and select the “Accounts” section.

• Click “Add account”. Select “Advanced settings” from the list.

• A new window will open. Select “Internet mail”.

• To connect Yandex in Windows 10, you need to go to your mailbox and set the following parameters in the settings. Login is done through a browser.

• Next, you need to decide on the POP or IMAP mail protocol. The first one works on the principle of unloading and deleting letters. The second one is more secure and letters are not immediately deleted after being uploaded to the mail program. To determine the protocol, enter the query “Yandex.Mail IMAP” into the search bar. Open the first link.

• Copy the mail server addresses.

• Let's return to the mail settings. Enter the name of the mailbox, your own nickname, paste the copied address of the incoming mail server, select the IMAP protocol. Click “Next”.

• In the new window, enter the mailbox address, password and insert the outgoing mail protocol. Click “Finish”.

• Synchronization of letters will begin.

Also, the built-in application from Windows 10 allows you to configure temporary settings for receiving mail. You can specify the period for which mail should be downloaded, set the time for downloading letters, and completely disable synchronization.

How to set up Outlook mail on Windows 10?

The Windows 10 operating system works with the following versions of the Outlook email program:

• Outlook 2013
• Office 365
• Outlook 2010
• Outlook 2007

To configure this program, do the following:

• Click “Start”, “Control Panel”, select “Mail”.

• The settings window will open. Select “Accounts”. In the new window, click “Create”.

• To configure Outlook in Windows 10, click “Yes” in the next window.

• In the details window, click “Add account”.

• Check the “Email Account” box and fill in all the information.

• After the system checks the program, Outlook will be configured using the POP3 protocol.

• If you want to configure via IMAP, select “Manual configuration”.

• Select the desired service.

• We specify the protocols for incoming and outgoing mail, as in Yandex.

• In the same window, click “Other settings”. Go to the “Outgoing Mail Server” tab. We check the server authenticity check box.

• In the “Advanced” tab we check the protocols.

• After that, click “Next” and “Finish”. The service is configured.

Today it is difficult to do without email as such. Reputable Internet services and reputable sites require authorization, which in turn implies the use of a valid electronic mailbox. If you, dear readers, have several active email addresses, then it is not difficult to imagine how inconvenient it is to manage all of them. At the same time, the standard email client for Windows 10 was created specifically to simplify the overall process of working with electronic correspondence. To learn how to configure it correctly, read this article.

Instead of an introduction: user difficulties - “I can’t find the Mail application in the OS”

Depending on the version of the OS used, and as you know, there are several, the Windows 10 edition may have one of the traditional email tools: outlook or Mail. Due to the release of a large update package in Windows 10 (version 1607), the standard Mail application has been replaced by the Outlook program.

However, in our practical guide we will touch on both email clients - we will tell and show you, dear reader, how to set up and subsequently manage your email boxes for email.

Working with the Mail application

It doesn’t matter which interface is used on your PC: look for a shortcut in the form of a white envelope on a blue background with the inherent name “Mail”.

• Go to the Start menu - All Programs, or use the Start Screen option and find the above-mentioned mail application shortcut in the tiled interface.

• When you launch the application for the first time, you will be prompted to “Get Started” - click on this button.

• On the second settings screen, you need to step by step enter the credentials that are assigned to each individual email address.

For example, if you want to use Google mail, then you should select the item of the same name from the list that contains the main Internet mail services. The process of filling out the registration form is a standard procedure, the implementation of which consists of simple steps: entering the login and password assigned to you at the time of creating the mailbox.

• Next, you agree to the terms of processing of your data.

• After a few seconds of synchronization, all your email correspondence will be downloaded to your computer.

As you understand, in order for an email client to work with several email services, it is necessary to register the appropriate credentials one by one (step by step).

How to set up Outlook

Simply put, linking multiple email accounts to this email client is just as easy as with the application described above. However, everything will become even easier if you already have a Microsoft account.

• So, open the Outlook program.

• Next, activate the “File” tab.

Configure via IMAP protocol

via IMAP protocol:

2. Select the account type - “Other POP, IMAP account”.

4. Click "Login".

manually:

1. Click "Add Account".

3. Select "Internet mail".

• Incoming mail server - imap.mail.ru;
• Account type - IMAP4;
• Check the boxes:
  
  

Configure via POP protocol

To set up Mail for Windows 10 via POP protocol:

1. Click "Add Account".

2. Select the account type - “Other POP, IMAP account”.

3. Enter the required data:

• Email address - the full name of your mailbox;
  

  Please note: in this field you must enter the full name of your mailbox, including login, “@” dog and domain (for example, [email protected]).

• Password—the current password for your mailbox.

4. Click "Login".

5. Enter your name, which will appear in the “From:” field for all messages you send.

6. Click “Login”, then “Done”.

If you can't add an account automatically, add it manually:

1. Click "Add Account".

2. Click "Advanced Setup".

3. Select "Internet mail".

4. In the window that opens, enter the following information:

• Account name - the name of your account;
• Your name is the name that will appear in the From: field for all messages you send.
• Incoming mail server - pop.mail.ru;
• Account type - POP3;
• Username - the full name of your mailbox;
• Password—the current password for your mailbox;
• Outgoing mail server (SMTP) - smtp.mail.ru;
• Check the boxes:
  "The outgoing mail server requires authentication"
  "Use the same username and password to send email"
  "Request SSL for incoming mail."

5. Click “Login” and wait for a message indicating successful account creation.

If you have problems setting up your email program, use our

I don’t presume to judge what your first step on the Internet will be. Most likely, you will launch your browser, thoughtfully stomp around the Yandex page, and type a couple of your most cherished keywords in the search bar. Perhaps you will open about ten sites at random.

But the second step is much easier to predict: most likely, you will immediately rush to get yourself a mailbox. Because today there is nowhere on the Internet without it: neither register on an interesting site, nor start a blog. And you need to tell your friends that you too have finally gotten stuck in the Matrix.

I repeat once again - there is no way without mail. So we will definitely start it - on the same Yandex, Google or Mail.Ru, or better yet on all three at once. Because it’s free, and extra mailboxes on the farm will always come in handy. Another question is how to work with this mail later.

You can, of course, do this in the browser, and for most of us this will be quite enough. What’s simpler is to go to your mailer’s website using your personal username and password, read it, reply, delete it... And calmly leave. Convenient, private, and the mail is stored in a safe place, nothing threatens it.

Is it any wonder that today’s advanced youth don’t even want to hear about any email programs? Like, it’s an anachronism, and there’s a place for such software in a museum, next to dinosaurs, honest politicians and other legends of ancient times.

And yet, just such a program has remained one of the unchanging components of Windows for many years. At first it was called Mail & News, then changed its name to Outlook Express. And then - to Windows Mail. But the adventures of the Windows “mailer” did not end there: in Windows 7 this program was completely removed! And not because the idea of ​​an autonomous “mailer” has exhausted itself, no - it’s just that in this way Microsoft was forced to respond to the attacks of other software developers - they say, isn’t there too much of everything, good gentlemen, that you have included in your shell? Others want to eat too!

In a word, the story of Windows Mail ended there - however, an email program with almost the same name immediately appeared in the Windows Live application suite, which, I hope, you have already downloaded - if not, you can do this at http://get .live.com. Well, in Windows 8 the mailer is available initially, although it will be in demand mainly on mobile gadgets.

Windows 8 Mail is extremely simplified compared to its predecessors - Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.

The set of functions is kept to a minimum, and the interface is simple, just three vertical windows:

• The first contains a list of folders.
• The second contains letter headers.
• The third displays the text of the letter itself. Finally, in the upper right corner there are three buttons: to create a new letter, reply to a received message and delete (on a computer you can delete unnecessary letters using the Del key).

Previously, in any mail program there was a place for powerful filters, sorters, templates, and so on - but none of this wealth remains in Mail. It’s not surprising that you can do all these and many other operations in the settings of your mail server by logging into its “control panel” through a browser. Mail's responsibilities include only mirroring the folder structure and collection of letters on a remote mail server.

Setting up Mail

You can set up Mail for your account in Windows 10 in the usual way: open the drop-down menu in the upper left corner of the program, select Options

then, in the panel that opens on the right - Accounts

By going to your account settings (icon in the upper left corner - Settings - Accounts), you can change the name of your profile, as well as configure the signature added by default to each letter, and, if necessary, the autoresponder message. You can also specify which email notifications will be honored to be sent to the Notification Panel in the tray - from all recipients or only from Selected ones who have received special trust.

In the parameters of the program itself - (icon in the upper left corner Settings) you can enable the grouping of messages by topic, as well as the display of messages you have sent in threads.

You can add several accounts to the program - in addition to your Windows 10 account linked to the standard Microsoft Outlook.Com email service (even if you created an address in the Live.Ru or Hotmail.com domain, you will be able to view your mail in the browser exactly on this site). In this case, a separate tab is created for each mailer in the program.

Mail works fine from Google (GMail), Yandex mail and Mail.Ru - to add a mailbox in these domains you need to select the option Other account and enter your address and password. But problems may arise with other Russian services, since at the moment Mail can only work with the protocol IMAP, but not with the much more common POP3.

However, you can get out of the situation easily and quite elegantly by setting up a mailbox on Mail.Ru or on GMail.Com to collect mail from other mailboxes. For example, you have a mailbox. Ru, another one, for especially important letters - on GMail, and perhaps a third one, somewhere on Yandex. Great - you can save all your old addresses and read all your mail on one single site!

For example, on GMail, which will periodically collect letters from all your mailboxes and present them to you on a silver platter, or even on Microsoft's Outlook.Com (which, in fact, is what Mail is configured for). Moreover, your correspondents will not even suspect your “moving”: when answering letters, you can use your old mailing addresses as return addresses.

Not only GMail, but also any mail server, including the same Mail.Ru, can work as a collector. However, I strongly recommend that everyone use GMail as their main address. There are many reasons: firstly, Google mail is much more universal; mail programs on any device - from Android phones to iPads - instantly become friends with a mailbox on GMail. The Mail program, as we have already found out, also gets along well with it.

Secondly, Google Mail has much more functions and settings than Outlook. Finally, having created an account on Google, we will immediately receive another “cloud” piggy bank completely free of charge - Google Drive, plus a whole bunch of Google services, many of which will be useful to us.

It’s not difficult to set up collection of letters from other mailboxes on GMail - log into your mailbox using your username and password? Then select the Settings menu and add your addresses to the Accounts and Import menu.

By the way, it’s worth working with Mail in “browser” mode - just to understand how few possibilities the Windows 10 application gives us. Log into your mailbox using your username and password at Outlook.com