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:

• Make sure you are subscribed to Windows Live Hotmail Plus.
• 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:
  • Type your full name under Your Name:.
  • Type your Windows Live Hotmail address under E-mail Address:.
  • If Outlook has not entered it for you automatically, type your Hotmail email address User Name:.
  • Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
  • Select Hotmail in the HTTP Mail Service Provider box.
• Click Next.
• Click Finish.