Outlook sever settings for hotmail

[yosteve]

After doing several searches I still can't get it my pocket outlook to handle my hotmail account. I can and am doing it touch flo e-mail way but since I can't really take off pocket outlook I figured I'd use it.

So it says enter e-mail address:

Check

Then I check, "Attempt to ditect Exchange Server Settings Automatically"

That I've checked and continued and then not checked and continued (I assum the former is correct.

Then I would think this next part would be obvious

It asks for the server address:

Here's what I've tried

pop3.live.com
pop3.hotmail.com

so it also say it says the server address "is the same as your outlook web access server address"

so I'm thinking okay how about just my full hotmail e-mail address again

no dice

I even tried the smtp address smtp.live.com

So I go hunting into my outlook on my pc and put in my server url

http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp


Am missing somthing obvious here? or maybe it's not allowed.


One last question, any reason why I can't attach a wav file (or MP3 for that matter) in any of my e-mail. I tried choosing the file and hitting send (doesn't attach and I tried insert file. It'll do this to other files.

Thanks much

[razorloves]

You have to use Windows Live for hotmail. It comes on the touch pro or you can grab the cab for it somewhere on here. You're other problem is probably because of a size limit.

[izzyforreal]

Originally Posted by yosteve

After doing several searches I still can't get it my pocket outlook to handle my hotmail account. I can and am doing it touch flo e-mail way but since I can't really take off pocket outlook I figured I'd use it.

So it says enter e-mail address:

Check

Then I check, "Attempt to ditect Exchange Server Settings Automatically"

That I've checked and continued and then not checked and continued (I assum the former is correct.

Then I would think this next part would be obvious

It asks for the server address:

Here's what I've tried

pop3.live.com
pop3.hotmail.com

so it also say it says the server address "is the same as your outlook web access server address"

so I'm thinking okay how about just my full hotmail e-mail address again

no dice

I even tried the smtp address smtp.live.com

So I go hunting into my outlook on my pc and put in my server url

http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp


Am missing somthing obvious here? or maybe it's not allowed.


One last question, any reason why I can't attach a wav file (or MP3 for that matter) in any of my e-mail. I tried choosing the file and hitting send (doesn't attach and I tried insert file. It'll do this to other files.

Thanks much

Yo, Steve. I have Hotmail set up on my TP. It goes through Windows Live. I use the Outlook client to get my corporate e-mail from my Exchange server, but I don't think that's the right approach for Hotmail. Try going to messaging, choosing "New Account" enter your username@hotmail.com and password, click next and let it get settings automatically. It's straightforward from there.

[yosteve]

Originally Posted by razorloves

You have to use Windows Live for hotmail. It comes on the touch pro or you can grab the cab for it somewhere on here. You're other problem is probably because of a size limit.

Thanks, that's how I normally do it. Guess I'll use outlook for work instead.

And about attaching the file. It's only a ding, like a couple kilobytes. It won't even attach that. I don't get it at all.

[razorloves]

Originally Posted by yosteve

Thanks, that's how I normally do it. Guess I'll use outlook for work instead.

And about attaching the file. It's only a ding, like a couple kilobytes. It won't even attach that. I don't get it at all.

I kinda phrased that wrong. I meant to say that you have to use Windows Live to setup your hotmail. Once it's setup, it uses pocket outlook and you will see it listed in the messaging app along with your other email accts . Once i have it setup i never actually use the windows live program. I use pocket outlook to setup my yahoo acct.

I'm not having the attachment problem at all. I opened up file explorer, right clicked on a file, choose send, picked hotmail one time then did it again with yahoo and it worked perfect both times. I even did new email, then insert, and it worked perfect. Are you getting an error message when you do this, or what? Also, are you on the stock rom?