To check an existing account do the following: If you are using Windows Live Mail 2012 to connect to a Microsoft email account, make sure it is set up to connect via Pop3 or IMAP and you should be set to survive the cut on June 30th. You can configure your account to connect using POP or IMAP instead, and this should still work after Jas Microsoft won't disable POP or IMAP access to as it would affect all third-party clients if they would do so. Windows Live Mail supports three different connection types: POP, IMAP, and Outlook / Windows Live synchronization.
Alternatively, they may take advantage of a one year free subscription of Office 365 Personal to use Outlook 2016 to connect to the account.
