Windows 10: Windows Live Mail 2012 will not connect to Outlook.com

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Thanks computiac I will give it a try.Jerry

 

Note that contacts can be exported from outlook.com in CSV format (comma separated values) and then imported into WLM.

Exporting email addresses from Outlook.com

 

For people that use or want to use eM client, be aware that the current version (6.x) use airsync for hotmail/outlook accounts. They will have to use IMAP when Outlook switch to the new sync protocol.
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Bracing myself for the change. Here are the settings that currently work for Outlook.com/Hotmail/MSN/Live accounts with IMAP:





Don't mind the French.
Let's see if these keep working past the deadline.

 

Today is the 2nd July and Outlook.com accounts are still working in WLM2012. Please Microsoft, whatever you do, let it stay that way.

 

I moved to gmail a few years ago and ditched software clients. Not looked back since. Its available on my tablet and phone so I can view my email anywhere.

 

I agree but not holding my breath *Sad

 

As far as I understand it IMAP will continue to work. Calendar sync will not. Source

I use calendar so I took the free years subscription to Office 365. If you only use email then it seems it will be OK via IMAP.

 

What I was trying to say is that Outlook.com accounts are still working with AirSync/DeltaSync, not IMAP.

 

And it still works with WLM2012. Hopefully it will continue to do so.

 

I've always used Outlook (currently on 2016) on my providers mail servers and have Outlook.com/Hotmail as a secondary account. Has always worked well.

 

That's great. If you want to pay to read your email. Personally, I don't want to pay to read my email. I just want to read my email.

 

Yes, Outlook 2013 and 2016 work just fine with outlook.com/hotmail accounts, but the point of Windows Live Mail is it has much of the functionality of Outlook without the cost.

 

My only complaint about Outlook.com is that it does not support groups. I have three in particular that each have over a dozen email addresses in them that I must have for my computer club. As Education Director for a club of over 700 members, I have group messages that go out to our Board of Directors (15) and instructors (18) all the time. I decided to try loading them into MS Outlook 2013 - same problem. I also added my GMail account to the program but groups still would not work. Since I switched all my primary email business over to the GMail account anyway, I decided to take the outlook.com address out. As soon as I did that, the groups feature in MS Outlook turned on!!! Outlook.com was definitely the problem.