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Cockroach · 2012-08-02, 12:33 PM

Has anyone converted their hotmail account to outlook.com and managed to use it with Windows Live Mail (part of the Windows Live Essentials package for Win 7?) Converted mine, couldn't make it work, converted back and I can't log in with my old old hotmail address (still alive but not as a log-in).

Arthur Dent · 2012-08-02, 01:41 PM

Just log on with the new outlook address.

Cockroach · 2012-08-02, 06:46 PM

This is using the WLM program, not the web-based version.

Arthur Dent · 2012-08-02, 11:20 PM

Are you sure you switched back your login Id from outlook to hotmail? I thought the only possible switch is to hotmail web mail view, not the id you use as logon, thus entirely reversing everything.
Try deleting your existing WLM account (backing up first) and adding a new live account using your new outlook email as email and login user. I had no problem doing it.

Cockroach · 2012-08-02, 11:47 PM

You can switch back. I switched from a hotmail.com to a outlook.com domain, but had to switch back to a live.ca domain as it won't let me take back the hotmail.com domain (though I still receive mail there as an alias).

I've tried switching the properties on the former hotmail account to reflect the new login but the url server (http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaS....0.0/sync.aspx) won't recoqnize the outlook.com domain or the live.ca domain. I had to create a new live.ca account and can't create an account with outlook.com.

Arthur Dent · 2012-08-03, 12:03 AM

I just created a new live account using the email address and it worked. All I had to enter was user id (the full outlook email address) and the password. No servers or anything else. Talking about Windows Live Mail for Windows 7.
Make sure you can log on on the web first.

Paolo · 2012-08-03, 12:51 AM

i switched my @msn.com email over to an @outlook.com address. and for the time being, kept my old @msn.com address as a seperate folder. i can delete it at any time when im ready but chose to leep it for now incase i get important emails.

Paolo · 2012-08-03, 12:52 AM

i also wanna mention, it works just fine with windows live mail e-mail client, my folders showed up. the only thing i can not do yet is send email from my "old" email address, it comes from my new email address now, unless im logged into the web page then i can ues the old email addy as "from" i suspect they will fix this in the upgrade of wlm program

Cockroach · 2012-08-03, 06:41 PM

When I tried to use the @outlook.com address, WLM wanted me to manually enter the server address. My WLM isn't that old as it is on a 2 or 3 month old laptop.

Cockroach · 2012-08-20, 12:29 AM

Looks like Window Live Essentials has been superceded by Windows Essentials 2012

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ssentials-home

NewfieGuy1982 · 2012-08-24, 12:57 PM

I managed to get my outlook.com to work with essentials 2012 without any problems at all after moving from hotmail.com

2012-08-02, 12:33 PM	#1
Cockroach Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 580	Outlook.com with Windows Live Mail? Has anyone converted their hotmail account to outlook.com and managed to use it with Windows Live Mail (part of the Windows Live Essentials package for Win 7?) Converted mine, couldn't make it work, converted back and I can't log in with my old old hotmail address (still alive but not as a log-in).

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2012-08-02, 01:41 PM	#2
Arthur Dent Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 2,727	Just log on with the new outlook address.

2012-08-02, 06:46 PM	#3
Cockroach Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 580	This is using the WLM program, not the web-based version.

2012-08-02, 11:20 PM	#4
Arthur Dent Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 2,727	Are you sure you switched back your login Id from outlook to hotmail? I thought the only possible switch is to hotmail web mail view, not the id you use as logon, thus entirely reversing everything. Try deleting your existing WLM account (backing up first) and adding a new live account using your new outlook email as email and login user. I had no problem doing it.

2012-08-02, 11:47 PM	#5
Cockroach Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 580	You can switch back. I switched from a hotmail.com to a outlook.com domain, but had to switch back to a live.ca domain as it won't let me take back the hotmail.com domain (though I still receive mail there as an alias). I've tried switching the properties on the former hotmail account to reflect the new login but the url server (http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaS....0.0/sync.aspx) won't recoqnize the outlook.com domain or the live.ca domain. I had to create a new live.ca account and can't create an account with outlook.com.

2012-08-03, 12:03 AM	#6
Arthur Dent Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 2,727	I just created a new live account using the email address and it worked. All I had to enter was user id (the full outlook email address) and the password. No servers or anything else. Talking about Windows Live Mail for Windows 7. Make sure you can log on on the web first.

2012-08-03, 12:51 AM	#7
Paolo Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Regional Municipality of Durham Posts: 2,695	i switched my @msn.com email over to an @outlook.com address. and for the time being, kept my old @msn.com address as a seperate folder. i can delete it at any time when im ready but chose to leep it for now incase i get important emails.

2012-08-03, 12:52 AM	#8
Paolo Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Regional Municipality of Durham Posts: 2,695	i also wanna mention, it works just fine with windows live mail e-mail client, my folders showed up. the only thing i can not do yet is send email from my "old" email address, it comes from my new email address now, unless im logged into the web page then i can ues the old email addy as "from" i suspect they will fix this in the upgrade of wlm program

2012-08-03, 06:41 PM	#9
Cockroach Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 580	When I tried to use the @outlook.com address, WLM wanted me to manually enter the server address. My WLM isn't that old as it is on a 2 or 3 month old laptop.

2012-08-20, 12:29 AM	#10
Cockroach Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 580	Looks like Window Live Essentials has been superceded by Windows Essentials 2012 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ssentials-home

2012-08-24, 12:57 PM	#11
NewfieGuy1982 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 3	I managed to get my outlook.com to work with essentials 2012 without any problems at all after moving from hotmail.com