How to Access Hotmail Email Through Outlook Express
Because of the demands placed on Microsoft's Hotmail email servers by the ever-increasing storage space offered to users, Microsoft disabled the ability of Outlook Express to sync directly with Hotmail accounts in 2009. For this reason, you may find that when you attempt to configure a Hotmail account automatically in Outlook Express, it fails to authenticate and download your mail. However, Hotmail allows traditional POP3 server access, which can enable you to use Outlook Express with your Hotmail account. Access Hotmail through Outlook Express by configuring it as a POP3 account.
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Instructions
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Click "Tools" in Outlook Express, then click "Accounts."
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Click the "Mail" tab, then click "Add" and "Mail."
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Type your display name. This should be the name that you would like others to see when they receive an email from you. Click "Next."
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Type your complete email address and click "Next."
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Use the drop-down menu next to "My incoming mail server is a..." to select "POP3."
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Enter "pop3.live.com" as the incoming mail server and "smtp.live.com" as the outgoing mail server (both server addresses should be entered without quotation marks). Click "Next."
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Enter your full email address in the box labeled "account name," and enter your password. Put a check in the box labeled "Remember password" if you do not want to type your password repeatedly. Click "Next," and "Finish."
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Click the newly-added Hotmail account and click "Properties."
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Click the "Advanced" tab. Change the port number for incoming mail to "995," and the outgoing mail port to "587." Put a check in both "SSL" boxes.
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Click the "Servers" tab. Put a check in the box labeled "My server requires authentication." Click "OK."
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Click the "Send/Recv" button. Outlook Express will connect to your Hotmail account and download any emails that are waiting.
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Tips & Warnings
The POP3 email technology is not designed to synchronize with a server, which can cause some changes that you make on your local computer not to be reflected if you log into your Hotmail account using a web browser. For full synchronization capability, download and install Windows Live Mail, available free from Microsoft. Windows Live Mail requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or newer.
