WarningU2 Premium Member join:2002-10-27 Burlington, ON |
Outlook 2010, POP3, Cogeco and Windows 8My manager at work received a new HP desktop with Windows 8 and installed Outlook 2010 on it for his email. He was not able to connect to Cogeco's POP3 servers so called in for assistance. He was told by support that Windows 8 doesn't support POP3. Well thats true in some ways (with the Metro mail app) but not with external programs like Outlook. I have it under good authority POP3 will work with Windows 8. He has created a new profile and tried the rec settings (I haven't seen though).
I wondered if the experts here could advise if there is something special with Windows 8.... different ports or smtp authentication required to be checked? Please advise. Thanks. |
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Use Windows Live Mail offered under Microsoft's "Windows Live Essentials" if Outlook isn't working. It's true Microsoft dropped the ball on their mail program and not allowing POP accounts to work under it, but I do know Cogeco can't support MS Outlook programs either (trust me, I tried with them).
But if you're stuck with Outlook, here's what I know.
Incoming Settings: Server: pop.cogeco.ca Username: myname@cogeco.ca Password Port 110 SSL OFF (VERY IMPORTANT HERE!)
Outgoing Settings Server: smtp.cogeco.ca Port 25 SSL OFF Please note: Do not enter username/password if given the option.
Those are all the "correct" settings for cogeco email setup. |
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I can't think of any reason why Outlook 2010 wouldn't work in Windows 8. I've been using Outlook in Win 7 with Cogeco for years without any major problem and can't imagine this not being the case in Windows 8. Your suggested settings are correct, although I'm puzzled as to why you would believe the account settings doesn't require a username and password (or perhaps you're only referring to the outgoing server)? |
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urbanrot to WarningU2
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2013-Jan-5 7:35 pm
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Your manager was given erroneous information concerning "Windows 8 doesn't support POP3"... that's like kind of like saying "Saturday's don't support tuna melts".
Outlook 2010 is Outlook 2010 regardless of the host version of Windows. My guess is that something's checked off that shouldn't be checked off and perhaps he went through the automated setup rather than manually setting up the account and it defaulted some unsupported settings.
Ports 110/25, pop.cogeco.ca, smtp.cogeco.ca, no ssl, no authentication to send, etc. The fact that he's using Windows 8 is irrelevant, it's Outlook that needs to be adjusted. |
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Re: Outlook 2010, POP3, Cogeco and Windows 8said by kittyburgers:I can't think of any reason why Outlook 2010 wouldn't work in Windows 8. Outlook 2010 working fine on Windows 8 here. Mike |
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Re: Outlook 2010, POP3, Cogeco and Windows 8outlook 2010 does not work fine for me on windows 8.... |
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said by Pauly:outlook 2010 does not work fine for me on windows 8.... Configuration issue, recheck your mail settings. If you relay your error message we might be able to help you. |
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WarningU2 Premium Member join:2002-10-27 Burlington, ON |
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Re: Outlook 2010, POP3, Cogeco and Windows 8Turns out it was a configuration issue. Likely password from what I can decipher. He did tell me that he let it (outlook) do its automatic configuration. That worked. He thinks he specifed smtp authentication and possibly the wrong password. What's more disconcerting to me was that he was told by Cogeco support that Windows 8 doesn't support pop3 for Outlook. From researching this on the Internet there does appear to be a lot of misinformation on the subject. It doesn't with the included email client. The good news is that it does support Outlook and POP3 if you have the right settings Thanks for your help. |
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2013-Jan-11 10:58 am
said by WarningU2:Turns out it was a configuration issue. Likely password from what I can decipher. He did tell me that he let it (outlook) do its automatic configuration. That worked. He thinks he specifed smtp authentication and possibly the wrong password. AFAIK, Cogeco config still does not support SMTP authentication, something many of us want! |
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dillyhammerSTART me up Premium Member join:2010-01-09 Scarborough, ON |
said by jpaik:AFAIK, Cogeco config still does not support SMTP authentication, something many of us want! RFC 3207, February 2002 RFC 3848, July 2004 RFC 4422, June 2006 RFC 4954, July 2007 SMTP Auth has been around for quite a while. In internet time, 12 generations. Don't hold your breath. People have been bellyaching to Cogeco about this for years, to no avail. Mike |
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I'm now wondering if START supports SMTP Auth. Has anybody had experience with this? |
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dillyhammerSTART me up Premium Member join:2010-01-09 Scarborough, ON |
said by kittyburgers:I'm now wondering if START supports SMTP Auth. Has anybody had experience with this? I'll ask in the Start forum, but it's moot for me anyway. I don't use ISP email addresses or servers, ever. Mike |
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Klocks
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2013-Mar-6 4:28 am
I'm not sure I'm in the right forum. I've been forever trying to help my wife with her cogeco webmail address using Outlook 2010 with Windows 7 home premium and windows 7 ultimate. I've tried on two separate laptops. We used all the settings taken from the Cogeco site We're able to receive mail but can't send mail. We tried them on the phone and they tell us that they do not give support for Outlook 2010
Any suggestions? |
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said by Klocks:Any suggestions? The only idea I can come up with (assuming you are on a Cogeco connection when you try sending), is that you might be trying to log into the SMTP server, which isn't required. Make sure you're not using a username and password for the SMTP server. |
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Klocks
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2013-Mar-6 1:42 pm
Thanks for the reply
No, the location where we are using the computer has Bell as thier ISP |
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said by Klocks:No, the location where we are using the computer has Bell as thier ISP You need to use Bell's SMTP server for the outgoing. Ask in the Bell forum for an SMTP server she can use that doesn't require authentication, I think my notes are outdated. |
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