Use Hotmail from Microsoft Outlook
If you are still using Hotmail but would prefer to access your email from a desktop client, then you might be interested to know that Microsoft has released a connector that will allow you to send and receive Hotmail or Office Live Mail through Outlook 2003 or 2007.
This is especially helpful for those of us that maintain a hotmail account but don't like to ever check it because we don't use it all that often.
Installation
Make sure that Outlook is closed, and then download and install the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector. Open Outlook and you'll immediately be prompted with the settings dialog.
Enter in your account details into this screen, and then close the dialog. You'll be prompted to restart Outlook again.
Once you've restarted, you'll now see your Hotmail account in the list of mail accounts, and you can send/receive to download your messages.
If you want to send email with the hotmail account, you'll notice a new drop-down for Account, which will let you switch the account you are sending the email as.
Hopefully this will save you some of the pain of the slow-loading hotmail website.
Download Microsoft Office Outlook Connector from Microsoft.com
Thank you for this tip! I needed this. Pushing the refresh button every so minutes started to make me crazy! LOL
Thanks, maybe you could write one about aol?
This is sweet! now how do I do it with yahoo? (without installing a server on my computer)
try mr postman to use yahoo and other(java requiered)
With the new live Hotmail I cannot access my Hot Mail account I only get a white page each time I sign in with my password. What can you do to help me? I have tried many times and have spent hours that I do not need to spend on this thing anymore. Please do not send an e-mail I will not be able to open it.
Please call me
[editor: numbers removed. Leaving phone numbers on a website isn't a good idea]
Thank you
Dewey Simms
Dewey,
You aren't the only person that has asked me about this. If you want to get into your email, install Firefox ( getfirefox.com ) and then try from there… that seems to work just fine.
Is the Connector the only way to use a hotmail address in Outlook 2007?
I installed it, and it is a hog, and I have to control/alt/delete every 5 minutes.
It also prevents using certain features: subfolders, attachments in calendar notices, more than 9 email addresses that you can include on a single email
Help
how i do use out look express with hotmail???
Why does MS Hotmail charge an annual fee? It know it allows you to send out larger files and store more on the server.
I am using microsoft outlook 2003 and after installing the connector i can not download any email from hotmail. When I click on the account name, outlook says "The set of folders can not be opened" and further info:
"This error usually appears if the OST or PST file you are using is:
Unavailable
Protected with file permissions
On a share on a server and the network is down
Corrupt"
If anyone has come across the problem and have a solution, please share with me.
Thanks a lot
VD