Mail has been completely redesigned for Windows 10 and is wholly unrecognisable from the Windows 8 equivalent
(that’s a good thing). But even with these improvements, it still needs a bit of tweaking before it comes into its own.Meet Your New Email Client
The Windows 10 new email client is a lot different from previous apps such as Outlook
Express. It’s a relatively recent idea for you to have all your emails in one place, whether
it’s your work account, a Hotmail or Outlook address or email from Gmail.
If you need to select the Advanced
Set-up option, you can choose
between the type of account you’re setting up. Usually
you’ll select the Internet Email option – this includes
accounts that use the POP3 or IMAP protocols to retrieve
email (if your provider gives you the choice of which of
those to use, select IMAP).If you signed into Windows 10 with
a Microsoft account, the Mail app
will automatically pull this in if it’s enabled for email. As you
can see, you can also click Add Account if you have other
email accounts you want to add (this can be from basically
anywhere as long as it’s your account).If you click Add Account, you can add
accounts from many popular providers
including Google, Yahoo and Apple’s iCloud. You can also set
up other more specialist accounts if you have the details.
Finally, there’s also an option to add a Microsoft Exchange
account if your workplace uses that (including Office 365).As it says here, the idea behind the Mail app
in Windows 10 is to gather all your emails
together in one place to “simplify life a bit”. The app is quite
clever in how it handles email and it certainly differs to older
apps such as Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.Advanced Set-up
Account Type
Default Account
Welcome
How to Set Up and
Use the Mail App