Is live.co.uk using POP on a mail host out of order or discontinued.

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Local email accounts and Windows live still work in Windows 10 & 11.

This computer never came with 7, it came with 10.

https://archive.org/details/wlsetup-all_201802

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This is a useful piece of information but I don't understand how to download it. I have always been told (even by IT specialists) ever since Windows 10 was introduced, that Windows Live Essentials was not available on Windows 10. (The only part of Essentials I actually want or need is Windows Live Mail). The link you gave provides information (of a sort) but not a download option - or at least not one that I can understand! It shows a download file "Torrent" and another "Windows Executable". You obviously succeeded and I see you reviewed it. I take it that it is a safe download. Please could you give me further information. Your help is appreciated. Many thanks.

Addressing several questions/points.

Download and saving wlsetup.exe is a good idea. That file at archive.org may not be available forever and you may have to reinstall Windows Live Mail someday. You should not run that file until you do need to reinstall WLM.

The DNS problem only affected one email account/service because the email services have different IP Addresses.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=What+is+an+IP+address 

The IP address stored in the DNS Cache for live.co.uk was incorrect and clearing the cache caused a DNS search that found the correct address.

Don

Thank you. So I should be able to go to the page on link you quoted and simply download Windows Executable. (Do I need to download Torrent also?) I don't think I'm brave enough to do this myself so may have to pay someone to do it. Do you know whether, in style, appearance & method of setting up accounts and import/export, WLM looks and behaves in exactly the same way as on Windows 7? I appreciate your kind help.

Thank you. I can't say I "thought" of clearing the dns cache. I spent a lot of time trying to research on internet why I had this problem & what to do about it and eventually found an article which gave me a clue then I followed up on that. I've never had any problem like this before. I truly hope this solution has resolved the issue: it is only about 24hrs since I cleared and registered the dns cache so I can't yet be sure. It is a mystery why it only affected my live.co.uk account in WLM 2012 and no other email accounts in WLM 2012. I rely on POP and Windows Live Mail so I can retain individual emails locally on my laptop and delete from elsewhere. Maybe someone else will benefit from coming across this exchange - it would be nice if some good comes out of this. I appreciate your help (and a degree of reassurance) ! Thanks

This is a useful piece of information but I don't understand how to download it. I have always been told (even by IT specialists) ever since Windows 10 was introduced, that Windows Live Essentials was not available on Windows 10. (The only part of Essentials I actually want or need is Windows Live Mail). The link you gave provides information (of a sort) but not a download option - or at least not one that I can understand! It shows a download file "Torrent" and another "Windows Executable". You obviously succeeded and I see you reviewed it. I take it that it is a safe download. Please could you give me further information. Your help is appreciated. Many thanks.