How to manage multiple email accounts from Windows 8 Mail

One of the programs that comes by default in Windows 8 is called “Mail, Calendar, Contacts and Messages” Far from having an attractive and short name, it turns out to be four in one, since as its name indicates, it includes a mail manager, a calendar, a list of contacts, and the messages that we have with them. All under the same Microsoft email account.

Hence, if we uninstall an App, for example the Messages app, which is dispensable with Skype (also from Microsoft), we uninstall the other three irremediably automatically.Something that does not interest us if we want to be aware of each new incoming mail from the Windows 8 menu, showing part of the message in its corresponding icon. But, what if we want to receive notifications from other emails apart from Hotmail? We can too, and it's very simple.

It does not matter if it is Gmail like Yahoo or any other email account apart from a Microsoft proprietary, such as the aforementioned Hotmail or Outlook, the steps to follow will be few and no domain name will be needed stuff to get started get email from another account from Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and Messages “Windows 8 Mail” for short.

Add other accounts in Windows 8 Mail

With Windows 8 Mail we will only have to go to the Settings section, displaying the sidebar (movement from right to left with finger or mouse from the right side of the screen), and from there click on Accounts, displaying an image similar to the one found on these lines .We will see the one that we have active by default, in this example that of Hotmail, and all we have to do is click on Add account We will see the following.

As we can see, the application itself will show us the most common options, such as other associated Hotmail accounts (Live or MSN), Outlook, Google or Yahoo, or even another type of account. What we will have to do, therefore, is the one that fits our email account. If we see her on the list, go ahead. Otherwise, click on “Other account”. The first step will always be the same, regardless of what it is: we will be asked for our email address and password The one for the new account we want to associate, of course is. After writing both things, Windows 8 Mail will connect with the new service, and after a few seconds we will be asked for another confirmation to connect with the service, to see if we are agree or not and grant the necessary permissions.

In the case of some services we will be asked for some more information, but in general those will be the most common steps to associate more accounts with Windows 8 Mail Once the simple process is finished, we will see that from the Accounts section, within Configuration, we will find the new associated account, being able to change the account name , the time it will take to receive email, if we want to synchronize it, automatically download external images, show a special signature when replying to emails from this account (for example, “Sent with Mail Windows”, default message), and other types of characteristics, such as the server port, whether it requires SSL, etc. It will not be necessary, in any case, to change anything, since by default we can start managing this new account from Windows 8 Mail without any problem, alternating between it and Hotmail, or any other, from the left sidebar.

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