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.

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.

POP Mail Settings

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

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

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