hotmail with outlook express??

baron777red

hi

i am just in the process of changing from virgin to sky, and will be getting skys broadband aswell, which means i will be having to change my e-mail address

i currently use outlook express for my e-mails i get through the virgin e-mail address, but i wanted to know if i can configure outlook express (or any other e-mail client) to accept e-mails from hotmail or yahoo

any does anyone know if i can use it for more than 1 e-mail address

i've got a hotmai land my wife has got a hotmail aswell

thanks

colin

Stubert

You can use Outlook (Express) with more than 1 account. I currently run both my NTL email and Hotmail through Outlook and used to do this through Express before.

However it might depend when you signed up for your hotmail address. As I'm sure I got an email from them stating that newer hotmail addresses would no longer work with OE but current ones would. I've loaded up hotmail in Outlook but then I've had my address for a while, but certainly give it a go.

You can use your yahoo as well, you need to just enter all the POP3 and SMTP settings. There is a guide on the yahoo website here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-06.html

That guide is for Outlook, but its pretty similar to Outlook Express anyway.

crunchynut_2

i used to use outlook now have emails through sky i'm a bit thick don't know what POP3 and SMTP settings are what are they thanks

indierocker85

crunchynut wrote: »

i used to use outlook now have emails through sky i'm a bit thick don't know what POP3 and SMTP settings are what are they thanks

The Pop3 and smtp for sky email would be as below

Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.tools.sky.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.tools.sky.com

However to make it easier I have included a link here which will guide you through the full setup. One thing the guide doesn't state is, make sure the sky account (if it isn't the sole account) is set as your default.