Configure Mail App In Window 8

You need to have a Microsoft account to use the Windows 8 Mail app. Your Microsoft account is the combination of an email address and password that you use to sign into services like Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE, or Outlook.com.

·                 If you are signed into Windows using a Microsoft account, the Windows 8 Mail app will be ready for you to add email accounts the first time you open it.

·                 If you are not signed in to Windows using a Microsoft account, Windows Mail will ask you to add your Microsoft account information to Windows 8 Mail the first time you start the program.

Add your email account to the Windows 8 Mail app

Use this procedure to set up your Office 365 or Exchange-based email account. You can use this procedure whether or not you are already signed in to Windows or Windows 8 Mail with a Microsoft account.

1.              From Start, select the Mail tile.

2.              If Mail shows the Add your Microsoft account page when you start it, you need to sign in to Windows 8 Mail using a Microsoft account. Type the email address and password for your Microsoft account, and then click Save. If you don’t have a Microsoft account, select Sign up for a Microsoft account.

 NOTE    If you don’t see the Add your Microsoft account page when you start Mail, you are already signed into Windows or Windows 8 Mail with a Microsoft account. Skip to the next step.

3.              If Mail shows the Add your email accounts list when you start it, select Outlook to set up our first account in Mail. Then, skip ahead to step 5.

4.              If Mail shows the email from an account that you had previously set up when you start it, do the following:

1.                                      If you are using a touch device, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and select Settings. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and click Settings.

 

2.              In the Settings menu select Accounts > Add an account > Outlook.

5.              On the Add your Outlook account page, type the email address and password for the email account you want to add, and then select Connect. Mail will perform an online search to find your email server settings.

6.       If you see the message “Your email account is successfully configured.”, select Finish. If you see the message titled Make my PC more secure, read the message, and then select Enforce these policies.

7.       If you want to configure other account in window 8 mail (for example, a Gmail or Yahoo account you have  to verify your email from the Microsoft account . for more information go through the link below: Mail App for Windows: FAQs.