Microsoft Surface RT Add your email accounts, POP email, Google email, Microsoft Exchange account

Add your email accounts

You can add your email accounts from Outlook, Gmail, AOL, Yahoo!, and even your work email (Exchange ActiveSync).

To add an email account:

1.Open Mail (from the Start screen, tap or click Mail).

2.Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap or click Settings.

3.Tap or click Accounts.

4.Tap or click Add an account, the type of account you want to add, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

5.Repeat steps 2-4 for each of your email accounts.

Most accounts can be added with only your user name and password. In some cases, you’ll be asked for more details, which you can usually find on your email account’s website.

You can change your email account settings at any time by opening the Settings charm while in the Mail app, choosing Accounts, and then selecting the account that you want to change.

After you add an email account…

∙Contacts from your email account appear in the People app.

∙Appointments appear in the Calendar app. If you have the most recent version of Mail, your Google calendar will not sync with the Calendar app. See the info below.

POP email

Mail doesn't support email accounts that use POP (Post Office Protocol). If your email account uses POP, see

the options in Using email accounts over POP on Windows.com.

Google email

To find out how to sync your Google email, contacts, and calendar, see How to sync Google services on Windows.com.

Microsoft Exchange account

To find out how to set how to set up a Microsoft Exchange account and troubleshoot connectivity problems, see How to configure an Exchange account.

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