Have you been using a Roadrunner email account from its webmail interface for a long time? But now you want to use this account in MS Outlook, or want to add some emails from the Roadrunner account to an existing email account in Outlook? If yes, then this article will solve all your problems. Here we are telling you how to migrate/add Roadrunner email to Outlook. So, let’s begin…
Roadrunner email was the name of an email service provided by Time Warner Cable. After Time Warner Cable was purchased by another company called Charter Communications, they renamed all of their services to Spectrum.
This means that Roadrunner email will now officially be called Spectrum email, and you cannot create a new Roadrunner email address.
However, if you had an old Roadrunner account before the change, it still works. You can easily use that email address by logging into Spectrum’s website.
Old email addresses, such as those ending in @rr.com or @twc.com, will continue to work on the new Spectrum platform.
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User cases where there is a need to add Roadrunner email to Outlook-
Case 1: – Hi, I am Jose Rusin from New York, and I have been a subscriber of Time Warner Cable (TWC) since 2015. TWC was later bought by Charter Communications in 2016, but I am still its subscriber. Since then, I have had an email account, which I am using as my main email account. Now I have a Gmail account, which I use in MS Outlook. So, now I want to delete my Roadrunner email account completely, but before that, I want to create a backup of the emails available in this email account. I want to keep this backup in a file that is easily available in MS Outlook – like PST. Please suggest a solution.
Case 2: – My name is Shirley Jones, and I run a small business in California. I am using a Roadrunner account from Spectrum Webmail. Recently, I also purchased MS Outlook for ease of sending/receiving emails. But I don’t know how to add Roadrunner email in Outlook. Please tell me how to configure Roadrunner account in Outlook. Also, I want to transfer some of my important emails to a different email account in MS Outlook. Please help me with this also.
How to Add Roadrunner email to Outlook-
[Configure Email account in Outlook]
Perform these simple steps to configure or add Roadrunner email account in MS Outlook-
- Launch MS Outlook and click on File > > Add Account.
- Enter email address of your Roadrunner account and hit on Advanced Options.
- Select the option “Let me set up my account manually” and click on Connect.
- Choose a method from the available options – POP or IMAP (Preferred IMAP).
- Apply the settings for account login (for IMAP)
- Incoming Mail Server – mail.twc.com
- Port – 993
- Encryption Method – SSL/TLS
- Outgoing Mail Server – mail.twc.com
- Port – 587
- Encryption Method – STARTTLS
- Authentication – Required
- After entering these details, click on Connect button to finalize the setup.
Outlook will start loading your Roadrunner account data from the Spectrum server and show it in the MS Outlook interface.
Once all your emails are in MS Outlook, use the Outlook’s Import/Export wizard to back up emails to a MS Outlook-compatible PST file.
How to Migrate Roadrunner Email to Outlook –
[Import Emails to Exiting Outlook Profile]
For users who want to migrate Roadrunner emails to an email profile available in MS Outlook or directly to backed-up PST files, the best way is to use automated backup software. eSoftTools IMAP email backup and migration software is a capable solution to perform all the tasks.
With the help of this tool, you can download mail folders (all or specific) from Roadrunner account to your hard drive as a PST file. Once you get your PST file, you can import it directly to any of your email profiles in MS Outlook through the Import/Export wizard.
Steps to Import Roadrunner Email to Outlook’s Existing Profile
Follow this 2 steps process to add emails of Roadrunner account to email profile available in MS Outlook: –
Step 1: – Roadrunner Email Backup to Outlook PST
- Download, install, and run eSoftTools IMAP Backup and Migration software on a computer having windows O/S.
- Choose IMAP Server from the available drop list of mail services/ apps.
- Enter Email Address of Roadrunner account and its linked Password.
- Provide the IMAP Server Details as: –
- Hostname/Incoming Mail Server – mail.twc.com
- Port – 993 (leave it as it is).
- Click on Login button and sign in with your email account.
- Load mail folder those available inside the Roadrunner account into this software.
- Make selection of your necessary email folders and from the dropdown list of saving options, choose Save in PST.
- Apply the other setting with available options, such as – mail filter, and saving location selection.
- Lastly, click on Save Backup and your Roadrunner email backup process to PST file will start by this software.
In a short time, the software will complete the task and provide you with a new Outlook PST file with your Roadrunner emails.
After simplifying the PST file, follow Step 2 shown in the next section to add the Roadrunner email data inside your existing Outlook profile.
Step 2: – Import PST in Outlook via Import Export/Wizard
- Launch MS Outlook application in your computer.
- From the top menu bar click on File, then select Open & Export >> Import/Export.
- Choose the option Import from another program or file and press Next button.
- Select the option Outlook data file (.pst) and hit on Next.
- Click on Browse and load the PST file which you have created through IMAP Backup software.
- After adding PST file, apply duplicates managing setting according to your requirements and hit on Next.
- Select available Outlook’s email account and folder in which your want to insert Roadrunner emails.
- Click, on Finish and start the import process.
In this way, get your Roadrunner email in existing Outlook profiles easily.
Conclusion
Migrating or adding your Roadrunner (now Spectrum) email account to MS Outlook is an easy process. By following the steps above, you can easily configure your Roadrunner emails in Outlook using POP or IMAP settings. IMAP is the most preferred option as it keeps your emails synchronized across all devices. Additionally, if you want to backup your Roadrunner emails or transfer them to a PST file, using a tool like eSoftTools IMAP Backup and Migration software makes the process easier and faster.
Whether you need to migrate your emails for backup or integrate your Roadrunner account into your daily Outlook use, these steps provide a reliable solution. Try these methods now.
FAQs
Yes, Roadrunner email is still in use, but now under the name of Spectrum email or Spectrum webmail. So, you can still access your Roadrunner email account through Spectrum webmail.
By configuring Roadrunner email, you get the facility to manage this email account from your computer in MS Outlook. Apart from this, Outlook also provides auto backup, local access to emails, and many other services that users get.
Yes, this software is 100% secure solution for email backup and migration from any IMAP based email platform.
Yes, you can try the first manual method shown above, or you can also try the method of configuring two profiles.
1) Add one profile with the Roadrunner email account and another profile with the email account you want to import emails into.
2) Open Roadrunner email profile and drag email from mail folders and drop them to your desktop screen. You will get your emails in the file format “MSG”.
3) Next, open your other email profile and open a folder and just drop those MSG files in it.
This way, you can also import Roadrunner emails to your Outlook profile.
It depends on your use case and the size of the company or task. It is available in a free version that supports performing each backup/migration operation with up to 25 emails from each folder. Apart from this, it is also available in three paid versions – Personal, Corporate, Technician.
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