Windows 10 Mail Series (10)

Configuring custom ports in Windows 10 Mail

This video assumes you already have an existing email account, and it’s configured in Windows Mail.

Now let’s learn how to configure custom ports in Windows Mail.

You may need to change the ports your configured email account uses, if for example changes are made on the server requiring the use of different ports.

This video will show you how to change those ports in the event you ever have to.

Click the Settings icon.

Then click Manage Accounts.

Select the email account you want to change the ports for, then click Change mailbox sync settings.

Click Advanced mailbox settings.

To enter a custom port number, you simply have to put a colon after your existing server name, followed by the new port number, followed by colon, one.

Let’s force our outgoing email server to use port 465… enter :465:1 after the server name.

Note that the first number is the port number, and the one after the second colon denotes that it is to use SSL encryption.

When finished, click Done… then click Save.

That’s it! We’ve successfully changed the port number for our outgoing email server.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure custom ports in Windows Mail.

How to delete folders in Windows 10 Mail

This video assumes you already have an existing email account, and it’s configured in Windows Mail.

Now let’s learn how to delete folders from Windows Mail.

First, choose the mail account in which you want to delete a folder, then click More.

Then right-click the folder you want removed, click Delete, then click OK to confirm.

Note that if there were any messages within the folder, they will be deleted with the folder.

If you deleted a folder and therefore messages by mistake, you can recover them easily.

Deleting messages only moves them to the Trash folder. You can just as easily move them back from the trash to your inbox.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to delete folders from Windows Mail.

Configuring an IMAP email account in Windows 10 Mail

This video assumes you already have an existing email account created with your host or email provider, or you’ve created your own in your hosting control panel.

Now let’s learn how to configure Windows Mail with your existing email account using the IMAP email protocol.

If you’ve never used the Mail app, you’ll see a Welcome page when you open it. Click Add Account to get started.

If you have used the Mail app before, then click the Settings icon at the bottom of the left navigation pane.

… then click Manage Accounts.

Click Add Account.

Then click the Advanced Setup option.

Click Internet Email.

Enter your Email address in both the Email address field and the username field.

Then enter your email password.

Enter a name for this account. This is what you’ll see in the left pane of Windows Mail.

Then enter the name you want your recipients to see when they receive your messages.

Enter your incoming email server. This is commonly mail.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com, but you should refer to your email documentation for the exact format.

Choose the IMAP protocol for the account type.

Next, enter your outgoing email server name. Again, refer to your email documentation if you are not sure what this is.

Make sure these last four options are checked, then click Sign in.

That’s it! We’ve successfully configured Windows Mail to send and receive email using our email account.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure Windows Mail with your existing email account using the IMAP protocol.

How to change your email password in Windows Mail 10

This video assumes you already have an existing email account, and it’s configured in Windows Mail.

Now let’s learn how to change our email password.

Click the Settings icon.

Then click Manage Accounts.

Select the email account for which you want to change the password.

To change your password, simply enter your new password, then click Save.

Please note that changing your password here does not change your email password where your email is hosted. The password you enter here must match what your password is set to where it is hosted.

You would only have to change your password here if your email password is ever changed or needs updating on the email server where your email is hosted.

That’s it! Your email password has been changed in Windows Mail, so as long as it matches the password at the email server where it’s hosted, Windows Mail will be able to connect to it.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to change your email password in Windows Mail.

Configuring your email signature in Windows 10 Mail

This video assumes you already have an existing email account, and it’s configured in Windows Mail.

Now let’s learn how to setup an email signature.

Click the Settings icon.

Then click Signature.

It is from here that you can setup your email signatures.

Select the account for which you want to create a signature.

Then go ahead and create your signature. You can use formatting, and include hyperlinks and images if you like.

When finished, click Save.

That’s it! The signature has been created. Now when we go to compose a new email…

… our new signature is automatically in place in the new message window.

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to configure email signatures in Windows Mail.