Hotmail in Windows Mail etc

M

mac

When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device,
you may be asked for the following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example (e-mail address removed)
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
 
A

Ann

mac said:
When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device,
you may be asked for the following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example (e-mail address removed)
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
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Anyone else having smtp issues?
 
G

Gary VanderMolen

I have just finished testing POP/SMTP on my Hotmail, MSN, and
Live.com accounts, and all work fine from my location in California.
 
M

mac

Anyone else having smtp issues?
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Settings that you may have missed on the server tab.

My server requires authentication>settings>log on using>enter your hotmail
account details.

Also on the advanced tab select SSL port 587.

HTH?
 
A

Ann

mac said:
Settings that you may have missed on the server tab.

My server requires authentication>settings>log on using>enter your hotmail
account details.

Also on the advanced tab select SSL port 587.

HTH?
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Okay, I confess I'm trying to configure this in Thunderbird
rather than Windows Mail so I don't have to use the webmail plus
hotmail add-on. Normally when at home I just use my regular
ISP's smtp server but am on the road at the moment so can't use that.

The only thing I can see different from Windows Mail is that
Thunderbird allows TLS or SSL (but not both?). I've tried every
combination and I still get a smtp server timed out or refusing
connections error message.

Guess I'll just go back to the old way with the hotmail add-on...

Thanks for all your help though.


Ann W.
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Currently & prominently displayed at http://windowslivehelp.com/Default.aspx
:

<QP>
Outage: Windows Live Hotmail is currently experiencing issues with inbound
mail delivery. Customers may see a delay in receiving email into their
inbox.
</QP>

One wonders if the servers are swamped by millions of US users enabling POP3
access?
 
M

mac

When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device,
you may be asked for the following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example (e-mail address removed)
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
 
M

mac

Okay, I confess I'm trying to configure this in Thunderbird rather than
Windows Mail so I don't have to use the webmail plus hotmail add-on.
Normally when at home I just use my regular ISP's smtp server but am on
the road at the moment so can't use that.

The only thing I can see different from Windows Mail is that Thunderbird
allows TLS or SSL (but not both?). I've tried every combination and I
still get a smtp server timed out or refusing connections error message.

Guess I'll just go back to the old way with the hotmail add-on...

Thanks for all your help though.


Ann W.
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Try using the server name of your ISP, at home, I know that, that works,
(for me), smtp.freeserve.com (UK).

I used it successfully for the past 3 weeks, I only experimented the change
to SPA, as described previously, to test the problem that you highlighted.

Use the SMTP server of your away from home connection, both without SPA and
not?

I have never used any "hotmail add-on".
 
A

Ann

mac said:
Try using the server name of your ISP, at home, I know that, that works,
(for me), smtp.freeserve.com (UK).

I used it successfully for the past 3 weeks, I only experimented the change
to SPA, as described previously, to test the problem that you highlighted.

Use the SMTP server of your away from home connection, both without SPA and
not?

I have never used any "hotmail add-on".
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Since I will have several different smtp servers on the road,
I'll just use the web interface for now.

In Thunderbird you could use a webmail extension plus another
add-on for hotmail specifically (there's also one for yahoo mail)
so that you could download webmail into the e-mail client. It
works well but if you can use a direct approach there's less
chance of problems?

Thank you for your assistance.

Ann W.
 
A

Ann

PA said:
Currently & prominently displayed at
http://windowslivehelp.com/Default.aspx
:

<QP>
Outage: Windows Live Hotmail is currently experiencing issues with inbound
mail delivery. Customers may see a delay in receiving email into their
inbox.
</QP>

One wonders if the servers are swamped by millions of US users enabling
POP3 access?
Click to expand...

Hmmm, interesting - but I've had no problems receiving e-mail.

Ann
 
A

Ann

mac said:
When you set up Hotmail in the e-mail program on your PC or mobile device,
you may be asked for the following information:

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example (e-mail address removed)
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows
Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes


http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
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Obviously I'm missing something on the smtp end of it...

Ann W.
 
W

...winston

Thunderbird
Ensure:
a. Outgoing Port 587 and SSL are used for the outgoing server
b. Incoming port 995 and SSL are used for the incoming server
-for the above if available 'Clear text' is the option for logging on instead of Secure Password or POP/APOP.
c. your full username (e-mail address removed) and password are correctly entered
d. you outgoing server is set to requires authentication and set to use the same logon as incoming or enter the full username and
pw manually in the outgoing server authentication settings.
e. change the pref in the Config Editor. -->> network.ntlm.send-lm-response must be set to true
 
A

Ann

....winston said:
Thunderbird
Ensure:
a. Outgoing Port 587 and SSL are used for the outgoing server
b. Incoming port 995 and SSL are used for the incoming server
-for the above if available 'Clear text' is the option for logging on
instead of Secure Password or POP/APOP.
c. your full username (e-mail address removed) and password are correctly
entered
d. you outgoing server is set to requires authentication and set to use
the same logon as incoming or enter the full username and pw manually in
the outgoing server authentication settings.
e. change the pref in the Config Editor. -->>
network.ntlm.send-lm-response must be set to true
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Thanks, I'll give that a try when I can.

Ann W.
 
A

Ann

Gary said:
Ports other than 25 (such as 587) should work fine while away
from home.
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time I take this laptop on
the road.

Ann W.
 

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