Windows Live Hotmail POP Settings

Download hotmail messages with these Outlook.com server settings

By
Heinz Tschabitscher
Heinz Tschabitscher
Heinz Tschabitscher
Writer
  • University of Vienna
A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997.
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Updated on February 3, 2020
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Windows Live Hotmail was Microsoft's free web-based email service, designed to be accessed via the web from any machine on the internet. Microsoft transitioned Hotmail in 2013 to Outlook.com with an updated user interface and improved features. Outlook is now the official name of Microsoft's email service. People with Hotmail email addresses access their email at Outlook.com. They use their regular Hotmail email address to log in through that link.

The Windows Live Hotmail POP server settings to download incoming messages to your email program or to send email messages is the same as the Outlook.com POP server settings.

POP Mail Settings

Use these Outlook.com settings when connecting your email client to your Hotmail account:

  • Hotmail POP server address: pop-mail.outlook.com
  • Hotmail POP user name: Your full Outlook.com email address (not an alias)
  • Hotmail POP Password: Your Outlook.com password
  • Hotmail POP port: 995
  • Hotmail POP Encryption method: SSL
  • Hotmail POP TLS/SSL encryption required: yes
  • Hotmail SMTP Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
  • Hotmail SMTP port: 587
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