How To: Link your Hotmail email account & Mac mail

The video shows you how to link your hotmail account to your Mac. The person first asks you to open the mail and write down your full name, hotmail id and the password in the boxes given there. Then click on continue, and in the next option box, leave the account type as POP and then give a description as hotmail in the space provided. Then you have to type pop3. live.com in the box given for incoming mail server. Once done, click on continue and it will ask you for description of outgoing mail server which can be given as hotmail. Then type smtp.live.com as outgoing mail server, then check the use authentication checkbox. Now click on continue and it will display the summary of your settings. Then check the take account online checkbox and click on create. That completes the process and you have your hotmail id linked to your Mac.