were configured by your iPhone or iPod touch behind the scenes. You can now return to the home screen, your Hotmail account has been added to your iPhone or iPod touch since the new Hotmail connects using the standard POP3 protocol (and no longer a proprietary technology), all the port configuration, incoming and outgoing mail servers, etc. Type in your Hotmail email address in the form under Address, and your Hotmail password in the Password text field.įinally, enter the email account name under Description - something like 'Hotmail' will work fine: this is just a account name to let you identify each of your email accounts on your iPhone or iPod touch. Under ' Name', enter your name as you want it to appear to recipients when you email them from your Hotmail account. To add your Hotmail account, tap on Add Mail Account in the screen that loaded, to open the New Account screen that collects your email account information: display name, email address, password, and description. and the next screen will display the types of email accounts you can setup on your iPhone or iPod touch: Microsoft Exchange, Mobile Me, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, or 'Other'. Once the Settings screen loads, tap on Mail, Contacts, Calendars. To configure your Windows Live Hotmail account on your iPhone or iPod touch, start by tapping the Settings icon on your home screen. Add an email account on your iPhone / iPod touch Your iPhone or iPod touch can connect either with the free Hotmail service, or the Hotmail Plus service - both will work fine (and you do not need to be subscribing to the Hotmail Plus service to connect with your iPhone / iPod).

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