Updating Email Server Settings/Passwords in your Windows 10/11 Device
This guide will help you update your Windows 10/11 - Mail App program to receive and send email using your new account settings.
Step 1. Open your Mail App:
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Select Accounts in the left slide out tab
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Select your @hcil.net email account
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Select Settings in the bottom of the window
- Select Manage accounts
- Select your @hcil.net account
Step 2. Update your email Password
- If you are only updating your server settings, not your password- click here
- If you are updating your password, edit by clicking in the Password field and entering the new password
- Click Save
- If you only needed to update your password, your Windows 10/11 is now up to date!
- If you needed to update/verify your server settings, continue below
- Click Change mailbox sync settings
- Scroll down, and select Advanced mailbox settings
- Verify/update your IMAP and SMTP server settings here
- Incoming email server: mail.hcil.net
- Outgoing (SMTP) email server: smtp.hcil.net
- All 4 checkboxes should be checked
- Select Done- if Done is greyed out, you can click the X in the top corner of the settings pop-out window
Congratulations, your Windows 10/11 is now set up!