Saturday 30 June 2018

How To Configure RCN Email With Windows Live Mail Using POP Settings?


To be able to configure RCN email with Windows Live Mail using POP settings, you need to follow certain steps in the same order in which those are given. The process is simple and can be completed within a few minutes’ time. In case you need any help, then you can contact Email Online Help, as they are experts in the field of email troubleshooting.


RCN email is a business-class email service, which is being widely used in the US. RCN email can be accessed by visiting www.rcn.com, or a user can configure it with an email client. There are many email clients that users can use these days, such as Gmail, MS Outlook, Windows Live Mail and so on. Today, we will discuss the process of configuring RCN email with Windows Live Mail using POP settings. We have discussed IMAP settings a few days ago, so let us now delve into the process of configuring RCN email with Windows Live Mail using POP settings.

There are certain settings that you have to enter and select in order to connect your Windows Live Mail to Server using POP, and then, you can easily download your email to your computer and remove it from the server.

Incoming Server Details:

1.      Select ‘POP’ in the ‘Server Type’.
2.      Enter ‘pop.rcn.com’ in the ‘Server Address’.
3.      Enter ‘your email’ without @rcn.com in the ‘Username’.
4.      Enter your password in the ‘Password’ column.
5.      Select ‘SSL’ in ‘Security Type’.
6.      Enter ‘995’in Port Number.

Outgoing Server Details:

1.      Enter ‘pop.rcn.com’ in the ‘Server Address’.
2.      Enter ‘your email’ without @rcn.com in the ‘Username’.
3.      Enter your password in the ‘Password’ column.
4.      Select ‘TLS’ in ‘Security Type’.
5.      Enter ‘587’ in Port Number.

POP3 Instructions:

These settings will make way for you to set up POP on your Windows Live Mail so that you can easily connect it to the server in order to download your email. It is recommended to use IMAP, but if you want to go with POP, then here are the steps that you will have to follow:

1.      Open Windows Live Mail.

2.      Add your RCN email account.

a.      Select ‘File’ from the menu option given at the top of the window.
b.      Select ‘Options’.
c.       Select the option named ‘email accounts’
d.      Select ‘Add’.
e.      Choose your email account.

3.      Type in the below-mentioned information:

a.      Email address: Your RCN email address.
b.      Password: Your RCN email password.
c.       Click ‘Yes’ to ‘remember this password’ option.
d.      The display name for your sent messages: You need to add your full name here.
e.      Click ‘Yes’ to the option that says, ‘Manually configure server settings’.
f.        Select ‘next’.

4.      Enter incoming server information

a.      Server Type: POP
b.      Server Address: imap.rcn.com
                                                              i.      Port: 993
c.       Logon User name: Your RCN email address excluding @rcn.com

5.      Enter outgoing server information

a.      Server address: Enter ‘mail.rcn.com’.
b.      Port: 587.
c.       Click ‘Yes’ to the option named ‘required authentication’.

6.      Click Next and then Finish.

This was the entire process of configuring RCN email with Windows Live Mail, and if you find any problem in any of the aforementioned steps, then you can take help of experts to fix that problem. 


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