I just bought  window 8 and outlook  mail program. HAD A TECH COME AND SET IT UP AND I GUESS HE DID NOT KNOW AND NETIHER DID I THAT MY SERVICE PROVIDER DOES NOT SUPPORT WINDOW 8 . I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY GAVE ME INSTRUCTION ON WHAT TO DO,, THEIR INSTRUCTION DID NOT WORJK. I HAVE TRIED CHANGING IT TO IMAP AND THAT IS NOT WORKING EITHER. I  AM PRETTY NEW AT ALL THIS AND REALLY NEED SOME SIMPLE INSTRUCTION ON WHAT TO DO.

I ALSO KEEP GETTING A BOX THAT WANTS ME TO SIGN IN TO HOTMAIL WITH A PASSWORD, I NEVER HAD A HOT MAIL ACCOUNT.

MICRO SOFT IS NOT A BIG HELP EITHER AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NO FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

ALL THE ONE I HAVE COME ACROSS WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THEIR HELP.

Original Title: OUTLOOK MAIL HELP!!

 

I just bought  window 8 and outlook  mail program. HAD A TECH COME AND SET IT UP AND I GUESS HE DID NOT KNOW AND NETIHER DID I THAT MY SERVICE PROVIDER DOES NOT SUPPORT WINDOW 8 . I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY GAVE ME INSTRUCTION ON WHAT TO DO,, THEIR INSTRUCTION DID NOT WORJK. I HAVE TRIED CHANGING IT TO IMAP AND THAT IS NOT WORKING EITHER. I  AM PRETTY NEW AT ALL THIS AND REALLY NEED SOME SIMPLE INSTRUCTION ON WHAT TO DO.

I ALSO KEEP GETTING A BOX THAT WANTS ME TO SIGN IN TO HOTMAIL WITH A PASSWORD, I NEVER HAD A HOT MAIL ACCOUNT.

MICRO SOFT IS NOT A BIG HELP EITHER AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND EITHER AN EMAIL OR PHONE NO FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

ALL THE ONE I HAVE COME ACROSS WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR THEIR HELP.

As I'm going to be away for 3 weeks, I like to inform all my contacts that I'll not be around to answer their queries till such time. How do I set up a message in my Inbox informing them of my absence?

The answer meant to be helpful but did not understand the instruction which was & I quote 'go to gear on the right>more mail settings>manage your account>vacation reply'.  I cant find it to get the link for doing what the instruction suggested?


I followed your instruction how to go back to my old hotmail and now there is almost a page of space and cannot open or delete emails.
Instruction 'Please click the folder to refresh the view, and beneath this there is a message to 'Try to return to Hotmail.' I have been getting this message for months after each return to my emails on a daily basis. However today I am getting a page without messages at all when I try to access my emails why? I have managed to get into them once today after this, but am now unable to get them at all.