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Is this what you want to do.<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/web-apps-help/set-up-email-in-windows-8-mail-HA102834576.aspx" rel="ugc">http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/web-apps-help/set-up-email-in-windows-8-mail-HA102834576.aspx</a>
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Is this what you want to do.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/web-apps-help/set-up-email-in-windows-8-mail-HA102834576.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/web-apps-help/set-up-email-in-windows-8-mail-HA102834576.aspx]

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The initial setup is not setting up a mail account. &nbsp;You're setting up a profile which will store your account(s) settings on the live.com cloud.<br />
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You do not have to use a live.com email either. &nbsp;I have all my users bound to their work emails.<br />
I like the idea for the next time my 50 users decide to update their OS, all they have to do to migrate mail profiles is just type in their live.com id and pass.
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The initial setup is not setting up a mail account.  You're setting up a profile which will store your account(s) settings on the live.com cloud.

You do not have to use a live.com email either.  I have all my users bound to their work emails.
I like the idea for the next time my 50 users decide to update their OS, all they have to do to migrate mail profiles is just type in their live.com id and pass.

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Very good answer. &nbsp;Explained it perfectly. Thanks for your help.
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Very good answer.  Explained it perfectly. Thanks for your help.

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I'm new to Windows 8. &nbsp;I would like to configure the Windows 8 mail client to retrieve my IMAP email hosted on my local ISP server. &nbsp;I don't want to sign up for a Microsoft account or use the mail client for anything other than my personal mail.<br />
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When I open the Mail client on Windows 8, the first thing it says is to &quot;add your Microsoft Account&quot;. &nbsp;<br />
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Is there no way to configure Windows 8 mail to retrieve another type of email account without first configuring it to Microsoft mail?
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I'm new to Windows 8.  I would like to configure the Windows 8 mail client to retrieve my IMAP email hosted on my local ISP server.  I don't want to sign up for a Microsoft account or use the mail client for anything other than my personal mail.

When I open the Mail client on Windows 8, the first thing it says is to "add your Microsoft Account".  

Is there no way to configure Windows 8 mail to retrieve another type of email account without first configuring it to Microsoft mail?

Must I configure Windows 8 mail using Microsoft Account?

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions may internally act as an email client; as a whole, it is commonly referred to as webmail. Likewise, email client may be referred to a piece of computer hardware or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client. Email clients can also have other systems, like calendars, notes and contact managers.

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