outlook.com webmail launched...

Showboat · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:05

Haha i am a ****, i cant get signed up because i cannot type in the letters to prove i am not a robot! At least 20 wrong in a row!
Anyone else having a problem?

adren · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:07

Anyone find they have all their live messenger contacts offline now after changing from hotmail to outlook.com? Seems I might need to re add all my contacts under the new address, bit annoying...

Glaucus · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:10

Showboat said:
Haha i am a ****, i cant get signed up because i cannot type in the letters to prove i am not a robot! At least 20 wrong in a row!
Anyone else having a problem?

Wrong once, it might be case sensitive.

Love the look and feel, off it some great features as well. Like the news/subscription email options.

jaybee · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:37

Finally I can use just my first name for an email address.

[email protected]

Macro · 31 Jul 2012 at 23:37

MS reporting over a million users on outlook.com within a few hours of launch...

http://twitter.com/Outlook/status/230427048919851008

RavenLunatic · 1 Aug 2012 at 00:50

Anyone know what the pop settings for incoming mail is for outlook.com?

I have tried pop3.live.com but Outlook 2010 is having none of it.

Just realised Vimes had the answer already. Just had to change the port number to 995.

opethdisciple · 1 Aug 2012 at 00:55

So its free, we just have to set up new @outlook.com email addresses?

Confused about this. I already have a hotmail address. It gives me options to convert it to an outlook address? But what happens if someone emails to the old hotmail address?

PapaLazaru · 1 Aug 2012 at 07:54

opethdisciple said:
So its free, we just have to set up new @outlook.com email addresses?

Confused about this. I already have a hotmail address. It gives me options to convert it to an outlook address? But what happens if someone emails to the old hotmail address?

People can still email the hotmail and you can have them going straight into to a folder, or have then straight into your inbox.

Tried it last night it works fine.

ince · 1 Aug 2012 at 08:26

Will try this

imb4tman · 1 Aug 2012 at 08:56

I made a bit of a balls up. My phone just wouldn't accept the settings for @outlook.com so I went to revert back but apparently you have to wait 6 months before you can do this. So I'm now using an @hotmail.co.uk address. I can still receive email to both outlook and the hotmail.com addresses in the same inbox and send from all three it's only really effected the login.

Macro · 1 Aug 2012 at 10:05

RavenLunatic said:
Anyone know what the pop settings for incoming mail is for outlook.com?

I have tried pop3.live.com but Outlook 2010 is having none of it.

Just realised Vimes had the answer already. Just had to change the port number to 995.

Although the better option is to set the account type in your mail client to "Exchange" as it uses activesync which is generally better than pop

robinbredin · 1 Aug 2012 at 12:10

How many email accounts can you import into that Outlook.com.

opethdisciple · 1 Aug 2012 at 12:21

PapaLazaru said:
People can still email the hotmail and you can have them going straight into to a folder, or have then straight into your inbox.

Tried it last night it works fine.

Is that using forwarding from your hotmail account to the outlook or has the hotmail account become the outlook one?

!bluetonic! · 1 Aug 2012 at 13:13

Thanks OP. Got 2 addresses and linked them.

metalmackey · 1 Aug 2012 at 22:17

I changed my hotmail address to an outlook one, now I hope they do an update to Windows Live Mail so it works with IMAP.

Raumarik · 1 Aug 2012 at 22:26

Windows Live Mail does work with IMAP, you got Live Mail 2011? I've been using it with Gmail imap for the past few months.

metalmackey · 1 Aug 2012 at 22:40

Sorry, I mean it doesn't work with a outlook.com address.

The1nonly1 · 1 Aug 2012 at 23:00

Anyone having problems signing into newly created @outlook.com emails?

opethdisciple · 1 Aug 2012 at 23:21

Hmm swapped over to the new outlook.com email address.

However, I think I have found an issue. I have the hotmail app on my andriod phone.

I tried sending a test email to the outlook address but it wasnt delivered to the hotmail app on my phone....

Seems I have created a problem now, where by if I start sending emails from @outlook.com I will not be recieiving the replies on my phone....

PinkFloyd · 1 Aug 2012 at 23:24

Just converted my live account into a outlook account keeping the live as an alias.... Didn't realise it would convert my login address too. That's annoying.
Hope it doesn't cause any hassle with Xbox live now...