Find about the Hotmail IMAP settings which you must need when you setup your email on any desktop application. You can configure your Hotmail account in outlook, Thunderbird or Mozilla application and can select outgoing server as either IMAP or SMTP both offer secure and encrypted connection.
Hotmail is now known as Outlook.com and is providing perfect email service to public for free, the user experience is perfect for personal account holders. On the other side the Hotmail account is not an ideal one for the business class, which has to send bulk of emails daily exceeding the threshold of 300 per day with a recipient limit of 100 per email.
Configure Outgoing Server with These Hotmail IMAP Settings
Server Name: Imap-mail.outlook.com
Username: Your Hotmail Email ID
SSL Encryption: SSL (Use TLS if not available)
Email Port: 993
Password: Same as your Hotmail account have.
Configure Incoming Server with These Hotmail POP3 Settings
Server Name: Pop3.live.com
Username: Your Hotmail Email ID
SSL Encryption: SSL (Use TLS if not available)
Email Port: 995
Password: Same as your Hotmail account have.