And that's it! Sync your folders, try composing a new message, and you should find it sends successfully. Whatever option you selected, you will need to de-select the 'Require SSL' options.Ħ.

If you chose to leave 'Use the same username and password' selected then you won't need to do this. Here I've entered my outgoing username and password in the usual format. You can probably leave the 'Use the same username and password checkbox' selected, however here I've chosen to remove it.ĥ. Enter your mailbox password and enter the outgoing server address as. Enter your username as your full Plusnet email address (if you have a hosted domain name, then use your domain email address instead). Enter something descriptive in the first field, your name in the second, the incoming server address in the third, and select IMAP4 from the drop-down.Ĥ. Add a new mail account using the wizard or via the settings menu, scroll down until you see 'Advanced Setup' and click it:ģ. I've come across a few accounts where it doesn't work. Luckily enough, we allow IMAP authentication using your full email address*, so to get around this problem, I did this: Unfortunately the error message the Mail app returns doesn't relay this information to the user, and instead gives you some unhelpful prose about the message being saved in your Drafts folder.

not an email address, this happens when you try sending:Ģ50-avasout05 hello, pleased to meet you I think instead, it's basing the From address on your incoming username.īecause your Plusnet username is typically your Member Centre login i.e. It can't be done using the setup wizard, and neither can it be changed afterwards (which is very unusual). If so, then update the Mail app and reboot your system. Select Fix account in the notification bar at the top of the Mail or Calendar app.

The most common cause of an out-of-date account is an incorrect password. Delete Outlook Profile Folder Disable the PIN Check the password Change computer date-time Check Security Certificates Disable unnecessary notifications. Then check if an update for the Mail app is available. If you receive a message in Mail or Calendar for Windows 10 that your account settings are out of date, there are several things you can do to fix the problem. Not sure if anyone else has noticed, but the Windows 10 Mail app doesn't allow you to actually specify what your email address is. Now the Microsoft Store will be launched with the Mail app page and if it does not work, close the Microsoft Store and repeat step 2. Having upgraded one of my machines to Windows 10 this weekend, and having encountered the self same problem, I think I now know why this is happening. I've also tried the other port 587 with no luck. I've recently installed Windows 10 and can receive emails but not send them using the settings on the PlusNet site as shown in Bob Pullen's message.

Windows 10 mail out of date