Access Hotmail in Outlook with Microsoft Office Outlook Connector
Hotmail (also known as Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail) used to be able to add the email account to Microsoft Outlook by using HTTP connection method. However, the ordinary HTTP Hotmail account access method no longer work, and Hotmail user requires to sign up for paid Hotmail Plus subscription service. If the user attempts to setup Outlook to connect to Hotmail HTTP server, the following error messages may occur.
Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now requires a subscription. Please sign up at http://join.msn.com/general/Email
Or, more simply, the user name and password credentials simply does not work, with Outlook keeps prompting user to enter a correct password, although the password entered is already valid.
The workaround to access Hotmail from Outlook is to use Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, which Microsoft provides for free, and available for free download via Microsoft Download Center or as part of Windows Live Essentials pack.
Using Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to sync between Windows Live Hotmail account and Outlook provides several advantages over HTTP or POP3 connection, as the connector also allows user to access and manage Hotmail account including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars from within Outlook. In Outlook, user can apply Junk Mail filter, rules, alerts, macros and etc. to the synced mail messages.
To use Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, download and install OutlookConnector.exe.
After installing, start Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Connector will prompt user to enter Hotmail email address, password and sender name to tag with outgoing email. Once the information is entered, a new Hotmail folder will be added to the Outlook’s Mail Folders tree. Expand the Hotmail node to access Inbox, Drafts, Junk E-mail, Outbox, Sent Items and etc. In Calender and Contacts, there will be new addition of calendar and contacts in Hotmail address too.
To sync the email in Hotmail and Outlook, just click on Send/Receive button, or it will automatically receiving and sending email based on the preset interval. It’s also possible to use and access multiple Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account with Microsoft Outlook Connector. To do so, click on Outlook Connector pull down menu on the menu bar, and then select Add a New Account.
Microsoft Outlook Office Connector only support Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Outlook 2007. For others email client, Hotmail is adding POP3 and SMTP support to allow retrieving of email via POP3 protocol.
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July 23rd, 2009 02:39
[...] Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 is installed. Outlook Connector is essential for user who wants to download and synchronize Windows Live Hotmail or MSN account folders with Outlook, which includes e-mail messages, contacts and calendars, unlike Hotmail POP3 retrieval which [...]
July 13th, 2009 14:17
[...] not work with the shipping version of the Outlook Connector (Version 12). Users fail to connect and synchronize their Windows Live Hotmail account in the latest Outlook 2010 with this version even though this version works well with both [...]
July 1st, 2009 15:30
Here’s the link for the updated version of Outlook Connector that works with Outlook 2010.
http://rapidshare.com/files/250575388/OutlookConnector.exe.html
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February 5th, 2009 10:12
this doesn’t work for me for some reason. tried twice, triple checked all fields, and still doesn’t work.
January 25th, 2009 08:02
This tip on synching my MSN mail & calendar to my Outlook application was very helpful. My email from MSN now appears in Outlook, which is exactly what I wanted. However, my MSN Calendar is not linking to my Outlook. Any suggestions on why my calendar wouldn’t also feed into Outlook?
Thanks!
Jan
January 16th, 2009 02:12
[...] user who can’t access Hotmail via POP3 yet, try Microsoft Office Outlook Connector [...]
January 16th, 2009 02:11
[...] This method may not work now. Use Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to access Hotmail or free POP3 support to access [...]