In this scenario, we are setting up a Time Warner residential email. Please remember this tip and save those email settings once you figure them out for later. I don’t know how many times I’ve fouled up setup through fat fingering a password. Once successful login there, use it for pasting the password into the email client setup. Then you can paste the password first into webmail. Use a notepad to type out the password and maybe some other pertinent information. The complications usually reside with residential ISPs providing their own email hosting that user’s utilize and attempt to configure on their Mac or PC email client. Sometimes, it’s as easy as automatic config where you enter the email and password in the email client and you are good to go. With that said, we will display how bizarre and frustrating it can be work with these protocols if you do not have the right mail configuration information to set it up. IMAP is an email protocol that’s better than POP but not as feature rich as Exchange Active Sync. Most people use it for accessing their email and syncing it among all devices. We will walk you through some key topics such as IMAP. Troubleshooting Apple Mail and Outlook can be a pain in the butt but we post some helpful content to make it less painful.
