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I add my Hotmail email address to my Outlook Express |
Here's how to "POP" mail from Hotmail
Mail into your Outlook Express:
- From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."
- Select the "Mail" tab.
- Click the "Add" button.
- From the Add menu, click "Mail."
- In the text box labeled Display Name, type your name and click "Next."
- In the Email Address box, type your Hot Mail address (be sure to include
"@hotmail.com") and click "Next."
- Under "My incoming mail server is a…" select "POP3."
- Type "pop3.live.com" in the Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) Server
box. (do not use the "")
- Type "smtp.live.com" in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server box.
- Click "Next."
- In the Account Name box, type your Your Windows Live ID (for example: yourhotmailname@hotmail.com)
- In the Password box, type your Windows Live ID Mail password.
- If you want Outlook Express to remember your password, check the "Remember
password" box.
- Do not check the boxes labeled "Log
on using Secure…"
- Click "Next."
- Click "Finish."
- Select 'hotmail' under 'Account,' and click 'Properties.'
- Click the “Servers” tab.
- Under “Outgoing Mail Server” check the box next to “My server requires
authentication”
- Click the 'Advanced' tab.
- 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.
- 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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