Hotmail is one of the most popular and long-lived email services. Rare is the user who has been using the Internet since its inception who does not have at least one email account here. Since both Hotmail and Outlook are owned by Microsoft, the Redmond company decided a few years ago to centralize all of its email services directly into Outlook. Today we are going to see the different ways we have to access from Windows.
In the case of having a classic Hotmail account or a recent Outlook account, we are going to show you the different ways we have to access it in Windows. To do this we have different options such as the Outlook for Windows application itself, the use of third-party clients or access directly from its website.
Outlook, the application for Windows
Microsoft has its own Outlook application for Windows. This software is part of the Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365 package, although it is possible to use it as a stand-alone tool. By accessing it and configuring our account we can always have direct access to all our mail, being able to receive notifications every time we receive a new one.
The first thing we must do is use the Windows Start menu search engine to write Outlook and select it to open the application. Once it appears, we must add our account, for which we click on the File tab and then on Add an account .
This will open a new window where we must enter the Hotmail or Outlook email address that we want to visit and click on the Connect button.
Next, another window appears where we must enter the password corresponding to the account.
Once this is done, a message should appear informing us that the account has been added correctly, so we can start using it. To do this, click on Done and restart the application for the changes to take effect. Once started again we will have our operating account available.
Access via web browser
Outlook has its own web service that we can access directly from our favorite browser and check our mail without using any application. This option is especially useful if we need to access the mail from a computer that is not the one we use regularly, which allows us to access the account without using any application.
To get started, simply open a web browser and visit the Outlook login page , where you’ll click the Login button.
Next, we enter our email address into it. Then click on Next.
On the next screen , write the Hotmail password corresponding to the email to access the account and click Next.
Later, a message appears on the screen where it asks us if we want to keep the session started so as not to have to start it again the next time. This is only recommended if we access from our main computer, otherwise we mark no, since we should not leave our account on another PC available to other users.
Once done, we can have access to all the information in our mail, being able to send and receive messages or make any type of adjustment in our account.
Once you have finished operating with your account, it is recommended to close the session , for which we click on the circle in the upper right, where two letters corresponding to our name and surname appear. When doing so, a drop-down menu appears where we select Sign out to return to the Outlook home page.
Use alternative clients
We also have the possibility of accessing our Hotmail or Outlook account through the use of third-party email clients that we can use as an alternative to the Outlook application.
Mail and Calendar
In Windows it has its own email manager, designed for a both personal and professional use and being compatible with Office 365, Exchange, Outlook.com, Gmail and Yahoo! among other. To start it, simply use the Start menu search engine and write mail and select it.
Once it appears on the screen, we come across a simple and elegant interface with which we can work comfortably. To add our Outlook or Hotmail account, just click on Accounts , which we find in the left column. This will open a right panel where we click on Add account .
In the pop-up window that appears, we select the Outlook.com option.
Next, click on the Microsoft Account section and click Continue.
Next, we write our Outlook or Hotmail email address and click Next.
Then we write the password and click on the Login button.
Once this is done, the account will be created immediately and we will have access to all the content of our Outlook or Hotmail account, being able to operate with it.
mozilla thunderbird
It is an email manager that is characterized by being free, open source and multiplatform, which offers the same features as Outlook and is free. To start using it, we can download it directly from its official website . Once installed, we start it to configure our email account.
From its main interface, click on the Account Settings section.
This will bring up a new window, in which we click on the Operations drop-down menu on the account and select Add email account .
Now we start to set up our account, so we enter our name, Hotmail or Outlook email address and the corresponding password. Then click on Continue.
On the next screen we must enter the IMAP or POP3 address of our account, something that the program itself will automatically recognize, so we leave it as it is and click on Done.
On the next page you should inform us that the account has been created correctly, so we click on Finish to finish.
