Setting Up Your Road Runner Email with Windows Mail

Using Window Mail

Microsoft Windows Mail is the new email and news client bundled with operating systems and the Internet Explorer web browser by Microsoft. 

• With an Internet connection and Microsoft Windows Mail, you can exchange email messages with anyone on the Internet and join any number of newsgroups.
• The Internet Connection Wizard helps you connect to one or more email or news servers. You will need the following information from your Internet service provider (ISP) or local area network (LAN) administrator:
• To add an email account, you need your account name and password, and the names of your incoming and outgoing email servers.
• To add a newsgroup, you need the name of the news server you want to connect to and, if required, your account name and password.

Setting Up A New Email Account

Windows Mail is the default email client that comes standard with Internet Explorer. Follow these directions to set up a new account:

1. In Windows Mail, click Tools > Accounts > Mail > Add > E-mail Account. This will start a mail wizard configuration screen.

2. Enter your name as you wish it to appear in the Display name field.



3. Enter your Road Runner e-mail address in the usual " username@sc.rr.com" format in the E-mail address field.



4. Set up e-mail servers window settings:
   • Select POP in the drop-down list.
   • Enter pop-server.sc.rr.com in the Incoming Mail Server (POP3) field.
   • Enter smtp-server.sc.rr.com in the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) field.



5. Click Next. Your email is now configured to use any available connection.

Note:

• If you want to reconfigure anything about the connection, simply highlight the appropriate account after Step 2, go to Properties and browse through the tabs.  Under the Servers tab, if you have elected to save your password, it is displayed as asterisks.  If you are entering your password in this field for the first time or replacing it, it will display as asterisks.
• Make sure that the option to leave messages on the server is not checked under the Advanced tab.



6. Enter the Road Runner Username (Master Account Id) and password provided by your Customer Service Representative/Technician. You may also find the username and password printed on the work order. Then click Next.

   Note:

• User Account information is frequently case sensative. Type the phrases in exactly as they are printed.



7. You should then see a congratulations message. Now click Finish. You should now be able to send and receive email using your Road Runner email address.

Setting Up Multiple Email Accounts

To set up multiple emails accounts that can be viewed from the same mail client, use the following steps:

1. In Windows Mail, select Tools > Accounts > Add.
2. Follow steps provided earlier for setting up new account.

Creating An Identity

In Windows Mail, identities are no longer used because individual user accounts provide better security for maintaining email privacy. 

The user can use a wizard to import account information and messages from selected Identities into their mailbox.

1. Go to File > Identities and click the Next button.



2. Select from Import Identities, Import Identities from a different Windows account, and Delete Identities. 



Creating and Sending Email

1. Click Create Mail.



2. In the To or Cc boxes, type the email name of each recipient, separating names with a comma or a semicolon.



3. To add email names from the Address Book, click the book icon in the New Message window next to To, Cc, and Bcc, and then select names.



4. To use the Bcc box: on the View menu, select All Headers.
5. In the Subject box, type a message title.
6. Type your message, and then click Send on the toolbar.

Notes:

• If you have multiple email accounts set up and you want to use one other than your default account, click in the From box, and then click the email account you want to use.
• If you are composing a message offline, your message will be saved in the Outbox.  It will be sent automatically when you go back online.
• To save a draft of your message to work on later, click File > Save.

Reading Email

After Windows Mail downloads your messages, or after you click the Send/Receive button on the toolbar, you can read messages either in a separate window or in the preview pane.

1. Click the Inbox icon on the Folders list.



2. To view the message in the preview pane, click the message in the message list.  To view the message in a separate window, double-click the message in the message list.

Notes:

• To view all the information about a message (such as when it was sent), on the File menu, click Properties.
• To save the message in your file system, click Save as and then select a format (email, text, or HTML) and a location.

Please revisit http://help.rr.com/vistasupport frequently for updated information on product upgrade availability. And for more information on using Microsoft's Security Center and Parental Controls visit Microsoft.com.