Setting Up Live.com Pop and SMTP Internet Email Account Settings for Outlook 2010
Setting up the POP SMTP settings for your live.com ID is not difficult but it does not use “default” settings so making this post to show you how to do it and give you the details of what the settings should be.
This post will walk through all the settings you will need. I start with just telling you all the settings then we will drill down into how to put in the information. I give directions to do it using Windows Control panel as well as how to do it from inside outlook. The Live.com email servers and settings are:
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- Incoming: pop3.live.com
- Outgoing: smtp.live.com
- User Name is your entire email address eg. :itproguru@live.com
- password: YourPassword
- You need to turn on “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”
- Incoming Server Port: 995 (Requires SSL)
- Outgoing Server Port: 25 (Requires TLS)
From Windows you could get to the add account screen from Control Panel. You may have to change your view to Large icons to see all the Application icons.
Click to open Mail or Mail (32-bit) icon
Now Click Email Accounts….
From the E-mail tab click the New… button
Select E-mail Account and then click Next
On the Add New Account screen you will select Manually configure server settings or additional server types then click Next
On the next page of the wizard select Internet E-mail and then click Next
Now we need to fill out all of the information…
- Your Name: This is the display name (what people will see in the from field when you send them a message)
- E-mail Address: This is the full email address eg: YourEmail@Live.com it is NOT case sensitive)
- Incoming: pop3.live.com
- Outgoing: smtp.live.com
- User Name is your entire email address eg. : YourEmail@live.com (this is the entire email address)
- password: YourPassword Thie password is case sensitive (You must know what your password is and enter it here)
- You need to turn on “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
- Turn on Remember Password so it does not bug you every time you login to mail
We are NOT DONE!!!! There are some non-default values we need to put in. They are hidden under the More Settings … Button
Click More Settings …
On this screen you can change the Mail Account if you want. It should default to your email address which is fine. (People you send messages to will NOT see this)
Click On the Outgoing Server tab
You will need to turn on My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
Make sure Use same settings as my incoming mail server is also selected
This is where the non-standard stuff comes in…
Click on the Advanced tab and fill out the top of the form.
- Incoming Server POP3: 995
- Turn on This server requires and encrypted connection (SSL)
- Outgoing Server (SMTP): 25
- Use The following type of encrypted connection should be TLS
The rest of the options on this screen are optional so you can just Click OK
You should now be back at the main screen.
Click Test Account Settings …
You are done … Just click Close and and Next if there are not any errors. If there are errors, go back and check the settings.
Once you finish, you will get a finish screen.
If you want to know how to get to configure email accounts from inside outlook 2010 (instead of from control panel) Here you go…
Click the File menu then click Info Then click on Account Settings – then Account Settings
To get off the file menu and the “Back Stage” just click another menu option like Home or click the File menu again
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
After doing the above mentioned settings. The moment I click on nTest Settings, I am getting this message: Send test e-mail message: Your server does not support the connection encryption type you have specified. Try changing the encryption method. Contact your mail server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) for additional assistance.Anonymous
August 30, 2012
I can't send out mail through Outlook because I forgot my password. How do i reset it?Anonymous
June 26, 2013
You have the outgoing port wrong I had to go to another site to get the correct port which is 587. All other instructions are correct though.Anonymous
September 15, 2013
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October 20, 2013
After hours of searching the net this is the only walkthrough that solved my Outlook 2007 sync problems... the hotmail connector addon didn't work and this did... 5stars :)Anonymous
October 24, 2013
It's working fine. this is cool Article thanks you so muchhhhhhhAnonymous
October 24, 2013
Very helpful article, thanks a lot!Anonymous
November 14, 2013
my acc. is not show mails on my moniles after setup outlook.Anonymous
December 03, 2013
THXXXX. IT REALLY WORKS..............Anonymous
March 25, 2014
thanksAnonymous
March 25, 2014
I am told there is an error and that my account has been closed. Can you help?
My email address is; strico54@live.comAnonymous
April 02, 2014
Thanks, Stephen. You're "port" info solved my problem!Anonymous
April 25, 2014
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June 10, 2014
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June 13, 2014
Hi, my name is Johnson from Accra Ghana, please i want to create live.com email. but when i try to open, i see only hotmail.com & outlook.com. please help me or show me how to create the live.comAnonymous
June 27, 2014
I AM USING MAIL ID
RAHUL7.DOCOMO@TTSLPARTNERS.CO.IN
ON MAIL.LIVE.COM
PLS HELP TO CONFIGURE ON OUTLOOK 2007Anonymous
June 29, 2014
hiAnonymous
August 01, 2014
I get the same error as Noelle. Keeps asking for the password. I can login with the same password in a browser. Trying this out in India.Anonymous
August 07, 2014
trying to set up email threw out look and I need the Please contact outlook and get the incoming and outgoing mail server and port number respectively.Anonymous
October 09, 2014
I forgot my password. How do I find it or change it???Anonymous
October 27, 2014
My emails disappear from September back.can my phone only store a certain number of emails?Anonymous
March 03, 2015
Hi, very helpful thank you. Will this work on my new IPad mini? I would appreciate any help.Anonymous
March 25, 2015
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April 04, 2015
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April 27, 2015
Helped a lot. Thank you :-)Anonymous
June 07, 2015
Thanks for the help! First how-to that actually worked!!Anonymous
July 28, 2015
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I have live email address. I can send and receive emails on my phone. Via my iPad I can receive but not send. The server details are smtp.live.com, uses ssl port 587. The password is also correct, any ideas ?Anonymous
August 23, 2015
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September 01, 2015
tks a lot !Anonymous
September 13, 2015
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October 09, 2015
THE SERVER YOU ARE CONNECTED IS USING SECURITY CERTIFICATE COULD NOT BE VERIFIED
THE CERTIFICATES CN NAME DOES NOT MATCH THE PASSED VALUE
DO YOU WANT TO COINTINUE USING THIS SEVERAnonymous
October 24, 2015
I have applied all the instructions as mentioned by you but still I am not able to see the success.
Vijay Kanoje
Vijay KanojeAnonymous
November 02, 2015
I could not send either. I had to correct smtp port to 587 (Thanks to Stephen Farmer). All other instructions are correct though. Thanks to IT Pro Guru.Anonymous
November 11, 2015
Stil doesn't work. Can't connect!Anonymous
November 12, 2015
Great post from your hands again. I loved the complete article.
By the way nice writing style you have. I never felt like boring while reading this article.
I will come back & read all your posts soon. Regards, Lucy.Anonymous
November 24, 2015
I forgot my password and I am not receiving my email
My email is asking for my passwordAnonymous
December 03, 2015
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December 17, 2015
One would think that using your OUTLOOK.COM account in OUTLOOK would be pretty much straight forward but not at all. These idiots can't even get that right, no wonder they loose market share so quickly.Anonymous
January 31, 2016
I have forgotten passwords for out going and incoming servers how do I reset?