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[mini77]

I want to run my hotmail account through outlook express I’ve searched the online help but I can’t find the pop3 account details to run it though outlook express can anyone help please?

[1995 MK2 IOM]

I want to run my hotmail account through outlook express I’ve searched the online help but I can’t find the pop3 account details to run it though outlook express can anyone help please?

Googled "Hotmail pop3"

this came up... dunno if it works...

J

[mini77]

I want to run my hotmail account through outlook express I’ve searched the online help but I can’t find the pop3 account details to run it though outlook express can anyone help please?

Googled "Hotmail pop3"

this came up... dunno if it works...

J

THANKS!! this is what I needed...

•Incoming Server: pop3.live.com
•Incoming Port: 995
•SSL Encryption: yes
•Outgoing Server: smtp.live.com
•Outgoing port: 25 (use port 587 if the default port is not working)
•Authentication: yes
•TLS Or SSL: yes

but I needed to change the smtp server settings to use my internet provider smtp server, it works now!

Edited by mini77, 12 April 2011 - 12:54 AM.

[Cerberus]

I thought they'd stopped this years ago and you had to pay for Hotmail+ or something

Quick google seems to show it is possible, might have to set it up for mine.

[Down&Out]

Last time i tried it wasnt possible wierdly, i use windows live mail now.

[mini77]

I thought they'd stopped this years ago and you had to pay for Hotmail+ or something

Quick google seems to show it is possible, might have to set it up for mine.

I’m paying nothing for the "privilege", it’s ironic of Microsoft not to allow us to use their products (i.e. Outlook Express) to send and receive email!

Edited by mini77, 12 April 2011 - 06:40 PM.

[Deathrow]

It's ironic anyone uses Outlook in the first place!

[mini77]

It's ironic anyone uses Outlook in the first place!

Here we go again!

[Dan]

The latest version of Hotmail wasn't initially compatible with Outlook as MS saw Outlook as a legacy product and were trying to get people into live mail instead. This is still the case, but there is now a patch for live mail to let it sync with Outlook. Or something like that.

[Down&Out]

I dont see why live mail isnt as good as outlook, does the job for me fine.

[Deathrow]

It's ironic anyone uses Outlook in the first place!

Here we go again!

Well my experience of Outlook isn't a good one.

I found it tends to fail in a firey explosion more often than it actually receives e-mails. This was a while back though but it's one of those things, once you are given an opinion of a piece of software and there is an alternative then you don't go back.

[mini77]

I dont see why live mail isnt as good as outlook, does the job for me fine.

I have two email accounts, one hotmail & one none hotmail account. So I want them in the same place (i.e. outlook express) that way I don’t have to keep logging into Windows Live, as well as outlook express...I looked at Windows Live help and I can't see if I can use none hotmail email accounts through it. Maybe I can I can't see it though!

Edited by mini77, 13 April 2011 - 06:13 PM.

[Deathrow]

See all of your email in one place. Add email accounts by simply typing an email address and password, and following a few more steps—and then you're ready to go!

- http://explore.live....e-mail?os=other

Yep, you can . Windows Live Mail is just an e-mail client like Outlook.

[mini77]

Yep, you can . Windows Live Mail is just an e-mail client like Outlook

Cheers! That's what I thought it's just I couldn’t find it in the online help!

[Deathrow]

That's Microsoft for you .

Give Windows Live Mail (or even Mozilla Thunderbird) a shot if you ever have issue with Outlook.