- Server URL: m.hotmail.com
- Username: full name with domain info, e.g. [email protected] or [email protected]
- Domain: leave blank
- SSL: enabled
- Certificate: accept the SSL certificate when prompted
- Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks: all can be enabled
- POP server: pop3.live.com
- Port: 995
- POP SSL required: yes
- User name: your Windows Live ID, for example [email protected]
- Password: the password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
- SMTP server: smtp.live.com
- Port: 25
- Authentication required: yes (this matches your POP username and password)
- TLS/SSL required: yes
Some limitations
Today, ActiveSync is supported by over 300 million mobile devices worldwide, including some of the most popular Windows, Nokia, and Palm smartphones, as well as the iPhone and iPad. Android is not yet supported, but Microsoft® promised to work on the Android support and deploy the update in a few months. So, sorry Google lovers. :P Hotmail’s ActiveSync is based on the same version as the old Exchange 2003 with Service Pack 2, which is 2.5. The 2.5 version, has all the needed specifications, yet not the HTML e-mail support, so although your smartphone or Pocket PC supports HTML formatted e-mails, you won’t get any from Windows Live Hotmail’s ActiveSync, just plain text. If you rather have HTML e-mails (and many other functions and options), switch over to Microsoft® BPOS. There is no filter to select what contacts to sync and what contacts to keep out of sync, so now, with the Facebook and MySpace service integration, you’ll end up with as many contacts as you have in your Windows Live Contacts, Facebook friends list plus MySpace friends list, which in many cases can add up to hundreds. The good part is that Microsoft® is constantly working to improve and fix the issues users find, based on a constant feedback stream from any user.Good and Free
So, if you like to have push e-mail, contact, calendar and tasks synchronization on your mobile device and to keep up with your digital life from basically anywhere, you can use Hotmail with ActiveSync for free, but if you need a powerful and secure enterprise solution, switch to Microsoft® BPOS. The two services are not even comparable. All the best,