Sure, you could use Windows Live Mail to access your Windows Live Hotmail account outside the browser, or maybe Outlook.
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But Outlook is big, and Windows Live Mail seems a bit confused. No, Windows Mail be your program.
Unfortunately, your program just throws a brief error at you when you try to access Windows Live Hotmail. fortunately, a little tool called FreePOPs can help.
Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Windows Mail
To set up a free Windows Live Hotmail account in Windows Mail:
- Install FreePOPs and make sure it is running.
- Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Windows Mail.
- Click Add....
- Make sure E-mail Account is highlighted.
- Click Next.
- Type your name under Display name:.
- Click Next.
- Type your Windows Live Hotmail address excluding the final ".com" under E-mail address:.
- If your Windows Live Hotmail address is "samsample@hotmail.com", for example, enter "samsample@hotmail".
- Click Next.
- Make sure POP3 is selected under Incoming e-mail server type:.
- Type "localhost" (excluding the quotation marks) under Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server:
- Enter your ISP's mail server under Outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) name:.
- Typically, you'll use the same server you use for your other non-Windows Live Hotmail email account.
- Click Next.
- Enter your full Windows Live Hotmail address under E-mail username:.
- Type your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
- Click Next.
- Make sure Do not download my e-mail at this time is checked.
- Click Finish.
- Now make sure the new account (probably named "localhost") is highlighted.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the General tab.
- Append ".com" to your Windows Live Hotmail address under E-mail address: to complete it.
- Go to the Advanced tab.
- Enter "2000" in the Incoming mail (POP3): field, replacing the default "110" that has been pre-entered.
- Click OK.
- Now click Close.
By but changing your user name, you can download from other Windows Live Hotmail folders than your Inbox, too.
