Outlook Express is tagged as a powerful email tool, as it can make email communication faster for you. Amongst all other excellent aspects, Outlook is appreciated for allowing the user to use Hotmail through it. By offering this feature, Outlook Express helps to save valuable time and add convenience to send and retrieve the Hotmail messages. Here is the step-by-step guide to help you add your Hotmail account to Outlook.
Step 1: To begin the procedure, open the Outlook express window and click on the Tools option. Find out the words ‘Email Accounts’ and click them.
Step 2: A small window opens and asks you to choose the option amongst ‘Add a new e-mail account’ or ‘View or change existing e-mail accounts’. Click on the radio button preceding the first option and click Next.
Step 3: In the next window, you can find a number of options like POP3, IMAP, HTTP and so on. For adding the Hotmail account, you need to select the radio button in front of the option called HTTP.
Step 4: Next, you will be asked to enter user information, consisting of you names and the email address. Also, you will be required to fill the logon information in the form of username and password. Enter the Hotmail login information in the textboxes.
Step 5: On the same window, you will be asked to remember the password option. You can check or uncheck the checkbox according to your wish, whether you want the computer to remember your password or not. If there are multiple computer users, it is advised to uncheck this option. Finally, click the Next button.
Step 6: As the procedure completes, you can click on the Finish button to see the Hotmail option in the tree view.
Now, you are ready to conveniently use the Outlook Express to send and view the messages through Hotmail.