

You are now nearly ready to check your Hotmail emails from the comfort of Outlook. Notice that you Hotmail account has been allocated a dedicated PST file: This is all it takes to setup Hotmail in Outlook 2007. Wrap up your Hotmail account setup in Outlook

On the next screen, select Internet E-mail (as opposed to Microsoft Exchange), and click on the Next button to fill in your email account information.Īs soon as you finish typing your Hotmail email address and hit Tab, Outlook 2007 will automatically-populate the remaining account information for you: In Outlook 2007, check the Manually configure server settings or add additional server types checkbox, and click Next. (In Outlook 2003, go to Tools > E-mail Accounts.)Ĭlick on the New button as email account type, choose " Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP" and click Next. This will open the Account Settings window that contains any other email accounts you may have previously setup in Outlook. In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Account Settings. To setup Hotmail in Outlook, start by adding a new account: this varies depending on the version of Outlook you are using. There are some minor limitations if you do not subscribe to the Hotmail Plus service, but none that prevent you from checking your Hotmail account from Outlook.

If, however, you do own a copy of Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007, read on, since you will be able to check your Hotmail emails with what is essentially full IMAP support. To setup Hotmail in Outlook as a regular POP3 account, please see our Hotmail POP3 settings tutorial.
