Thunderbird And Hotmail Live

Okay! You have always used something like You-Know-Who-Outlook! Cool, now you are using Ubuntu or say You-Know-Who-Office is expired and Outlook does not work! Well, Cheer Up! Thunderbird is your friend!

How To set Thunder bird to work with Hotmail in Ubuntu or You-Know-Who- OS is real a piece of cake!

Open Your Thunderbird and Go to:

- Select Tools | Account Settings from the menu in Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Click Add Account
- Make sure Email account is selected.
- Click Continue.
- Put your name in the Your Name: e.g Tarzan and Jane
- Type your Windows Live Hotmail address under Email Address: e.g tarzanjane@hotmail.com
- Click Continue.

- Make sure POP is selected under Select the type of incoming server you are using..
- Enter "pop3.live.com" (don't type the quotation marks) under Incoming Server:.
- Click Continue.
- Enter your complete Windows Live Hotmail address (including "@hotmail.com", "@live.com", etc.) eg. tarzanjane@hotmail.com

Under Incoming User Name:.
- Type your complete Windows Live Hotmail address under Outgoing User Name just as you did with above. i.e tarzanjane@hotmail.com
- Click Continue.
- Click Continue again.
- Click Done.
- Now go to the Server Settings category of the account named after your Windows Live

Hotmail email address.
- Make sure SSL is selected under Use secure connection:.
- Verify "995" is entered under Port:.
- Go to Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the server list.
- Click Add.
- Type "Windows Live Hotmail" under Description: (Any name of your Choice eg Hotmail Account)
- Enter "smtp.live.com" under Server Name:.
- Verify "25" is entered under Port:.
- - If you run into problems sending mail, try "587" instead.
- Make sure Use name and password is checked.
- Type your complete Windows Live Hotmail address (again including "@hotmail.com" etc.) e.g tarzanjane@hotmail.com
- Make sure TLS is selected under Use secure connection.
- Click OK.
- Go back to your Windows Live Hotmail account's root.
- Make sure "Windows Live Hotmail - smtp.live.com" is selected under Outgoing Server (SMTP).
- Click Ok

That was that, Test it and tell me if it works! It works in mine and couples of my friends :D

I believe Gmail works fine without any setting! Enjoy