Windows Live Mail not receiving VM Emails

[caveman38]

From this morning I am unable to receive my VM emails on 3 accounts using WLM. The messages are accessible through Web Mail but not accessible from desktop using WLM.

Is this a temporary blip or are VM ceasing their association with certain mail readers.

Is there an easy way to read the emails through Web Mail without having to log in via My VM and going through the process for each VM email address. 

Please help with advice for going forward

[caveman38]

Thanks all. GoSlow, I changed those settings and it's worked a dream. I haven't touched passwords and hope that doesn't become an issue later on. Enjoy you're summer all - thanks again

[goslow]

Good stuff. Glad to hear you got it working again.

However, take the temporary technical blip as a bit of a warning that WLM is defunct as is VM email (for reliable day-to-day use, that is)!

Now you have WLM working again, for the moment, it would very much be worth considering how/when you are going to replace it and your VM email accounts.

If it was me, I think I would set up some new email addresses with a third party provider and configure those on a new email client on your computer. Then start the process of gradually moving all of your contacts and logins which are associated with the VM email addresses to use the new email addresses.

It's a bit of chore to do (but manageable bit by bit over time) but, at the end, you will be running on a new/up-to-date email client and on a new email provider that actually works reliably!

Good luck! 👍

[caveman38]

I shall take that advice on board. In fact, I already have gmail accounts for both myself and wife which we use for banking (after a security problem) and for our laptops and phones (for google photo storage). I shall make the transition for VM emails at some time. 

The shame is WLM is such a handy client for VM emails with 4 different addresses being checked simultaneously. Whereas gmail checked web based individually. I shall see if it can be configured to checkall 4 addresses at same time or perhaps third party software. 

Ironically I'm fussing over this and in a years time, I've got the problem of hardware. All our equipment PC and laptops all run W10 and will cease updates. W11 won't install as our CPU's are not generation 8. 

[goslow]

I have never used Gmail but I am pretty sure you can configure it to pick up other email accounts in the same user interface.

I am in the same boat with an end of life (as far a Microsoft is concerned, that is) computer on W10 come October 2025. I can't help but think that as that time approaches, the howls of protest will grow about scrapping millions of working PCs and MS might well grant an extension to W10. They did something like that for Win XP at the end of its life IIRC.