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Can I add my Hotmail email address to my Outlook Express

Here's how to "POP" mail from Hotmail Mail into your Outlook Express:

  1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
  2. Select the "Mail" tab.
  3. Click the "Add" button.
  4. From the Add menu, click "Mail."
  5. In the text box labeled Display Name, type your name and click "Next."
  6. In the Email Address box, type your Hot Mail address (be sure to include "@hotmail.com") and click "Next."
  7. Under "My incoming mail server is a…" select "POP3."
  8. Type "pop3.live.com" in the Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) Server box. (do not use the "")
  9. Type "smtp.live.com" in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server box.
  10. Click "Next."
  11. In the Account Name box, type your Your Windows Live ID (for example: yourhotmailname@hotmail.com)
  12. In the Password box, type your Windows Live ID Mail password.
  13. If you want Outlook Express to remember your password, check the "Remember password" box.
  14. Do not check the boxes labeled "Log on using Secure…"
  15. Click "Next."
  16. Click "Finish."
  17. Select 'hotmail' under 'Account,' and click 'Properties.'
  18. Click the “Servers” tab.
  19. Under “Outgoing Mail Server” check the box next to “My server requires authentication”
  20. Click the 'Advanced' tab.
  21. Under “Outgoing mail Server (SMTP)”, check the box next to “This server requires a secure connection (SSL). Enter port number "25" or “587” in the “Outgoing mail (SMTP)” field.
  22. Under “Incoming mail (POP3)”, check the box next to “This server requires a secure connection (SSL)". The port number in the “Incoming mail (POP3)" field should automatically change from 110 to 995. If it doesn’t, make sure the port number is set to 995.

Hotmail POP3 settings:

Field Value
Incoming POP server pop3.live.com
Incoming POP mail port 995
POP SSL required Yes
User name Your Windows Live ID (for example: yourhotmailname@hotmail.com)
password The password you use to sign in to Hotmail
Outgoing SMTP server smtp.live.com
Outgoing SMTP mail port 25 or 587
Authentication required Yes (your Windows Live ID and password)
TLS/SSL required Yes (select TLS if available, if not select SSL)

 

 

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