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The following walkthroughs and Hotmail illustration are available at the user's own risk, and not all ISP configuration instructions are necessarily verified 'outgoing server requires/or does not require authentication'. If you have any difficulty, please contact Steve on: Peterborough (01733) 777878.

How to configure Hotmail to your PC

Help has been provided here only in order to assist. The following Hotmail guidelines are available at the user's own risk. Although accurate at time of press, PCWorkspace can accept no liability whatsoever for any loss that may incur arising out of your use of this walkthrough.

Mail Client [Outlook Express / Windows Mail] --> Menu [Tools] --> [Accounts…]

Other service providers differ, see above:

Dialog [Internet Accounts]

Heading [Mail] Select or Add Mail Account, e.g. Mrs Smith (default)

Button [Properties]

Tab [General]

Heading [Mail Account] Add your name here – this is the tag that your mail recipient will see, e.g. mail from Mrs Smith.

Heading [User Information]

Label [Name:] e.g. Mrs Smith
Label [E-mail address:] e.g. mrs.smith@hotmail.co.uk or admin@your-business.co.uk
Label [Reply address:] not required – not essential, but you might like to include a different domain alias here sales for example) if you wanted to channel return mail, or perhaps maintain a thread, i.e. monitor or separate ongoing communiqué from first time email.

Check box – Check [Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing]

Above: where a different email address or alias is entered in the sections labelled [E-mail address:] and [Reply address:], e.g. sales@your-venture.co.uk, ensure to further log in and add the address to your online profile at: www.hotmail.co.uk [You can send mail from these accounts]…

…remember to verify that you own the email address entered by acknowledging the confirmation email sent to you. You might also set this email address as: [use as the default], and further conceivably forward your domain name to your hotmail/live account from your domain control panel, or contact your domain name management service.

Tab [Servers]

Heading [Server Information]

Label [My incoming mail server is a POP3 server]
Label [Income mail (POP3)] pop3.live.com
Label [Outgoing mail (SMTP)] smtp.live.com

Heading [Incoming Mail Server]

Label [E-mail username:] mrs.smith@hotmail.co.uk (not case-sensitive)
Label [Password:] YourPasswOrd (case-sensitive)

Check box – Check [Remember password]
Check box – Uncheck [Log on using Secure Password Authentication]

Heading [Outgoing Mail Server]

Check box – Check [My server requires authentication]

Tab [Connection]

Heading [Connection]

Check box – Check [Always connect to this account using:]

Drop-down list [Local Area Network]

Tab [Advanced]

Heading [Server Port Numbers]

Label [Outgoing mail (SMTP):] 25

Check box – Check [This server requires a secure connection (SSL)]

Label [Incoming mail (POP3):] 995

Check box – Check [This server requires a secure connection (SSL)]

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