Windows live mail bigpond settings

A blast from the past! Windows Live Mail was a popular email client in the early 2000s, and BigPond was a popular internet service provider in Australia. Here are the settings you need to configure Windows Live Mail to connect to BigPond:

Incoming Mail Server:

• Server name: mail.bigpond.com
• Port: 110 (POP3) or 995 (SSL/TLS)
• Username: Your BigPond email address (e.g., [yourname]@bigpond.com)
• Password: Your BigPond email password

Outgoing Mail Server:

• Server name: mail.bigpond.com
• Port: 25 (SMTP) or 587 (TLS)
• Username: Your BigPond email address (e.g., [yourname]@bigpond.com)
• Password: Your BigPond email password

Additional Settings:

• Authentication: Use the same username and password for both incoming and outgoing mail servers.
• SSL/TLS: Enable SSL/TLS encryption for both incoming and outgoing mail servers.
• Authentication method: Use "Password" or "NTLM" authentication.

Step-by-Step Configuration:

1. Open Windows Live Mail and go to "Tools" > "Accounts" > "Add a new email account".
2. Select "Manual setup or additional server types" and click "Next".
3. Choose "POP3" or "IMAP" as the account type and click "Next".
4. Enter the following settings:
   • Your Name: Your name as you want it to appear in the "From" field.
   • Email Address: Your BigPond email address (e.g., [yourname]@bigpond.com).
   • Account Type: POP3 or IMAP.
   • Incoming mail server: mail.bigpond.com.
   • Incoming port: 110 (POP3) or 995 (SSL/TLS).
   • Outgoing mail server: mail.bigpond.com.
   • Outgoing port: 25 (SMTP) or 587 (TLS).
5. Click "Next" and then "Finish" to complete the setup.

Note: These settings are subject to change, and you may need to adjust them if you encounter any issues or if BigPond updates their email settings.