Configuring Windows8 Mail

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table border="1" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; width: 783px;"><tbody> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Go to the Start screen (Press the Windows key)</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click on the <i>Mail</i> application</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="597" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail1.jpg" width="672" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the left side, click on <i>Add your email accounts</i></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail2.jpg" width="282" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the following example I will select Google</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="390" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail3.jpg" width="708" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Enter in your Google E-Mail Account and password. Check if you want your Google contacts and calendar (which will the sync to your Windows8 People and Calendar</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click on the <i>Connect </i>button</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By default, it will only sync two weeks of e-mail. If you would like to change that, move your mouse to the upper right corner and select <i>Settings</i></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click on <i>Accounts</i></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click on your Gmail account</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">10.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">From here you can change the amount of time to sync.</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">11.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You can also change your signature</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="510" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail4.jpg" width="333" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">12.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When you are done, simply press the back arrow that is at the top of the screen.</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="114" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail5.jpg" width="345" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">13.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To create a new e-mail, click on the + at the top of the screen.</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">14.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To create add more e-mail accounts, click on Settings / Accounts again. The <i>Add an account.</i></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">15.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">New accounts will show on the left panel sorted alphabetically. If you want, you can rename the accounts so they sort however you would like.</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail6.jpg" width="288" /></span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="27"><span style="font-family: Arial;">16.</span></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="715"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's a screenshot of how I added the OneComputerGuy e-mail</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img border="0" height="768" src="http://www.onecomputerguy.com/images/windows8/mail7.jpg" width="327" /></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div>

Configuring Windows8 Mail

1. Go to the Start screen (Press the Windows key) 2. Click on the  Mail  application 3. On the left side, click on  Add your email acco...

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