How to setup Hotmail/Windows Live Email on your iPhone

By Ex on February 15th, 2009 150

Hey all!

About a week ago Microsoft finally rolled out the support for Hotmail/Windows Live emails so that they can be synced by the Mail app on your iPhone or iPhone 3G.

I have received a few emails with questions and problems, and so today I will post a brief step by step instruction on how to get Hotmail/Windows Live Mail working on your iPhone.

How to set-up Hotmail/Windows Live Email Accounts on iPhone

1.) Go to Settings. Tap on Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. Then under the Accounts heading, tap Add Account…. Then tap Other.

2.) Under Name, enter your Name. Under Address, enter your Hotmail or Windows Live Email address. Example: your_email@hotmail.com

3.) Under Password, enter your email address password corresponding to the email address you just provided.

4.) Under Description, type a description. Example: My Hotmail Email. Then tap Save. A message will appear regarding Windows Live Plus. By-pass it by tapping Next in the top right corner of the iPhone.

5.) Under the Accounts heading, tap the email account you just created

6.) Under the Outgoing Mail Server heading, tap SMTP. Under the Primary Server heading, tap smtp.live.com

7.) Ensure Server in On. Ensure Use SSL is On. Ensure Authentication is Password. Ensure Server Port is 587 (or Port 25, apparently both work).

8.) Now tap SMTP in the top left corner of the iPhone screen. Then tap the top left corner of the iPhone screen again to return to the previous menu. Then tap Advanced.

9.) Under the Incoming Settings heading, ensure Use SSL is On. Ensure Authentication is Password. Ensure Server Port is 995.

10.) Tap the top left corner of your iPhone screen three times to return to the previous menu. Then click the home button.

And that should do it. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes in the comments below.

As always, if you have any specific comments or questions that you want addressed personally, drop me a line at: x1zero [at] iphoneincanada.ca.

Enjoy!

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  • NeelyOrr

    Just did this and it worked but can’t send any e-mails, can only recieve. Anyone else have this issue? Kinda usless to be able to check messages but can’t reply to them. Keep getting message that “sender e-mail is invalid”. Just curious before I go and switch to Gmail or something.

  • Abdul

    hmm…I’m getting lost after clicking “Next” to Bypass the msg about Hotmail. My iPhone just brings a pop up saying “This email service does not work with the iPhone” and takes me to the Account details page asking for a valid incoming and outgoing server names + usernames and passwords. and i have no choice but to cancel
    How do i get it show up under accounts?
    Could it be because im still running firmware version 2.1?

  • Abdul

    hmm…I’m getting lost after clicking “Next” to Bypass the msg about Hotmail. My iPhone just brings a pop up saying “This email service does not work with the iPhone” and takes me to the Account details page asking for a valid incoming and outgoing server names + usernames and passwords. and i have no choice but to cancel
    How do i get it show up under accounts?
    Could it be because im still running firmware version 2.1?

  • Abdul

    hmm…I’m getting lost after clicking “Next” to Bypass the msg about Hotmail. My iPhone just brings a pop up saying “This email service does not work with the iPhone” and takes me to the Account details page asking for a valid incoming and outgoing server names + usernames and passwords. and i have no choice but to cancel
    How do i get it show up under accounts?
    Could it be because im still running firmware version 2.1?

  • X1Zero

    I just successfully sent an email from my hotmail to another account (gmail)

    Check the server ports maybe?

  • X1Zero

    I just successfully sent an email from my hotmail to another account (gmail)

    Check the server ports maybe?

  • X1Zero

    I just successfully sent an email from my hotmail to another account (gmail)

    Check the server ports maybe?

  • X1Zero

    Could be two things maybe.
    1.) it has been found that not all email accounts have the functionality yet

    2.) I would update your iPhone to 2.2 and then try.

    Good luck

  • X1Zero

    Could be two things maybe.
    1.) it has been found that not all email accounts have the functionality yet

    2.) I would update your iPhone to 2.2 and then try.

    Good luck

  • X1Zero

    Could be two things maybe.
    1.) it has been found that not all email accounts have the functionality yet

    2.) I would update your iPhone to 2.2 and then try.

    Good luck

  • Andrew

    haha same thing happened to me i had a yahoo account for yahoo answers but used hotmail for everything else but iphone didnt support it so i had to switch everything over to yahoo but it was worth the hassle to get all my emails sent directly to my phone/ipod:)

  • Andrew

    haha same thing happened to me i had a yahoo account for yahoo answers but used hotmail for everything else but iphone didnt support it so i had to switch everything over to yahoo but it was worth the hassle to get all my emails sent directly to my phone/ipod:)

  • thatgadgetgirl

    I just updated to 2.2.1 and I only had to add my hotmail just as I would any other address. It did the rest for me.

  • thatgadgetgirl

    I just updated to 2.2.1 and I only had to add my hotmail just as I would any other address. It did the rest for me.

  • thatgadgetgirl

    I just updated to 2.2.1 and I only had to add my hotmail just as I would any other address. It did the rest for me.

  • RyanG

    Works for me, but you can only see the inbox, which isn’t a bad thing.

  • RyanG

    Works for me, but you can only see the inbox, which isn’t a bad thing.

  • zank

    if i set this up in the mail app, along with my existing gmail account, does it give me an option upon starting mail which mailbox i want to go into, and then be able to write an email from within that account and ahve it shown with “from” from that specific account? or will the email from my gmail and hotmail be merged into my mail app if i set up this along with my gmail one already set up?

  • zank

    if i set this up in the mail app, along with my existing gmail account, does it give me an option upon starting mail which mailbox i want to go into, and then be able to write an email from within that account and ahve it shown with “from” from that specific account? or will the email from my gmail and hotmail be merged into my mail app if i set up this along with my gmail one already set up?

  • zank

    if i set this up in the mail app, along with my existing gmail account, does it give me an option upon starting mail which mailbox i want to go into, and then be able to write an email from within that account and ahve it shown with “from” from that specific account? or will the email from my gmail and hotmail be merged into my mail app if i set up this along with my gmail one already set up?

  • X1Zero

    Zank,

    Yes, when you set up the hotmail, you will have additional mail accounts in the mail app listed. So you will have your existing Gmail account and below that the hotmail account.

    To send an email from a specific email account, you tap and enter the account. So, tap “Mail”, then “Gmail” and then compose a message. That way, your “sent from” will be from Gmail. Same process for the hotmail account.

  • X1Zero

    Zank,

    Yes, when you set up the hotmail, you will have additional mail accounts in the mail app listed. So you will have your existing Gmail account and below that the hotmail account.

    To send an email from a specific email account, you tap and enter the account. So, tap “Mail”, then “Gmail” and then compose a message. That way, your “sent from” will be from Gmail. Same process for the hotmail account.

  • slicecom

    Too late M$. I permanently switched over to gmail when I got my iPhone and its better than hotmail in every way.

  • slicecom

    Too late M$. I permanently switched over to gmail when I got my iPhone and its better than hotmail in every way.

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  • Joe Orbs

    it worked right away… thanks for the tip…

  • Joe Orbs

    it worked right away… thanks for the tip…

  • Joe Orbs

    it worked right away… thanks for the tip…

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    Very nice! Thanks for the tip

  • http://www.cellphonebestbuy.com/ Anna

    Very nice! Thanks for the tip

  • http://www.cellphonebestbuy.com Anna

    Very nice! Thanks for the tip

  • Mich

    Doesn’t seem to work for live.ca email accounts…

  • Mich

    Doesn’t seem to work for live.ca email accounts…

  • Mich

    Doesn’t seem to work for live.ca email accounts…

  • Greg

    I have a live.ca account and was able to set it up.
    pop acc. info setup

    Host name: pop3.live.com
    User name: put your live.ca email address here
    Passwor: I put my password in even though it was optional

    outgoing Mail Server (under the smtp tabs as above)

    host name: smtp.live.com
    User Name: email address again xxx.live.ca
    Password: again I put may password in

    after I changed the settings like this …. it worked fine.

    Good Luck

  • Greg

    I have a live.ca account and was able to set it up.
    pop acc. info setup

    Host name: pop3.live.com
    User name: put your live.ca email address here
    Passwor: I put my password in even though it was optional

    outgoing Mail Server (under the smtp tabs as above)

    host name: smtp.live.com
    User Name: email address again xxx.live.ca
    Password: again I put may password in

    after I changed the settings like this …. it worked fine.

    Good Luck

  • Greg

    I have a live.ca account and was able to set it up.
    pop acc. info setup

    Host name: pop3.live.com
    User name: put your live.ca email address here
    Passwor: I put my password in even though it was optional

    outgoing Mail Server (under the smtp tabs as above)

    host name: smtp.live.com
    User Name: email address again xxx.live.ca
    Password: again I put may password in

    after I changed the settings like this …. it worked fine.

    Good Luck

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Thanks for taking the time to help out and post this info!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca Gary

    Thanks for taking the time to help out and post this info!

  • http://www.iphoneincanada.ca iPhone Fan

    Thanks for taking the time to help out and post this info!

  • richmond

    doesn’t work with hotmail, don’t bother trying

  • richmond

    doesn’t work with hotmail, don’t bother trying

  • richmond

    doesn’t work with hotmail, don’t bother trying

  • X1Zero

    Yes,
    it does work.
    I have my hotmail accounts synced fine, as do hundreds of other users.

  • X1Zero

    Yes,
    it does work.
    I have my hotmail accounts synced fine, as do hundreds of other users.

  • X1Zero

    Yes,
    it does work.
    I have my hotmail accounts synced fine, as do hundreds of other users.

  • HL

    Did you ever get this fixed? I have the same problem and my server ports are what the instructions say?

  • HL

    Did you ever get this fixed? I have the same problem and my server ports are what the instructions say?

  • HL

    Did you ever get this fixed? I have the same problem and my server ports are what the instructions say?

  • Ang

    I am having trouble doing this with a live.ca account… if you can help me I'd really appreciate it.

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