Use hotmail with outlook

Hotmail and Outlook are both email services offered by Microsoft. While they are separate services, you can use your Hotmail account with Outlook in several ways:

  1. Migrate your Hotmail account to Outlook: Microsoft offers a migration tool that allows you to move your Hotmail account to Outlook.com. This will give you a new Outlook.com address and allow you to access your Hotmail emails, contacts, and calendar in Outlook.
  2. Use Hotmail with Outlook.com: You can use your Hotmail account with Outlook.com by linking it to your Outlook.com account. This will allow you to access your Hotmail emails, contacts, and calendar in Outlook.com.
  3. Use Outlook app with Hotmail: You can use the Outlook app on your mobile device or computer to access your Hotmail account. The Outlook app allows you to access multiple email accounts, including Hotmail, from a single interface.
  4. Use IMAP with Hotmail: You can use IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) to access your Hotmail account in Outlook. This will allow you to access your Hotmail emails, contacts, and calendar in Outlook, but you will need to configure your Hotmail account to use IMAP.

To use Hotmail with Outlook, follow these steps:

Migrate your Hotmail account to Outlook

  1. Go to the Outlook.com website and sign in with your Hotmail account credentials.
  2. Click on the "Settings" icon (represented by a gear icon) and select "View all Outlook settings."
  3. Click on "Accounts" and then select "Migrate from another account."
  4. Follow the prompts to migrate your Hotmail account to Outlook.com.

Use Hotmail with Outlook.com

  1. Go to the Outlook.com website and sign in with your Hotmail account credentials.
  2. Click on the "Settings" icon (represented by a gear icon) and select "View all Outlook settings."
  3. Click on "Accounts" and then select "Add an account."
  4. Select "Hotmail" as the account type and enter your Hotmail account credentials.
  5. Follow the prompts to link your Hotmail account to your Outlook.com account.

Use Outlook app with Hotmail

  1. Download and install the Outlook app on your mobile device or computer.
  2. Sign in with your Hotmail account credentials.
  3. The app will allow you to access your Hotmail emails, contacts, and calendar.

Use IMAP with Hotmail

  1. Go to the Outlook.com website and sign in with your Hotmail account credentials.
  2. Click on the "Settings" icon (represented by a gear icon) and select "View all Outlook settings."
  3. Click on "Accounts" and then select "Advanced settings."
  4. Scroll down to the "Incoming mail server" section and select "IMAP" as the protocol.
  5. Enter the IMAP server settings for Hotmail (imap-mail.outlook.com) and your Hotmail account credentials.
  6. Follow the prompts to configure your Hotmail account to use IMAP.

Note: IMAP is not supported by Hotmail for all users, so you may need to check with Microsoft to see if IMAP is available for your Hotmail account.