There are multiple ways to get access of your Hotmail account. We all know about the basic one; the web mail on your web browser. This is widely used because of the quick to access, but if I ask you that how would you get your previous mails without even getting connected with internet; seems impossible.
That’s not true; it is easily possible with help of any email client applications which you can use to configure for your email address. Hotmail users can also get their account configured on some third-party email client application and then get rid of with the trouble of signing in every time getting into your account.
Outlook is most popular email client application which is majorly used for email configuration. Hotmail users can get their account configured with Outlook 2016 and get their email messages, right from their desktop. There are two ways to get it configured. One is automatic configuration and another is manual configuration.
Here, we have the automatic configuration first; you can learn to configure Hotmail account on Outlook easily.
Steps to automatically configure Hotmail on Outlook 2016
• First, open Outlook and then click on File > Add Account
• After that, you need to enter your complete Hotmail email address and password
• And then click on Connect button
• In case, if prompted then you have to enter your password once again, then select OK by clicking on it
• And, click on Finish to start using Outlook after configuration
If you are not sure about auto-configuration or want to get your account configure manually, then follow the below guide.
Steps to manually configure Hotmail on Outlook 2016
• First, you need to open Outlook and here select File > Add Account
• And then, on the next screen, you need to enter your email address
• Now, click on Advanced options, then check the box for Let me set up my account manually and click on Connect button
• Here, you should select your account type for further configuration. There are two options as IMAP and POP
• User mostly prefer IMAP settings; so, we have IMAP server settings for you
IMAP incoming server - imap-mail.outlook.com
IMAP port - 993
IMAP encryption (SSL/TLS) - TLS
SMTP outgoing server - smtp-mail.outlook.com
SMTP port - 587
SMTP encryption - STARTTLS
• And then enter your incoming and outgoing server settings, after that click on Next button
• You need to enter your password and then select the Connect button
• That’s all; you have successfully configured it
Once, you are done with the configuration part, and then move to test it by sending a test email to your own account.
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That’s not true; it is easily possible with help of any email client applications which you can use to configure for your email address. Hotmail users can also get their account configured on some third-party email client application and then get rid of with the trouble of signing in every time getting into your account.
Outlook is most popular email client application which is majorly used for email configuration. Hotmail users can get their account configured with Outlook 2016 and get their email messages, right from their desktop. There are two ways to get it configured. One is automatic configuration and another is manual configuration.
Here, we have the automatic configuration first; you can learn to configure Hotmail account on Outlook easily.
Steps to automatically configure Hotmail on Outlook 2016
• First, open Outlook and then click on File > Add Account
• After that, you need to enter your complete Hotmail email address and password
• And then click on Connect button
• In case, if prompted then you have to enter your password once again, then select OK by clicking on it
• And, click on Finish to start using Outlook after configuration
If you are not sure about auto-configuration or want to get your account configure manually, then follow the below guide.
Steps to manually configure Hotmail on Outlook 2016
• First, you need to open Outlook and here select File > Add Account
• And then, on the next screen, you need to enter your email address
• Now, click on Advanced options, then check the box for Let me set up my account manually and click on Connect button
• Here, you should select your account type for further configuration. There are two options as IMAP and POP
• User mostly prefer IMAP settings; so, we have IMAP server settings for you
IMAP incoming server - imap-mail.outlook.com
IMAP port - 993
IMAP encryption (SSL/TLS) - TLS
SMTP outgoing server - smtp-mail.outlook.com
SMTP port - 587
SMTP encryption - STARTTLS
• And then enter your incoming and outgoing server settings, after that click on Next button
• You need to enter your password and then select the Connect button
• That’s all; you have successfully configured it
Once, you are done with the configuration part, and then move to test it by sending a test email to your own account.
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