Using Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to sync between Windows Live Hotmail account and Outlook provides several advantages over HTTP or POP3 connection, as the connector also allows user to access and manage Hotmail account including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars from within Outlook. In Outlook, user can apply Junk Mail filter, rules, alerts, macros and etc. to the synced mail messages.
To use Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, download and install OutlookConnector.exe
After installing, start
Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Connector will prompt user to enter Hotmail email address, password and sender name to tag with outgoing email. Once the information is entered, a new Hotmail folder will be added to the Outlook’s Mail Folders tree. Expand the Hotmail node to access Inbox, Drafts, Junk E-mail, Outbox, Sent Items and etc. In Calender and Contacts, there will be new addition of calendar and contacts in Hotmail address too.
To sync the email in Hotmail and Outlook, just click on Send/Receive button, or it will automatically receiving and sending email based on the preset interval. It’s also possible to use and access multiple Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account with Microsoft Outlook Connector. To do so, click on Outlook Connector pull down menu on the menu bar, and then select Add a New Account.
Microsoft Outlook Office Connector only support Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Outlook 2007. For others email client, Hotmail is adding POP3 and SMTP support to allow retrieving of email via POP3 protocol.
