Summary: In order to check Hotmail with Outlook, add a new email account into Outlook and select "http" as the server type. Check Hotmail with Outlook, and make sure to click on the "Transfer Button" with tips from an Internet business consultant in this free video on Internet tools.
Tod Amazeen has 15 years of experience with the Internet and high-tech industries.read more
"Hi, my name is Tod Amazeen. I've been an Internet business consultant for fifteen years. I'm going to show you how to check Hotmail with Outlook. Outlook is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. With which I have no affiliation. First open Microsoft Outlook. Then click on tools, scroll down, select e-mail accounts. Now select, add a new e-mail account. And click on next. Then select http as your server type. And click next. First enter in your name and then your e-mail address. This is your Hotmail account. Click down on user name and you'll see your e-mail address should be auto populated. If not, simply type it here again. Click in the password box and type in your password. Just see over to the right that the http mail service provider is Hotmail. If for some reason, this isn't selected as Hotmail. Simply click on the down arrow and select Hotmail. Now click next and now click finish. You see now that Microsoft Outlook Office connector needs you to click on the transfer button. In order to make the connection to your Hotmail account. We'll click on transfer. And then we'll click on o.k. There you see in this message, that we need to close and then re-open Outlook. In order to connect back to out Hotmail account. So I'm now going to close my Outlook. And now we're going to re-open Outlook. Then you'll see in the left hand pane, that my Hotmail account now appears. You've just learned how to check Hotmail with Outlook. I'm Tod Amazeen."
eHow Article: How to Check Hotmail With Outlook