How to Install WLM -
Run the installation program, choose the option "Windows Live Mail", and install only the mail program.
Open the new installation of Windows Live Mail, select the option to WORK OFFLINE before proceeding. It's on the "ribbon", go to: Home > Work Offline
If you create a new account within Windows Live Mail using the IMAP or POP3 protocol, WLM will sync to your e-mail account on the online server (will download all the 'live' folders present on the server, including all mail for the last few years):
- Click on the "Accounts" tab in the Ribbon, then click on the "E-mail" button.
- It'll launch the "Add new email accounts" wizard. Now provide required information
such as your e-mail account address, password, display name. Then select "Manually
configure server settings". Then click on "Next".
- On the next screen, select IMAP (or POP3) from the "Server type" drop-down list,
then enter the following details (for accounts other than Hotmail, get the incoming
and outgoing server addresses and port number off the website of your e-mail
service provider):
IMAP Settings (for Hotmail):
Incoming Mail -
Server type: IMAP
Server address: imap-mail.outlook.com (Port: 993)
SSL required: Yes
Authenticate using: Clear text
Logon Username: YourName @hotmail.com { Your details
Outgoing Mail -
Server type: SMTP
Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com (Port: 25 or 587)
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires Authentication: Yes
POP3 Settings (for Hotmail):
Incoming Mail -
Server type: POP3
Server address: pop-mail.outlook.com (Port: 995)
SSL required: Yes
Logon Username: YourName @hotmail.com { Your details
Outgoing Mail -
Server type: SMTP
Server address: smtp-mail.outlook.com (Port: 25 or 587)
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires Authentication: Yes
Advantages of IMAP over POP3 -
IMAP and POP3 both still work. To change to IMAP (e.g. from POP3 or DeltaSync),
you have to add a new account in WLM (using the option ‘Manually configure
server settings’), and choose IMAP as the type.
IMAP works well with WLM, although you have to re-configure the Junk mail
folder in the WLM settings to get it to the right place - see step 4 below.
POP3 only works in WLM if you enable it in the options on the e-mail service's
website first. Another drawback is that you will only get your Inbox mail
(if mail goes to the Junk folder, for instance, you’ll never see it).
- Fix the duplicate IMAP folders -
If you have selected IMAP as the account type (in step 3 above), the WLM program automatically creates the following folders in WLM's folder list for that account:
Deleted Items
Sent Items
Junk E-mail
The folders with those names are useless duplicates (the real folders are those named "Deleted", "Junk" and "Sent"). You must remove the useless folders, as follows:
1. Select WLM's option to work OFFLINE (on the "ribbon": Home > Work Offline)
2. Right-click on the added e-mail account's name (e.g. ******@somewhere.com),
then click on "Properties".
3. On the "IMAP" tab, under "Special Folders", untick "Store special folders
on IMAP server".
4. Click "OK".
5. When asked for confirmation to refresh the folders list, click "Yes".
It'll take a few moments to download and refresh the folders list.
6. Manually delete the useless folders one by one: select a folder
("Deleted Items", "Sent Items", or "Junk E-mail"), then right-click
on that folder, then select "Delete".
7. Select WLM's option to work ONLINE (on the "ribbon": Home > Work Online)
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