This guide will help you update your Windows 8 - Mail App program to receive and send email using your advanced account settings.

Step 1. Open your Account Settings:

  • Open Mail App

  • Press the Windows key + C key at the same time

  • Select Settings in the right slide-out tab

  • Select Accounts in the Settings slide-out menu

  • Click on your @mydirectlink.net email account to display the Account Settings


Step 2. Update your server settings:

  • Scroll down to Incoming email server and set it to: mail.mydirectlink.net

  • Scroll down to Outgoing email server and set to smtp.mydirectlink.net


Step 3. Simply click somewhere in the main window to close the Accounts menu


Congratulations, your Windows 8 email account is now set up!