How to Configure Outlook Express to Use a HotMail Account

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To configure Outlook Express to use a HotMail account:

  1. If you already have a HotMail account, skip to step 3. If you do not have a HotMail account, start Outlook Express, point to New Account Signup on the Tools menu, and then click HotMail.
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  2. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish setting up your HotMail account.
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  3. On the Tools menu, click Accounts, click Add, and then click Mail.
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  4. Type your name, and then click Next.
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  5. Click I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use, type the e-mail address of your HotMail account, for example, myname@hotmail.com, where myname is your HotMail user name, and then click Next.
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  6. In the My incoming mail server is box, click HTTP.
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  7. In the My http mail service provider is box, click HotMail, and then click Next.
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  8. In the Account name box, type your HotMail account name, in the Password box, type your HotMail password, and then click Next.

  9. Click Finish.

Hotmail server URL:

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