June 5th, 2011 
Dan Phillimore Having been plagued by error messages from the Hotmail/Webmail extension for Thunderbird, I finally decided to try and fix the problem.
It turns out that the extension is no longer supported (see also here) – as Hotmail is now available for POP3/SMTP use, details (set up for Thunderbird) are:
POP3 (incoming) settings:
- POP3 Server:
- pop3.live.com
- Port:
- 995
- User Name:
- (Hotmail email address)
- Connection security:
- SSL/TLS (which is odd: see below)
- Authentication method:
- Normal password
SMTP (outgoing) settings:
- SMTP Server:
- smtp.live.com
- Port:
- 25 (or 587)
- Connection security:
- STARTTLS (SSL/TLS does not work for Hotmail!)
- Authentication method:
- Normal password
As noted above, it took me several hours to figure out that Thunderbird‘s SSL/TLS option is not compatible with Hotmail (but this only applies to SMTP) – I had to use STARTTLS.
Cheers,
Dan Phillimore
About the author
- Dan has spent the past 10 years developing specialist software, using everything from x86 assembly to C++ and VB. For the past few years he has focused on JavaScript development of high-performance virtual machines for the modern web and developing bespoke modern websites using the LAMP stack.
- When he is not working on the next web-based OS, he spends his time out with friends, his girlfriend Jen or planning to buy an American muscle car.
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