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# Setting up e-mail on Windows Phone

> Set up your hosting.com email on Windows Phone with our step-by-step guide.

This article demonstrates how to set up access to a hosting.com e-mail account on Windows Phone devices.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

2. On the **Start** screen, swipe left to the **App** list.

3. Scroll down, and then tap **Settings**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-settings.png)

   > 📘 Note
   >
   > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

4. Tap **email + accounts**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-email-accounts.png)

5. Tap **add an account**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-add-account.png)

6. Scroll down, and then tap **advanced setup**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup.png)

7. In the **Email address** text box, type the e-mail address of the account that you created in cPanel (for example,[*user@example.com*](mailto:_user@example.com_) ):\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-email-address.jpg)

8. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account that you created in cPanel.

9. Tap **next**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-next.jpg)

10. Tap **Internet email**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-internet-email.jpg)

11. In the **Account name** text box, type a descriptive name for the account, such as **hosting.com**. The name can be whatever you want:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-account-name.jpg)

12. In the **Your name** text box, type the name that you want recipients to see on messages you send.

13. In the **Incoming email server** text box, type the hosting.com server name for your account.

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).

14. In the **Account type** list box, select **POP3** or **IMAP4**.

15. Scroll down, and in the **User name** text box, type the e-mail address of the account that you created in cPanel (for example, [*user@example.com*](mailto:_user@example.com_) ).

16. The **Password** text box should already contain the password you typed in step 8. If it does not, retype the password for the e-mail account that you created in cPanel:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-password.jpg)

17. In the **Outgoing (SMTP) email server** text box, type the hosting.comserver name for your account.

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).

18. Confirm that the **Outgoing server requires authentication** check box is selected.

19. Confirm that the **Use the same user name and password for sending email** check box is selected.

20. Tap **advanced settings**.

21. Select the **Require SSL for incoming email** check box:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-advanced-setup-require-ssl.jpg)

22. Select the **Require SSL for outgoing email** check box.

23. In the **Download email from** list box, select how many messages you want to download.

    > 👍 Tip
    >
    > If you have a lot of messages in your account, you may only want to download the last 7 days or 2 weeks. If you want to download all of the messages in your account, select **any time** .

24. Tap **sign in**. Windows Phone logs in and downloads the messages for the account.

25. On the **Start** screen, tap the mail tile that shows the account name you specified in step 11:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-winphone-start-screen.jpg)

    The inbox for the account appears.

## Related articles

* [Introduction to e-mail protocols](/docs/introduction-to-e-mail-protocols)

* [Accessing e-mail accounts with client applications](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-with-client-applications)

* [Troubleshooting e-mail accounts](/docs/troubleshooting-e-mail-accounts)