Can Windows Live Mail be synced with my iPad?

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BAC1939 Author

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Can Windows Live Mail be synced with my iPad?

My mail account is with Comcast; however I view my mail in Windows Live on my PC. I am able to view the mail on my iPad e-mail app, also. My problem is getting it to sync. I can't get my contacts to copy to my iPad and when I delete an e-mail from my PC, it remains on my iPad. If my understanding of the whole syncing process is correct, I thnk once I delete from my PC it should be gone from my iPad. Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to sync Windows Live with my iPad?

iPad, iOS 6.1

Posted on Feb 2, 2013 11:11 AM

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fromsouth

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Feb 2, 2013 12:16 PM in response to BAC1939

Comcast does not support imap. Personally I would leave them just for that if I didn't for crappy and overpriced service 10 years ago.

There are two problems you are dealing with right now. One with pop accounts sync of the mail is going the way you noticed. There is a way to adapt settings and there are instructions here

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3228

I didn't find for windows live, but you can try use "windows mail" once you see you will get the gist of it. You want to keep mail on the server for 7 days. It will give you time to download mail to both and then deleting should sync.

Second problem are your contacts. At that time sync with windows live is not supported. If windows live mail however put your contacts inside of your "windows contacts" folder then you can get itunes to sync those. Search location of that folder for your Windows on Google. Check if you see your contacts inside and then sync using regular itunes sync.

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