Article ID: 220852 - Last Review: September 20, 2011 - Revision: 11.0

How to configure Outlook Express to use a Hotmail account

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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  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257824/ ) Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express

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If you are using Microsoft Outlook, this article does not apply. For more information about how to use Outlook with Hotmail, please see the "Similar problems and solutions" section.

The information that this article contained has been removed because it has been superseded.
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To access your Windows Live Hotmail account, upgrade to Windows Live Mail


Windows Live Mail is an e-mail program that you install on your computer. Because Windows Live Mail stores messages on your computer, you can access, read, and compose e-mail messages even when you are not connected to the Internet. After you connect to the Internet, Windows Live Mail will send and receive messages and update your accounts.

Windows Live Mail works with popular Web-based e-mail services such as Hotmail, AOL mail, Google mail, and Yahoo! mail. Windows Live Mail is built to automatically configure many popular e-mail services.

To install Windows Live Mail, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview (http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview)
To learn more about Windows Live Mail, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/Help/4b30d3d6-abe2-46d1-a5fd-4a1ba786a1381033.mspx (http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/Help/4b30d3d6-abe2-46d1-a5fd-4a1ba786a1381033.mspx)
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Similar problems and solutions

234704  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234704/ ) You cannot view Hotmail messages in Outlook 2000
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
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