Windows Live Mail is a stopped email customer from Microsoft, however all things being equal, despite everything it works fine and dandy to send and get mail from administrations like Outlook.com and Hotmail. 

To open email from a @outlook.com or @hotmail.com email address, you need to set up Windows Live Mail to speak with the best possible email server. To do that, you need to type the right IMAP and SMTP server amid the record setup. Windows Live Mail utilizes those servers to download and send letters for your benefit. 

When you interface Windows Live Mail to your Outlook Mail account, you won't have the capacity to match up your contacts or date-books. 

Getting to Outlook Mail and Hotmail From Windows Live Mail 

The means for adding an email record to Windows Live Mail is the equivalent regardless of what email address you utilize. In contrast to some email suppliers, both Outlook and Hotmail utilize the equivalent IMAP and SMTP server. 

Screen capture demonstrating the Outlook Mail server settings in Windows Live Mail 

Standpoint Mail Server Settings in Windows Live Mail. 

Snap Accounts in the Windows Live Mail lace menu. 

Snap Email. 

Enter your email address. 

Enter your secret word. 

Put a check in the container beside Remember this secret phrase. 

Enter your name under Display name for your sent messages. 

Put a check in the container beside Manually design server settings. 

Snap Next. 

Pick IMAP beside Server compose. 

Enter imap-mail.outlook.com under Server address (on the Incoming server data side). 

Put a check in the crate by Requires a protected association (SSL). 

Check that 993 is entered in the Port box. 

Affirm that Clear content is chosen under Authenticate utilizing. 

Enter your full email address under Login client name. 

For instance, you may type email@outlook.com for an Outlook Mail account, or myaddress@hotmail.com for Hotmail. 

Enter smtp-mail.outlook.com under Server address (on the Outgoing server data side). 

Enter 587 in the Port box. 

Put a check in the crate alongside Requires a protected association (SSL). 

Put a check in the crate alongside Requires confirmation. 

Snap Next. 

Snap Finish. 

Different Ways to Open Your Email 

Windows Live Mail is never again refreshed by Microsoft, so it can't get security fixes or highlight refreshes. Different projects can be utilized to download and send letters that are refreshed with the latest highlights. 

For instance, Microsoft's Mail and Outlook programs are email customers that work much like Windows Live Mail. A couple of other well known decisions incorporate Thunderbird and Mailbird. Your telephone can in all likelihood get to email, as well, without requiring any additional items; you can set up email on iPhone and on Android. 

You can likewise get to your Hotmail or Outlook Mail account online without requiring a program by any stretch of the imagination. Visit outlook.live.com to sign in to either account.