How to configure Hot mail in Outlook Express etc.

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Dec 25, 2007, 3:37:06 AM12/25/07
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Dear Sri. Ramamoorthy,

I have selected three possible ways. If you are not happy with these, please let me know so that, I can look for more alternative.

Now Windows Live can be used to set Hot mail in your outlook and you can read all your hot mails off the line and draft fresh mail too off line and send them, when connected to Internet. I would suggest Outlook is better in many respects.

1. You can use Window word based and have better grammar and spell check control.

2. Mails will be stored in documents and can be saved/taken back up etc.

It is all ones convenience and how you are used to.


E-Mail Stationery in Hotmail with Outlook Express

You can configure Hotmail so that Outlook Express can be used to send and receive messages on your Hotmail account. When you do this you are still also able to access your Hotmail account online (via your web browser.)

Accessing a Hotmail account through Outlook Express has a number of advantages:

  • You can keep a large amount of e-mail without overflowing the storage available to you at Hotmail. You can move (drag and drop) messages from your Hotmail folders to local folders for long term storage.

  • You can read your messages "offline". I.e. you can read them while your computer is not connected to the Internet.

  • E-Mail stationery will work. Most e-mail stationery uses "scripting", which is not supported by Hotmail online (when you use Hotmail in your web browser.) When you view the same messages in Outlook Express instead, you can see them as intended.

If you already access your Hotmail account this way, and you are not seeing received stationery correctly in Outlook Express, please click on one of the following links for more information about your version of Outlook Express:

Outlook Express 5 and 5.5

Outlook Express 6

To set up your Hotmail account for use in Outlook Express:

Run Outlook Express

Click Tools -> Accounts...

Click on the Mail tab. 

Click Add -> Mail...

Enter the name you'd like to have displayed in your e-mails, then click Next.

Enter your existing Hotmail e-mail address, i.e. x...@hotmail.com where xxx is your address, then click Next.

On the next screen make sure that beside "My HTTP mail service provider is" it shows Hotmail. Click Next.

Beside "Account name" enter your Hotmail account name, i.e. the "xxx" part of your x...@hotmail.com account. Enter your password.  Click Next.

Click Finish.

That's it! After you finish the above setup your Outlook Express will contain a new folder called "Hotmail" with a number of folders inside it. They can be accessed just like any other folders in Outlook Express.





How to configure Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account

Article ID:220852
Last Review:December 13, 2007
Revision:9.0
This article was previously published under Q220852
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For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
257824 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257824/) Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SUMMARY

If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this article does not apply. For more information about how to use Outlook with Hotmail, please see the "Similar problems and solutions" section.

The information that this article contained has been removed because it has been superseded.

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To access your Windows Live Hotmail account, upgrade to Windows Live Mail


Windows Live Mail is an e-mail program that you install on your computer. Because Windows Live Mail stores messages on your computer, you can access, read, and compose e-mail messages even when you are not connected to the Internet. After you connect to the Internet, Windows Live Mail will send and receive messages and update your accounts.

Windows Live Mail works with popular Web-based e-mail services such as Hotmail, AOL mail, Google mail, and Yahoo! mail. Windows Live Mail is built to automatically configure many popular e-mail services.

To install Windows Live Mail, visit the following Microsoft Web site:To learn more about Windows Live Mail, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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Similar problems and solutions

For more information about how to use Outlook with Hotmail, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
287424 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287424/) How to configure Outlook to work with Windows Live Hotmail
234704 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234704/ ) You cannot view Hotmail messages in Outlook 2000

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0

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Introduction

Check several e-mail boxes at once, including free e-mail accounts, using Microsoft's Outlook Express.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You'll Need

Steps

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Step One

For each of your e-mail accounts, find the type of e-mail account (POP3, IMAP or HTTP), the name of the incoming mail server (example: mail.isp.com) and the name of the outgoing, or SMTP, mail server (example: smtp.isp.com). This information can usually be found in the provider's FAQ (frequently asked questions) file or by e-mailing the provider.
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Step Two

Start Outlook Express.
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Step Three

Select Accounts from the Tools menu. Click on the Mail tab.
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Step Four

Click Add on the right side of the box and choose Mail. The Internet Connection Wizard will appear.
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Step Five

Type the display name for the account (the name that appears in the From line of e-mail sent from that account). Click Next.
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Step Six

If you already have the new account, click the top radio button. Enter the name of the account and click Next.
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Step Seven

Type the mail server information you collected in the first step. Be sure to type the information as it appears in your notes. Click Next.
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Step Eight

Type the user name as it appears on the account. The name is usually what precedes the address; for example, the account name of feed...@ehow.com is "feedback."
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Step Nine

Type the password to access the account. If the password is incorrect or you can't remember it, contact the e-mail provider.
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Step Ten

Check the Remember Password box if you don't want Outlook to prompt you for the password each time it checks the mail.
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Step Eleven

Click Finish. Repeat as needed for all e-mail accounts.
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Step Twelve

Edit account properties by clicking on the name and choosing Properties from the list on the right.

Tips & Warnings

  • When you select Receive All mail, you should also get mail from the account you added. If it doesn't work, you probably don't have the appropriate incoming and outgoing mail server names. If you don't have the right names, contact the e-mail provider to find them.
  • You can add up to 10 separate e-mail addresses.
  • Remove an address by selecting it and clicking Remove.
  • If you use an HTTP (Web-based) e-mail service, contact your e-mail provider about integrating your HTTP e-mail service into Outlook. Hotmail, for example, allows you to integrate Hotmail into Outlook by synchronizing your Hotmail folders and address book into Outlook and creating a new account with the Hotmail Signup Wizard. Alternatively, try configuring your HTTP e-mail to be automatically forwarded to an existing Outlook account.
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