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Most email accounts don’t require any changes to these options. Your email provider can give you the settings you need to fill in the Advanced setup but you can also go to the POP and IMAP server name reference we’ve provided for the most popular email providers. Note: If you’re adding an account other than Gmail, see Special instructions for other accounts. If you upgraded to Windows 10 or a later version, you’ll need to re-add your accounts to the Mail app.

If you see your most recent messages but no older messages, you probably need to change your email sync duration. If you see a message that your account is out-of-date, you probably need to either update your password, your incoming or outgoing servers, or your SSL settings. If you want to remove an account, see Delete an email account from Mail and Calendar apps. If you’ve enabled two-factor authentication on your iCloud account, you’ll need to generate an app-specific password to add your iCloud account to the Mail app.

Sign in to your Apple ID account page. Microsoft added OAuth support for Yahoo! To install the Creators Update now, go to the software download site , and select Update now. For more information about Windows updates, see Get the latest Windows update. Add your Yahoo! To do this, follow the steps in Add an account using advanced setup using imap.

You might need to send a text message to enable this service. After you select Open in step 2, a dialog might appear prompting you to use your phone to send a message to the displayed phone number. After the text message is sent, QQ will open a new dialog with an authorization code. You can follow the same operation to add more than one email account.

The benefit of the Mail app is that it lets you access all your accounts in the same place. By default, Windows Mail keeps emails from different email accounts separate. You can easily view emails from various accounts. To view received emails, you can click the relevant inbox and select the message to view.

You may need to scroll down in the Add an account dialog box to view all options. Select Allow and your account will be created. If you choose another email account, you’ll need to follow the special instructions under Special instructions for other accounts below. Enter the required information and select Sign in.

For most accounts, this is your email address, password, and the account name. The account name is what you’ll see in both the left pane of the Mail app and in the Manage Accounts pane. Select Advanced and follow the steps in the next section to add your account. Select Done. Your data will start syncing as soon as your account is set up. Note: It may take a few minutes for your account to synchronize. During this time, you may see “Not synced yet” in the message pane. If this message persists, you can learn how to resolve sync issues in Mail and Calendar apps.

Select Advanced setup if your automatic email setup fails in Step 3 above. Select Advanced setup from the Choose an account window in Step 2 above. The Advanced setup option is the last option on the list, and you may have to scroll to see it. You can choose an Exchange ActiveSync account or an Internet email account.

Unless your administrator has instructed you to use Exchange ActiveSync, select Internet email. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason. Using the Mail PassView utility This utility is a standalone executable.

It doesn’t require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just run the executable mailpv. You can save the accounts information into a text file or copy them to the clipboard.

Getting email passwords from another instance of Windows? Many people ask me whether it’s possible to extract the email passwords from an external instance of Windows that cannot boot. Unselect the check box next to Use the same name and password for sending email if your provider requires separate authentication for sending email, and provide the outgoing server username and password.

Notes: If applicable, change the following settings as well:. Confirm that your Contacts server and Calendar server addresses are correct. If you’re using an Exchange account that requires advanced settings, you’ll need to remove the account and add it again using advanced settings. To add the account using advanced settings, see Add an account using advanced setup.

Make sure that Let apps access and send email is set to On. Make sure that Let apps access my calendar is set to On. Two-factor authentication helps protect your account by making it more difficult for someone else to sign in. It verifies your identity using your password and a contact method also known as security info.

The Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10 don’t support two-factor authentication. If two-factor authentication is turned on for your account, you’ll need to create an app password for that account. An app password is used instead of your normal account password for apps that don’t support two-factor authentication. Check with your email provider for instructions about how to create an app password for your email account. Sometimes an error appears in the Mail and Calendar apps when the apps try to sync new email or calendar events.

Here are some solutions for the most common errors. The most common cause of an out-of-date account is an incorrect password. In the notification bar at the top of the app, select Fix account. If your password is incorrect, you’ll see a message asking you to update your password.

Enter the new password and select Done. Tip: If you want to change the password for your account with your email provider—for example, Gmail or iCloud—you’ll need to visit the website for your email provider. See Change your password in Mail for Windows 10 for more information.

 
 

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Many users enjoy the updated features of Microsoft Edge , but one feature missing from the original Internet Explorer is the ability to change the download location directly from the browser.

In this guide, we show you how to do that on any Windows 10 device. Microsoft Edge has an easy way of setting the download location. There are also some additional settings in the Windows 10 settings to change where other files are kept. Select Settings. Select Downloads from the menu bar. Under the Location heading, select Change. Browse to your desired location, then select Select Folder. It’s best to change the default download location when you set up a new Windows 10 computer, reset your computer, or have only a few files in your original Downloads folder.

It may take some time for the files to move from the old path to the new path. If you want to change the default location for various filetypes in Windows 10, follow these steps:. Open Settings. Select System.

On the left side, select Storage. Under More storage settings , select Change where new content is saved. In the Change where new content is saved window, choose the default location of various files such as new apps , new documents , new music , and others.

Select the drop-down arrow next to an item you want to change, then choose the appropriate drive. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights.

Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Fionna Agomuoh. Fionna Agomuoh is a former freelance contributor to Lifewire. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, International Business Times, and others. Twitter LinkedIn. Updated on December 16, Michael Barton Heine Jr. Lifewire Tech Review Board Member. Article reviewed on Nov 01, Tweet Share Email. Under Location , select Change. Go to the preferred destination, choose Select Folder.

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