Set up Outlook Express with Hotmail

 

We teach you, how to set up Outlook Express with Hotmail. Your email server settings, applied to your version of Outlook, in a step by step guide with images and practical examples.

 

Microsoft Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office so if you don't have it, you will need to install it or use free alternatives like Mozilla Thunderbird. This tutorial is also available for other devices like PC, Android, Mac and Iphone, just choose your option from our menu.

 

How to set up Outlook Express with Hotmail

Open Outlook Express

 

This is probably not the first time you open Outlook, and as such no window should pop up to help you set up your email. It's not a problem, because this is all you need to do to set up your email account:

 

If this is the first time you open Outlook, then a window should pop up to help you set up your email. If you take that help then you'll be skipping our first few steps, but everything will be just the same a little further ahead.

 

STEP ONE

Go to Tools and select Accounts

 
 
 
 

STEP TWO

Go to Add and select Mail

 
 
 
 

STEP THREE

To go any further on Outlook you first need to enable POP in Hotmail

 

  • Sign in at Hotmail
  • Go to options
  • Mail ยป POP and IMAP
  • Let devices and apps use POP
  • Let apps and devices delete messages from Outlook
  • Click on Save
 

STEP FOUR

As an example, we created a fake user:

 

Name: Peter Smith

Email: petersmith@hotmail.com

Password: **********

 

Replace our fake user info by your own name, email and password, and set up according to the images bellow

 
 
 
 

STEP FIVE

But you're not done yet!

Click Finish to go back to Internet Accounts.

Select the email account you've just created and then click on Properties.

Set up according to the images bellow:

 
 
 
 

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