Setting up your standard mailbox should take just a few minutes.

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Step 1: Click the Windows logo in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen, then click Windows Mail.

Step 2: Windows Mail will open. Click the Tools menu, then click Accounts.

Step 3: The Internet Accounts window will open. Click Add in the top right corner. Click E-mail Account in the menu that appears. This will open the Internet Connection Wizard.

Note: If it is the first time you have run Windows Mail on this computer, the Internet Connection Setup wizard may start automatically.

Step 4: On the first screen of the Internet Connection Wizard, you'll be asked to enter a display name. This is what most email users will see in the inboxes instead of your email address. Enter your name, then click Next.

Step 5: Enter your full email address. This made up of the mailbox name you chose, an @ symbol and your domain name.(SEE NOTE 1) Then click Next

Step 6: On the E-mail Server Names screen, select POP3 from the drop-down list. (SEE NOTE 2)

Enter mail.yourdomain.co.uk (replacing yourdomain.co.uk with your domain name) in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server text box.

Enter smtp.fasthosts.co.uk in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server text box.  (SEE NOTE 3)

Note: If you are setting up a Standard mailbox, you need to use your ISPs SMTP server details. Follow our Standard email setup guide. When you have entered your mail server names, click Next.

Step 7: On the Internet Mail Logon screen, enter your full email address in the Account name text box. If you enter just the mailbox name or your control panel username, this will not work.  (SEE NOTE 4)

When your mailbox was created, you received a password. Enter this in the Password text box.

When you have entered your mailbox name and password, click Next.  (SEE NOTE 5)

Important: Outgoing server requires authentication should be ticked.

When you have entered your mailbox name, password and advised that your outgoing server requires authentication, click Next.

Step 8: Click Finish and the mailbox will be added to Windows Mail.

Step 9: Click Close to close the wizard and start using your email account.