Here are the account settings for outgoing mail (SMTP) - emails you send: SMTP Settings:ĥ87 Setup Hotmail / in Windows Live Mail It's a less flexible approach if you use a *really* old email client that doesn't support that feature, but it's unquestionably a much safer way to connect to your email account! Side info: unlike some email providers, Microsoft only lets you connect securely (using SSL) to your email account. For more info, check out our ' Hotmail / Server Settings' tutorial (separate website). Email account settings for Hotmail / (Manual Setup)īy default, your Hotmail account will be added as a ' Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync' (for practical purposes, this is the same thing as IMAP: it lets you see email folders live from the mail server right inside Windows Live Mail!) But if you want to account setup as POP ( aka ' POP3'), you'll need to add it manually, using the mail server settings shown below.
