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By default, Windows Live Mail, the recommended free email program for Windows 7, sets up a Hotmail email address using the HTTP protocol. This keeps the account on your computer in tune (or synced) with the one on the server.
But now with the availability of free Hotmail POP access, one can also configure the account on Windows Live Mail through the Post Office Protocol. And why should you do this? Read on.
If you’ve ever cared to read the small print you’ll know that the free service cannot be blamed for any loss of information (messages and the contact list). It’s solely up to you to backup of Hotmail email. And herein lays a big advantage in using POP3 to configure Hotmail account on Windows Live Mail.
Actually any email client that has support for the Post Office Protocol can be used. I recommend Windows Live Mail as it’s free and has never given me any problem since the day I first installed it on my Vista computer… about 2 years back.
We’ll be using the Hotmail POP settings to configure the email account in Windows Live Mail. Please follow the steps below and refer the slideshow in case of doubt.
You can resume downloading Hotmail email by hitting the Sync button again once you make that small change mentioned in the last point.
It works! It works! It works!
Great to have Hotmail working on Windows Live Mail – thanks for the instructions man.
How to switch between my main email acct. and the new Hotmail account? They are linked but I don’t know how to switch between them without logging off one and the log on to the other.
If your two Hotmail accounts are linked and you want them to remain so, simply forward messages from one to the other. You can then view all email at one account.
Thank-you for this fix.
Hi thanks. This worked great but it did not transfer mail in folders that I created in Hotmail. What is the best way to get those moved over?
@Robert Sheeler,
This page had instructions to set up Hotmail on Windows Live Mail email program using the POP3 email protocol. I suggest you configure your account using the default (HTTP) protocol. Details can be found at: Hotmail on Windows Live Mail.
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