#HOTMAIL EMAIL SETTINGS IMAP4 HOW TO#

( if you are on OSX 10.9 Mavericks, read this first )ДЎ- in OSX Mail.app, go to Preferences, then to Accounts and (if you have one) select your current POP-setup for Hotmail/Live/Outlook from the list, then go to the Account Information tab, and there un-check the вЂњEnable this accountвЂќ optionДў- then use the Plus-button (bottom left) to add a new accountДЈ- in the pulldown-window вЂњAdd AccountвЂќ that appears, fill in your Full Name, type a fake eMail address ( e.g. If you follow these steps, you will be able to succeed anyway : Note : instructions for setting-up Hotmail/Live/Outlook-eMail on iPhone/iPad can be found here. The tricky part is that MacOSX will automatically set-up a POP-account if you are setting up a new account in Mail.app using a, or eMail-address. Setting it up in MacOSX is not as straight forward as one might have hoped howeverвЂ¦ Yes, youвЂ™re correct : IMAP eMail has finally come to, and eMail.

#HOTMAIL EMAIL SETTINGS IMAP4 HOW TO#

Recently I heard that Microsoft is finally allowing IMAP access to eMail, but I canвЂ™t figure out how to set it up on my MacвЂ¦

IвЂ™ve always though it was extremely annoying that Microsoft only allowed POP eMail for for MacOSX, but I kept my Hotmail-account alive for al these years since I actually liked it, even after I switched to MacвЂ¦

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