SMTP Settings for Hotmail Email Addresses

Windows Live Hotmail email addresses can only send email through an email client if the correct SMTP server settings are used. SMTP servers are necessary for every email service so that the program through which emails are sent, knows how to send the messages.

To receive mail from your Windows Live Hotmail account, make sure you're using the right Windows Live Hotmail POP3 settings.

Windows Live Hotmail SMTP Server Settings

These are the outgoing SMTP server settings for sending mail using Windows Live Hotmail from any email program, mobile device or another email service:

Hotmail SMTP Server: smtp.live.com
Hotmail SMTP User Name: Your complete Windows Live Hotmail email address (e.g. me@hotmail.com or me@live.com)
Hotmail SMTP Password: Your Windows Live Hotmail password
Hotmail SMTP Port: 587
Hotmail SMTP TLS/SSL Required: yes

Windows Live Hotmail Is Now Outlook

Windows Live Hotmail was Microsoft's free web-based email service, designed to be accessed via the web, from any machine on the internet. It was first used by a few thousand beta testers in 2005 and then millions more by the end of 2006

However, the Windows Live brand was discontinued in 2012 when Microsoft introduced Outlook.com, essentially rebranding Windows Live Hotmail with an updated user interface and improved features. Email addresses could remain as @hotmail.com but there was and is no longer a page dedicated to just Hotmail addresses.

Therefore, Outlook is now the official name of Microsoft's email service, formerly known as Hotmail and Windows Live Hotmail.