Check Hotmail remotely

[moldboy]

I want to use a e-mail client to get my mail. But I dont know the POP3 address for hotmail. If anyone can tell me the POP3 address and possibly SMTP, or any other way to check my Hotmail

Thianks

 

[SESaskDFC]

Howdy:

Hotmail is web-based and doesn't use a POP server address..

If you go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base and do a search in OE or Outlook forHotmail, it will tell you how to set it up to get your Hotmail through OE or Outlook..

Murray

 

[WizyWyg]

Acutally its only accessible through OE. Outlook doesn't support it.

 

[SESaskDFC]

You can view your Hotmail e-mail in Outlook by creating a Hotmail folder and then associating a Web view of that folder that points to the Hotmail Web site.

Murray

 

[smah]

FWIW, Outlook 2002 & 2003 do support Hotmail. To view Hotmail using Outlook 2000, follow SESaskDFC's instructions above. Or use OE version 5 or above.

 

[FAM]

Like SEEaskDFC says,
"Hotmail is web-based and doesn't use a POP server address"

Hotmail uses an Http server in which the url to this is,

http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp

but you shouldnt need to add this in manually as if you go to,
(In OE) Tools>Accounts then click on the Add>Mail, enter a display name "Your Name" click next then enter your hotmail email address yourname@hotmail.com & click next, Outlook should pick up the hotmail details automatically & the rest should be self explanatory.

Hope this helps,
FAM

 

[rwf36]

Fam is right there but you also need to enter your hotmal password when setting up the account as http email and not pop3.