Send and Receive Windows Live Hotmail emails from a Mail Client

This solution article describes how to set up your Windows Live Hotmail POP3 account in an email client to send and receive emails.

Here’s the information to configure your account on your preferred e-mail client:
 
 - POP3 Server: pop3.live.com (port 995) 
 - SMTP Server: smtp.live.com (port 25)   {Note: If port 25 has been blocked in your network or by your ISP, you can set SMTP port to 587 with TLS or SSL Encryption depending on the client in use}

Note: Please make sure to check the box that indicates that your outgoing server requires authentication (in most e-mail clients, this is not checked by default).

 - Username: your full e-mail address
 - Password: your Windows Live ID password
 
Also, our POP3 service requires that you use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with the POP and SMTP connection and use SMTP authentication.  This is to ensure that your e-mail address and password are not subject to tampering.

For instruction on how to add your e-mail account to Microsoft Outlook Express, click here.

For instruction on how to add your e-mail account to Microsoft Outlook, click here.

If you are having problems retrieving your mails from an email client even after following these steps, please write a post here.

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