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AmyR7

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Email settings questions
« on: April 06, 2009, 10:49:55 AM »
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post in. I'm not sure which is the correct place.
You can move the post if it's wrong.

Anyways, here is the question-
I've got these instructions below, but not understanding a part of it, so first here is the instructions and I'll then say what it is I'm not understanding.
POP3 Settings:
POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example [email protected]
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


In the above instructions, for the user name section, do I need to type it out like they have it [email protected] or do I just type yourname? and not the @hotmail.com part? because I thought the username was the thing that comes before the @
So, that is what I'm confused about.
so like if my email address is [email protected] do I type it out like that or do I just type amy?



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Re: Email settings questions
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2009, 12:27:11 PM »
I would have thought it's the whole thing - "[email protected]" (minus the quote marks of course). Given that "[email protected]" and "[email protected]" for example, could be owned by two different people, it seems logical.