Thus, you do not need an active internet connection to view your older emails. The main advantage of adding your Hotmail account on Windows Live Mail email client is the storage of email messages on your computer. Thus, you should see the five default Hotmail folders and any other that you have created in the email client – refer image below. Any folders (even the ones that you’ve created) will be downloaded along with their emails. When the Hotmail account has been setup, Windows Live Mail connects to the online server and tries to retrieve all your messages.

Note: The email program understands (from your email address) that the account you are setting up is a Hotmail account and will get other information such as mail server address, port number etc. Technically, Hotmail setup was a single step and not a 3 step process as I mentioned in the beginning! Hurray! Setup of your Hotmail account on Windows Live Mail is complete… yes, that was it!įrom the confirmation screen, you can also choose to set this Hotmail account as the default in Windows Live Mail program. Leave the “Manually configure server settings for e-mail account” alone – make sure there is no checkmark in this box! Now move to the next screen. The display name can be your own name or anything you want. Post questions, follow discussions and share your knowledge in the Community.In the pop-up window, enter your Hotmail email address (the complete address), the password of your account and a display name. To get help and troubleshoot other Microsoft products and services, enter your problem here. If you can't sign in, click here.įor other help with your Microsoft account and subscriptions, visit Account & Billing Help. To contact us in, you'll need to sign in. If the self-help doesn't solve your problem, scroll down to Still need help? and select Yes. To get support in, click here or select on the menu bar and enter your query. You can also get support from other users in our Community forum, or get help by selecting Contact Support below: Which browsers work with Office for the web and Office Add-ins Still need help? If you're still having problems with signing in, read When you can't sign in to your Microsoft account. On the Enter password page, clear Keep me signed in. Go to the sign-in page and select Sign in.Įnter your email address or phone number and select Next. In, select your account picture at the top of the screen.

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