Process to Access Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook

Access Free Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007

• Download and install Microsoft Office Outlook Connector.

• Select Outlook Connector | Add a New Account... from the menu in Outlook.

• Type your Hotmail address under E-mail address:.

• Enter your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.

• Type your name under Name:.

• Click OK.

• Click OK again.

• Restart Outlook

Access a Windows Live Hotmail Plus Account in Outlook

If you pay for Windows Live Hotmail Plus, you can — in addition to setting up Windows Live Hotmail using Outlook Connector as described above — download mail from your Windows Live Hotmail inbox to Outlook using POP.

To set up Windows Live Hotmail Plus as a POP account in Outlook:

• Select Tools | Account Settings... from the menu in Outlook.

• Go to the E-mail tab.

• Click New....

• Make sure Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP is selected.

• Click Next >.

• Type your name as you want it to appear in outgoing email under Your Name:.

• Enter your Windows Live Hotmail address under E-mail Address:.

• Make sure Manually configure server settings or additional server types is checked.

• Click Next >.

• Make sure Internet E-mail is selected.

• Click Next >.

• Make sure POP3 is selected under Account Type:.

• Enter "pop3.live.com" (not including the quotation marks) under Incoming mail server:.

• Type "smtp.live.com" under Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.

• Enter your complete Windows Live Hotmail address ("example@hotmail.com", for example) under User Name:.

• Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.

• Click More Settings....

• Go to the Outgoing Server tab.

• Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.

• Verify Use same settings as my incoming mail server is selected.

• Go to the Advanced tab.

• Make sure This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) is checked under Incoming server (POP3):.

• Make sure SSL is selected for Use the following type of encrypted connection: under Outgoing server (SMTP):

• Check that "995" appears under Incoming server (POP3:) and "25" under Outgoing server (SMTP):.

• Click OK.

• Now click Next >.

• Click Finish.

• Click Close.

Access Windows Live Hotmail with Outlook 2000 and 2002

To configure Outlook to access your existing Windows Live Hotmail account (you can't set up a new account from within Outlook):

• Make sure you have an subscription for the Windows Live Hotmail account you want to access offline.

• Select Tools | E-mail Accounts... from the menu in Outlook.

• Make sure Add a new e-mail account is selected.

• Click Next.

• Choose HTTP as the Server Type.

• Click Next again.

• Enter your account details in the E-mail Accounts dialog box:

o Type your full name under Your Name:.

o Type your Windows Live Hotmail address under E-mail Address:.

o If Outlook has not entered it for you automatically, type your Hotmail email address User Name:.

o Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.

o Select Hotmail in the HTTP Mail Service Provider box.

• Click Next.

• Click Finish.
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