Proper way to set up hotmail on iphone

[djsound]

So I have a hotmail account that I want to use on my iphone. I have a data plan so I would like it to tell me when I get the email. Not have to wait until I am on wireless network to get it. The guy at Rogers (I live in Vancouver) said that the only way to do this was to make a "exchange account". I did that and it worked....then I was in itunes and synced all my accounts. I have 4 other work accounts too.....so now I have all 5 accounts synced from itunes AND the exchange one and it is a mess. I am not sure if the other ones are sending email notifications as i get them.....what is the proper way of setting this up? I'd like ot get rid of the "exchange" is possible....thanks. i hope this makes sense to some of you.

 

[Andy Ftw]

Sorry, I'm not exactly sure what the problem is but like you said the only way I know how to set up hotmail properly is via exchange, although I believe in iOS 5 you can set up hotmail account without using the exchange because they added an option for the mail app, so you could wait for that I suppose?

 

[ckc]

Sorry, I'm not exactly sure what the problem is but like you said the only way I know how to set up hotmail properly is via exchange, although I believe in iOS 5 you can set up hotmail account without using the exchange because they added an option for the mail app, so you could wait for that I suppose?

I set up two Hotmail accounts on my iP4 by using 'Other' in the Add Account setting.

All you need to do is to enter your Hotmail address and your account password and it will automatically retrieve the correct settings.

 

[Bathplug]

Choose exchange then when your filling out the details, for the server address put m.hotmail.com and leave domain blank.

 

[NyYaNkEeFaN95]

Yes IOS 5 does have the option...

 

[Andy Ftw]

I set up two Hotmail accounts on my iP4 by using 'Other' in the Add Account setting.

All you need to do is to enter your Hotmail address and your account password and it will automatically retrieve the correct settings.

Ah yeah but I believe it doesn't actually sync with your account as such, say if you deleted an email on your iphone it would still be there on your computer, but this isn't true if you use exchange

 

[djsound]

ya I did that too at first but it doesn't send you notifications when you get an email. it only does if you do the exchange way...

you SHOULDNT have to set up any account. you should just be able to sync to your 'mail' account thats already setup from itunes....but then it wont send notifications also.

 

[milamber]

Get gmail

 

[iceterminal]

Not to be a jerk or clown, but I didn't know people still used hotmail. I thought that died out years ago of a painful and violent death.
I remember something about viruses and malware/spyware being sent to its users because of how easy it was to bypass their filters.

Guess I've learned something today!

 

[Certinfy]

Not to be a jerk or clown, but I didn't know people still used hotmail. I thought that died out years ago of a painful and violent death.
I remember something about viruses and malware/spyware being sent to its users because of how easy it was to bypass their filters.

Guess I've learned something today!

I use Gmail too but I still use Hotmail as well, I have far too many things 'attached' to it to be bothered to change and it's easy to use and I couldn't really care much less about viruses and what not so it's fine with me.

 

[djsound]

Ive had the same hotmail address for about 12 years. I am not going to change it and not be emailed by anyone just so I can get email notifications on my phone..

 

[PNutts]

I'm not sure what it is you're asking for. I don't have any e-mail accounts syncing in iTunes, but I have Hotmail, 2x Gmail, Yahoo, and MobileMe on the phone. I recently went to the Exchange connector on Hotmail so I wouldn't have to manage it in two places.

 

[lucifiel]

If you want the push notifications, you will need to do it via exchange.

Bathplug's post above shows the correct server details to enter.

I'm also sure you could google the settings.

But to reiterate, if you want to have push notifications, you will need to set it up via exchange. And I would personally recommend that you uncheck the little box in iTunes which syncs your Computer email accounts to your phone, things could obviously get quite messy.

 

[mikelegacy]

Not to be a jerk or clown, but I didn't know people still used hotmail. I thought that died out years ago of a painful and violent death.
I remember something about viruses and malware/spyware being sent to its users because of how easy it was to bypass their filters.

Guess I've learned something today!

Honestly, the first thing I thought of when I saw Hotmail was, WHO THE HELL STILL USES THAT?!?!

Geez get a gmail and forward all your messages to it lol

But anyways, iOS 4.3.4 or whatever doesn't have a Hotmail option so you'll HAVE to use Exchange i believe.

Ive had the same hotmail address for about 12 years. I am not going to change it and not be emailed by anyone just so I can get email notifications on my phone..

IDK if hotmail is high-tech enough, but some email services you can forward all of your emails automatically to another account. If you want it to be setup normal, like a gmail account, you'd have to make a GMAIL and forward the messages there. Like I said, idk if hotmail has that option. It's automagical

 

[ckc]

Honestly, the first thing I thought of when I saw Hotmail was, WHO THE HELL STILL USES THAT?!?!

Geez get a gmail and forward all your messages to it lol

But anyways, iOS 4.3.4 or whatever doesn't have a Hotmail option so you'll HAVE to use Exchange i believe.


IDK if hotmail is high-tech enough, but some email services you can forward all of your emails automatically to another account. If you want it to be setup normal, like a gmail account, you'd have to make a GMAIL and forward the messages there. Like I said, idk if hotmail has that option. It's automagical

I have had Hotmail for about 14 years and use it as my personal email rather than Gmail which I find far to instrusive regarding privacy.

With Hotmail I have the forwarding option set to send a copy to my VM (UK) account and also when I am abroad and need to keep more up to date than once a day with my mail it also sends a notification by text message notifying me of new email to any mobile phone number that I choose.

Never had a problem setting it up on any device that I have owned and the spam/virus side of Hotmail is easily dealt with by using the correct setting in Hotmail itself.