How do I set up e-mail address?

How to set up windows live email address on windows live mail?

• I am trying to set up a windowslive.co.uk email address on windows live mail. I have got this set up on my laptop which is running Windows XP. I cannot get the same email address to work on the desktop which is running Windows Vista. I have copied the settings exactly as they are on the laptop but am not able to get the email address to work on the desktop. In the properties setting for the account under general I have got my name then full email address, in servers I have got incoming server as pop3.live.com outgoing is smtp.live.com, I then got email user name which is the first part of the email address then password. The out going mail is 25 and got the box checked that says the server requires a secure connection (SSL) The incoming mail is 995 I have checked the box for server requires a secure connection. This is the set up the same as the XP laptop but I am not able to get the email address to work on the desktop. All help will be appreciated.

• Answer:

  To set up a POP3 configuration for one account on two computers, you need to remember to select the option to "Leave a copy of messages on the server" on BOTH computers. Otherwise when an email comes through, only one computer will download it and delete it from the server before the other computer tries to do the same.