How to Configure Roadrunner Email Settings

Seeking professional guidance while setting up your Roadrunner (RR) email account on your device? You have landed on the right page! This article will walk you through the manual and automatic procedures of configuring Roadrunner email settings on iPhone, Outlook and Windows Live Mail. Stick to this page and set up your email account in no time. 

Roadrunner Email Settings on iPhone

Go through the below-mentioned Roadrunner email POP3 settings and set up your Roadrunner email account on your iPhone device.  

• Run the Mail Application on your iOS device and hover over the Toolbar. 
• Next to the Apple icon, click on the ‘Mail’ tab and drop-down the menu options.

• Select the ‘Add Account…’ tab. In the next window, under the ‘Choose a Mail account provider’, find your email provider. 

If you cannot see ‘Roadrunner’, click on the ‘Other Mail Account’.  

• Click on the ‘Continue’ tab in the lower-right corner of the window and select the ‘Automatic configuration of the Roadrunner email’ option.
• Under the ‘Add a Mail Account’ section, get started by filling out the following Roadrunner email login information:
  1. Name: Enter your Name (This name will display on the emails you will send to others).
  2. Email Address: Full Roadrunner email address.
  3. Password: The regular password that you use during the Roadrunner login process.

• Click on the ‘Sign In’ button and complete the initial phase of the Roadrunner email setup. 
• As you have opted for Automatic configuration of setting up an email account, fill out the next form with the required information: 
  1. Email Address: Roadrunner email address. 
  2. User Name: Roadrunner email address.
  3. Password: Password for the above-mentioned account.
  4. Drag down the tab next to ‘Account Type’ and choose ‘POP3’ from given options. 

Note: In case you skip the step, IMAP will automatically select the Default Account Type. 

• After entering the aforementioned information, click on the ‘Sign In’ and let the device configure the Spectrum email settings automatically. 
• Click on the ‘Continue’ button and check the boxes that read, ‘Mail’ and ‘Notes’. 
• Finish the process of automatically configuring Roadrunner email server settings by clicking on the ‘Done’.

Congrats! Your Roadrunner email account is successfully configured and ready to use on your iPhone device. 

In case your device could not configure the Roadrunner email POP3 settings automatically, follow the enlisted instructions and manually configure the settings. 

• Choose the ‘Manual configuration of the Roadrunner email’.
• Provide the Roadrunner Username, Email Address, and Password. 
• Click on the ‘Sign In’ button. Go back to your Roadrunner account and select the ‘Advanced Settings’ option. 
• Turn on the ‘SSL’ encrypted connection and enter the following Roadrunner email server settings for incoming and outgoing mail servers:
  1. RR Incoming (POP) Server – Hostname: mail.twc.com, Port number: 995
  2. RR Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server – Hostname: mail.twc.com, Port number: 587
• Enter your Roadrunner email name, address, and password again for the authentication process and click on the ‘Done’ button. 

After configuring the right Roadrunner email server settings manually, your account will be set up and ready to use. 

Roadrunner Email Settings for Outlook (Automatic Setup Method)

Connect your Roadrunner email account to Outlook by just implementing the following instructions. Before you configure Roadrunner email settings for Outlook, log in to your Outlook email account.

• Launch the Outlook version you have installed on your system and hover over the Taskbar to select the ‘Tools’ tab. 
• From the Tool menu options, select the ‘Accounts Settings’.

• On the Account Settings window, under the ‘Email Accounts’ where you can add and remove accounts and manage account settings, click on the ‘New’ tab. 

• Under the ‘Name’ tab, replace the ‘name@example.com’ with your ‘Roadrunner.com email address’. 
• Under the ‘Type’ tab, choose the ‘IMAP’ option and click on the ‘Continue’.
• On the ‘Add New Email Account’ page, choose the ‘E-mail Service’ by clicking on the ‘Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP’.

• Navigate towards the lower-right corner and click on the ‘Next’ tab. 
• On the next page, under the ‘Auto Account Setup’ section, provide the following Roadrunner email account details: 
  1. Your Name: Roadrunner Username. 
  2. E-mail Address: Roadrunner.com login address. 
  3. Password.
  4. Re-type Password. 

• Click on the ‘Next’ button and leave your system to configure the Roadrunner email settings into Outlook program. 
• End the Roadrunner email setup by clicking on the ‘Finish’ and ‘Close’ tabs.

After following the detailed instructions and configuring the Spectrum Roadrunner email settings, you can conveniently access your Roadrunner and Outlook email account together. 

Roadrunner Email Settings on Outlook (Manual Setup Method)

Want to set up a Roadrunner email account on Outlook manually? Just follow the steps as mentioned below and configure the right Roadrunner email server settings for Outlook. 

Note: Follow the first seven steps of how to configure Roadrunner email settings for Outlook automatically and then, follow the rest of the steps as mentioned below.

• Enter the Roadrunner Username, E-mail Address, and Password. Retype the password again. 
• Click on the ‘Manually Configure server settings or additional server settings’ option on the same page and click on the ‘Next’. 

• Under the ‘Choose Email Service’ section, choose the ‘Internet Email’ option and click on the ‘Next’. 

• On the next page, enter the details as mentioned below. 

Note: Make sure that you enter the Roadrunner email security settings correctly. As each of the settings are required to set your Roadrunner email account working. 

• Enter your Roadrunner Name and Email Address and complete the ‘User Information’. 
• Choose ‘POP3/ IMAP’ as the Account Type. Enter ‘mail.twc.com’ as the IMAP and SMTP mail server hostname and complete the ‘Server Information’. 

• Enter your Roadrunner Username and Password and click on the ‘Remember Password’. 
• Click on the ‘More Settings’ and select the ‘Outgoing Server’ from the next tab. 

• Here, check the ‘My Roadrunner outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’. 
• Tick on the following option: ‘Use the same settings as my Roadrunner incoming mail server’. 
• Click on the ‘OK’ button and go back to your newly added ‘Roadrunner email account’. Now, select the ‘Advanced’ tab. 
• Now enter the Roadrunner IMAP/ POP and SMTP mail settings for incoming and outgoing mail service. 
• Enter the Roadrunner email server settings for incoming and outgoing mail as per your account type. 

Roadrunner Email IMAP Settings

Do not check the ‘This server requires an SSL encrypted connection’ box.

Roadrunner Email POP3 Settings

Do not check the ‘This server requires an SSL encrypted connection’ box.

• Click OK to apply the entered server settings.
• Select the ‘Next’ button.
• Click on the ‘Finish’.

Congrats! By the end of this method, you are done with configuring Roadrunner email settings for Outlook. Refresh the Outlook program and browse both the accounts successfully. 

Roadrunner Email Settings on Windows 10 Live Mail

Below are the steps you must follow to learn how to set up your Roadrunner email account on Windows Live Mail. 

• Launch the ‘Windows Live Mail’’ application on your system.
• Choose the ‘Accounts’ tab and select the ‘Email’ icon.
• On the ‘New Email’ window, enter your ‘Roadrunner email address’ and ‘Password’.
• Click on the ‘Next’ tab and choose the ‘POP’ or ‘IMAP’ as the ‘Roadrunner Account Server Type’.

Note: Experts suggest IMAP server type for your Roadrunner account, as IMAP server enables the email messages to be stored on multiple devices. Whereas, POP3 stores the messages on the email client only.

Roadrunner Email IMAP Settings

• Now, enter your RR email address as the incoming & outgoing user name.
• Also, provide the password for the aforementioned username.
• Check the box that reads ‘SMTP Server Requires Authentication.

Note: If your device is compatible with POP3 server, here are the settings you must enter.

Roadrunner Email POP3 Settings

• Click on the ‘Next’ button and to confirm your Roadrunner email setup process.
• Hit the option of ‘Done’ and ‘Finish’ buttons to close the window.

Here you go! Your TWC Roadrunner Email account is added to Windows Live Mail and ready to use.

We hope after going through the detailed article, your Spectrum Roadrunner email account has been set on your respective device. If you are still left with any doubts regarding Roadrunner Email Login or its Settings process, leave a comment. We will connect you to our tech experts.