Suddenlink.net is one of the best email services today. You can access your Suddenlink email account from a desktop email program. For that, you should configure the Suddenlink email server settings. It includes both IMAP and SMTP settings. The IMAP protocol downloads a copy of your emails from the mail server. The SMTP protocol is designed to send emails from your email program. Below are the Suddenlink email settings for Windows Live Mail.
IMAP:
- Step 1: Incoming mail server: imap.suddenlink.net
- Step 2: Server port number: 993
- Step 3: Security type: SSL
- Step 4: IMAP username: Your Suddenlink email address
- Step 5: IMAP password: Your email account password
SMTP:
- Step 1: Outgoing mail server: smtp.suddenlink.net
- Step 2: Server port number: 465
- Step 3: Security type: SSL
- Step 4: SMTP username: Suddenlink email address
- Step 5: SMTP password: Suddenlink email account password
Steps to configure the Suddenlink email settings in Windows Live Mail:
- Step 1: First, launch Windows Live Mail by double-clicking its shortcut icon from the desktop.
- Step 2: Click the Accounts menu at the top and select the Email tab.
- Step 3: On the Add your email accounts screen, input your Suddenlink email address in the Email address field.
- Step 4: Under Password, enter your Suddenlink email account password.
- Step 5: Select the Manually configure server settings checkbox and click Next.
- Step 6: On the Configure server settings screen, choose the IMAP option from the Server type drop-down menu.
- Step 7: Under Server address, enter ‘imap.suddenlink.net’ as your incoming mail server name and then input port number 993 in the Port field.
- Step 8: Select the Requires a secure connection (SSL) checkbox.
- Step 9: On the right-side panel, enter ‘smtp.suddenlink.net’ in the Server address field.
- Step 10: Enter port number 587 in the Port field.
- Step 11: Select the following checkboxes for the outgoing mail server.
- Step 12: Requires a secure connection (SSL)
- Step 13: Requires authentication
- Step 14: Under Logon user name, enter your Suddenlink email address.
- Step 15: Click Next and then select Finish to complete configuring the Suddenlink email settings in Windows Live Mail.