Unable to set up my email account

[Brit]

I am trying to set up my Windows live mail on my computer but when I go to
type in my email address (@hotmail.com) it keeps telling me that it no longer
accepts this. I click to the link to resolve the issues and it lets me to
download windows live mail. Which what I already have. I am so very confused.
Can anyone help? Thanks

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

Windows Mail doesn't support HTTP mail, which for a long time was the
only allowed access method for free Hotmail accounts.

In February 2009, long after Windows Mail was finalized, Microsoft
enabled POP access for free Hotmail/Live/MSN accounts.
Follow the settings given here:
http://mailcall.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CC9301187A51FE33!49799.entry
Use port 587 rather than port 25 for the SMTP server.

Although it accepts the newer Live.com addresses, the Windows Mail
account setup wizard is hard-coded to reject Hotmail and MSN addresses.
To get around that, when you enter your Hotmail/MSN email address initially,
use a fake one, such as (e-mail address removed). After the account setup is complete,
go back and correct your email address.

 

[Dave]

You are trying to set up Windows Mail (not Live), which won't let you enter
a Hotmail address.
You need to install Windows Live Mail from the wlsetup-web installer, then
open Windows Live Mail, not Windows Mail.

 

[petal]

I am trying to set up my Windows live mail on my computer but when I go to
type in my email address (@hotmail.com) it keeps telling me that it no longer
accepts this. I click to the link to resolve the issues and it lets me to
download windows live mail. Which what I already have. I am so very confused.
Can anyone help? Thanks