How to configure Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account (220852)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6 for Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6 for Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q220852
For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail messages from a Hotmail e-mail account.

If you are using Outlook 97, 98, or 2000, this article does not apply. For more information about using Outlook 97, 98, or 2000 with Hotmail, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

234704 You cannot view Hotmail messages in Outlook 2000

259114 Outlook 98 does not work with Hotmail

259113 Outlook 97 does not work with Hotmail



Note If you want to use Outlook Express to access your Hotmail account, you must have an MSN subscription. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://upgrade.msn.com

MORE INFORMATION

Use the following steps to manually configure Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account:
  1. If you do not already have a Hotmail account, go to the following Hotmail Web site and sign up for an account:

    http://www.hotmail.com

  2. Start Outlook Express, and then click Accounts on the Tools menu.
  3. Click Add, and then click Mail.
  4. In the Display name box, type your name, and then click Next.
  5. In the E-mail address box, type your Hotmail address, and then click Next.
  6. Click HTTP in the My incoming mail server is box. If Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is not an available choice, you must enable it in the registry. For more information about how to enable or disable HTTP in Outlook Express, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    241841 Cannot create an HTTP or Hotmail account in Outlook Express 5

    My incoming mail server is an HTTP server

  7. In the My HTTP mail service provider is box, click Hotmail.
  8. Confirm that "http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp" (without quotation marks) is in the Incoming mail (POP3), IMAP or HTTP server box, and then click Next.My HTTP mail service provider is Hotmail

  9. In the Account name box, type your Hotmail account name.
  10. In the Password box, type your password, click Next, and then click Finish.

    Your new account appears on the Mail tab of the Internet Accounts dialog box.
  11. Click Close. At the prompt to download folders from the mail server that you added, click Yes.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/30/2005
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