Office Outlook and Hotmail

[opschic]

Hi
I'm completely rubbish at computers..... so please be gentle!!

I am trying to route my Hotmail and AOL e-mails through outlook.... they turn up OK but i can't seem to reply to any via outlook???

What am i doing wrong?

[potkettleblack]

Found this which has a bit of blurb on hotmail and the AOL settings:

http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/mail-settings.html

On my version of Outlook I go into Tools then accounts and then select the mail account I want to edit and paste in the smtp outgoing mail address.

For hotmail try setting the outgoing mail to the mx1.hotmail.com although it might not work as from I seem to remember hotmail doesn't work on smtp or pop3 but is a web based service so might not play ball for Outlook.

[opschic]

Thanks!! Its all working ok now!:)

[OVERTALK]

So what are the correct settings to retrieve HOTMAIL into OUTLOOK?

OT

[potkettleblack]

Try using pop3.hot.com for the incoming email setting to see if hotmail will download your messages into Outlook.

If that doesn't work there are a few other ones you can try according to the following forum:-

http://forum.theispguide.com/ftopic351-30.html

[marlowe]

to get AOL you have to change some settings in office, Google AOL/outlook and it will tell you how to get it all running

[A V 8]

Does anyone know if it is possible to import all my contacts from hotmail to MS outlook?

I don't think it is, but I have been wrong in the past:rolleyes: