How To: Get Hotmail on Outlook/Thunderbird | Posted at 3:21 PM
Recently the Windows Live team enabled POP email access for all Hotmail (Live Mail)-based accounts. I found a great resource for how to add your accounts to Outlook (and with Thunderbird it's pretty much the same).
What are Windows Live Hotmail's POP3 and SMTP Settings?
In Thunderbird, for incoming you choose POP. For outgoing (SMTP), you need to add it in the Outgoing Server account and instead of SSL, choose TLS with a port 25. Type in your username as well.
Yes, it works with Hotmail-based accounts too, like my Student Partners email address.
[via Ask Leo]
Comments
Thank god! I have been waiting for Hotmail to integrate POP access for years. I actually gave up on it and haven't checked in months. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't come across your post. Definitely a feature that should have been added earlier, but at least its finally available.
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On July 26, 2009 6:33 PM
This was a great writeup. I recently had to do this in outlook. What I found now though is that if you simply enable pop/imap in your mail settings and use thunderbird instead of outlook it will configure all of the settings for you which is nice!
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On September 9, 2009 9:23 AM
Very nice descriptions. I had sometimes some problems using outlook on my computer and i didnt use the program veyr much. But it's really nice to configure hotmail accounts.
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On January 19, 2010 9:47 AM
Hey thanks ylot for this article , I was looking for a way to integrate my hotmail with thunderbird. However I find outlook express to be better than thunderbird. Don`t you also think so ?
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On February 22, 2010 1:11 AM
I used to have hotmail but because of the limitations I have then switched to Gmail. Now, I don't even know what my username in hotmail was.
Posted by: Lisa
On March 18, 2010 1:56 PM
I would be suprised if i knew anyone who used hotmail though outlook express.
Mostly everyone has a website now so they use their own pop3/smtp for own website.
Good article anyways for those who still use hotmail.
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On April 26, 2010 5:35 AM
Yeah, I woner whether anyone really uses hotmail any more...
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On April 29, 2010 9:36 AM
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On May 13, 2010 6:53 PM
Hotmail integration with Outlook is a good news, I was waiting for this to happen in a long time...
Posted by: luke
On June 5, 2010 5:42 AM
My first email account was with Hotmail. I have since switched to gmail.
Posted by: Cara
On June 16, 2010 10:40 PM
Yes It works!! That's wonderful. I guess I'll be using hotmail as well. Thanks for the brilliant post.
Regards
Posted by: Harris
On July 6, 2010 8:01 AM
About time windows enabled POP access for Hotmail! I was starting to wonder if this was never going to happen.
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On July 25, 2010 5:55 PM
Great article. Finally I 'get' it how to set up my hotmail account in Thunderbird. Brilliant =)
Posted by: Jeppe
On July 28, 2010 2:14 AM
It's about time hotmail integrates POP access! I've been waiting for that for sometime now.
Posted by: Jennifer
On July 28, 2010 3:04 PM
Thanks for a great article. I thought hotmail on outlook would never happen. Ive been waiting for it a while. Good news like Luke says. Thanks!
Posted by: nico
On July 31, 2010 2:25 PM
Hotmail on outlook is great news with integrated POP access, however there are still message size limitations which restrict this from being the winning mail service it could be.
Posted by: Carl Rowe
On August 2, 2010 4:58 PM
Great article, is there an advantage to a hot mail account as opposed to a Gmail account?
Posted by: Don Murphy
On August 4, 2010 8:36 PM
Hmmm I don't think many people would use hotmail through outlook.
I personally use a paid email that's web based so I can check it anywhere.
Posted by: Dwayne
On August 12, 2010 5:32 PM
I personally prefer to use paid email in professional matter.Though hotmail is OK
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On August 16, 2010 2:45 AM
I have tried Outlook several times and never could understand the coding, or how to set it up. So I used gmail and MSN instead.
Now I can try outlook again.
Thank you.
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Posted by: Tommy Suber
On September 27, 2010 2:45 PM
Good article here, but sometimes i wonder if hotmail is ever used nowadays. Like for me, i have switched to gmail.
Posted by: Reevee
On October 5, 2010 12:04 PM
I personally prefer to use paid email in professional matter.
I have tried Outlook several times and never could understand the coding, or how to set it up. So I used gmail and MSN instead.
Good article anyways for those who still use hotmail.
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On October 12, 2010 4:23 PM
Informative post...
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On November 1, 2010 10:22 AM
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On November 5, 2010 11:04 AM
The more integration we get between email systems the better. If it is easy to set up and relaible, thats better too.
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On November 15, 2010 12:38 PM
I use hotmail as well as other service providers and to be able to run thease accounts successfully from Thunderird has been great for me. Rock On!
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On November 15, 2010 12:40 PM
Thanks for sharing this. I tried Outlook in past, but no success. Just too complicated to set up. So thanks for sharing this
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On December 18, 2010 12:48 AM
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On January 2, 2011 9:07 AM
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On January 5, 2011 12:08 PM
Thank you for this enlightenment.
I find this article an eye opener. Now with my Hotmail account, I can enable Pop mail using the information you just provided.
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On January 12, 2011 8:03 AM
Ugh, thanks alot, ive been searching for this the entire day yesterday and today. Stupid POP
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On February 24, 2011 6:49 PM
Really I do not know the process. Can you help me?
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On March 3, 2011 4:34 AM
well, I always tried to implement these email organizers. I used thunderbird but to be honest it is simply to complicated and I have also seen that it doesnt work always correctly, like not showing all emails. thats why I had to abandon it.
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On March 3, 2011 8:15 PM
Great tip but after I upgraded to Windows 7 I found that Outlook is no longer available and I had to migrate everything to windows live email. I'm still trying to figure it all out.
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On March 6, 2011 9:58 AM
Thanks for sharing this. I tried Outlook in past, but no success. Just too complicated to set up. So thanks for sharing this
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On March 20, 2011 9:53 PM
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On March 21, 2011 5:31 PM
I personally not a huge fan of outlook, but ill give it a try since i use hotmail and live. thanks for the info
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On April 1, 2011 4:44 PM
I am glad hotmail is keeping up with the current trends.
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On April 6, 2011 1:04 AM
Ha great. I still use my old hotmail account for some things. Will try it on thunderbird to see if it's any faster. Thanks for the info
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On April 21, 2011 9:11 AM
Good article here, but sometimes i wonder if hotmail is ever used nowadays. Like for me, i have switched to gmail.
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On April 23, 2011 5:35 AM
Would be easily to access my Inbox, but what about port 25 is blocked by ISP?
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On May 11, 2011 7:27 PM
Would be easily to access my Inbox, but what about ISP blocking 25 port?
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On May 11, 2011 7:29 PM
I never actually use outlook, even other email accounts since i have pop3/smtp in my own website. And I am pretty sure everyone has their own website by now.
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On May 22, 2011 5:07 AM
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On July 26, 2011 8:57 PM
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On August 16, 2011 7:01 PM
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On August 18, 2011 6:14 PM
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Posted by: BPMandC
On August 19, 2011 1:31 PM
I have been using Thunderbird for a year now. I receive all my email via hotmail with it. It's great to use too and simple. I recommend anyone to use it. You can also integrate with your other email acounts.
Posted by: Trisha
On August 23, 2011 6:46 PM
I actually gave up on it and haven't checked in months. i already started using only Gmail now. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't come across your post.
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On September 13, 2011 9:04 PM
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On September 14, 2011 8:21 PM
One of my clients was asking me about this now I can tell him about the TLS setting. Thank you.
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On September 21, 2011 12:32 PM
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On October 7, 2011 11:07 AM
I don't really use these applications, but thank you for posting. This will be a big help for several users out there.
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On October 11, 2011 2:08 AM
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Posted by: John
On October 15, 2011 9:52 AM
love the info,but don't really use all the application,but Thunderbird is one that i do use.
Posted by: Aasiyah
On October 24, 2011 2:09 AM
It's about time! I have always wondered why Hotmail doesn't allow POP. Enabling this would make my life a lot easier.
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On November 8, 2011 1:15 AM
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On December 17, 2011 9:30 PM
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On December 20, 2011 8:18 PM
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On December 20, 2011 8:19 PM
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On February 9, 2012 2:43 AM
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On March 1, 2012 3:56 AM
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Posted by: Aasiyah
On March 10, 2012 8:10 AM
I am so glad they have finally integrated hotmail and POP. It`s about time!
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On March 14, 2012 1:18 AM
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Posted by: Mario
On March 14, 2012 3:46 PM
I use Thunderbird at work so might access my hotmail account from there. Thanks for sharing.
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On March 26, 2012 4:47 AM
Actually I am using Hotmail, I'll have to check this out.
Posted by: Daniel Saunders
On May 5, 2012 9:47 AM
Very nice descriptions. I had sometimes some problems using outlook on my computer and i didnt use the program veyr much..
Posted by: Oceans
On May 19, 2012 3:55 AM
Hey thanks ylot for this article , I was looking for a way to integrate my hotmail with thunderbird.
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On May 19, 2012 3:56 AM
My professor always told me to not use a gmail or hotmail account on resumes, but that was a long time ago. Would you consider this still the case?
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On June 13, 2012 12:53 AM