Technical information

Windows 8 For Dummies, Dell Pocket Edition
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If you need to add a different type of e-mail account,
you do it through Internet Explorer on the Windows
desktop. There you can visit your Microsoft or Google
account and add other e-mail accounts. I explain how
to add another account in the following section.
Adding other e-mail accounts
The Mail app can fetch e-mail only from Hotmail,
Outlook, or Gmail accounts. So, to add other accounts,
you need to visit the Windows desktop, open Internet
Explorer, and visit www.hotmail.com, www.
outlook.com, or Gmail at www.google.com/mail.
From there, open the website’s Options menu and
look for an area where you can add other accounts.
You’ll need to enter your account’s username
and password.
When your Hotmail, Outlook, or Google account
begins importing your mail from your other account,
that mail will be waiting for you in the Mail app.
Navigating the Mail app’s views,
menus, and accounts
To load Windows’ Mail app, open the Start screen
with a press of your Windows key (
) and then click
the Mail app tile. The Mail app quickly fills the screen,
shown in Figure 5-3.
The Mail app lists your e-mail accounts in its bottom-
left corner. Figure 5-3, for example, shows a Hotmail
account at the top and a Google account beneath it.
(If you’ve only set up one account, you see only one
account listed.)
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