Microsoft has finally announced that starting today Hotmail will support push email, calendar and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync (EAS).
Hotmail users will be able to sync their email, calendar, and contacts to their iPhone using Exchange ActiveSync. So any changes made on the iPhone will be reflected on the web interface, and vice versa.
This is great news if you use Hotmail as Dick Craddock from Windows Live blog explains:
Hotmail is making it easier for you to stay up-to-date and be productive on your phone. Starting today, you can get your email, calendar, and contacts pushed automatically to your phone using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS). EAS keeps everything in sync between your phone and Hotmail, so whatever you do on your phone, like delete an email, add an appointment, or update one of your contacts with a new number, will also be reflected on the web, and vice-versa. If you use an email client on your PC that already syncs with Hotmail, like Outlook with the Outlook Connector or Windows Live Mail, what you do on your phone will show up there as well, delivering a seamless experience for managing your stuff between your PC email client, your browser, and your phone.
You can follow these steps to setup Hotmail using Exchange ActiveSync on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch:
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Launch the Settings App. Under Settings, tap on “Mail, Contacts, Calendar”.
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Then tap on “Add Account”.
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Tap on “Microsoft Exchange” to configure Hotmail ActiveSync.
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Enter your full Hotmail email address in both Email and Username fields. Leave Domain blank. Enter your password. In the Description field, enter a name, e.g Hotmail.
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Then tap on the Next button.
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After the details entered above are successfully verified. You will get another screen where you need to enter m.hotmail.com for the Server name. Then tap on the Next button.
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If the verification is successful, you will see this screen. Select the data (Mail, Contacts, Calendar) to sync and then tap on Save.
That’s it, you’re all set for push email, calendar and contacts for your Hotmail account.
As always, let us know how it goes.
But mBox Mail already does that?:)
Why use a third party iPhone app when its possible with the native mail app?
Do u know how I would set it up for “MSN” mail?? I tried this method and no good.
Thanks
Works, but you can't browse your folders. MBox mail still better.
works awesome! now i can get rid of mBox Mail
Do we still use m.hotmail.com as server name for msn.com account?
Forgot hotmail; wow.
It's about time. Hey MIcrosoft, no wonder why Apple and Google are kicking your asses. When you're late to the game like this, the game is already over. Good luck making people think you're on the cutting edge of tech.
One thing I prefer mboc it's that it keep my emails synced. I would have to delete twice if I'm checking my hotmail this way right?
well it kinda suck because you can only have one exchange and i already had it set to googles =/
Once you have setup your account with ActiveSync, you won't have to delete it twice.
So any changes made on the iPhone will be reflected on the web interface, and vice versa.
With iOS 4, you can more than one Microsoft Exchange account.
Only one exchange at a time…that sucks. I currently have Google on Active Sync, and Apple's MobileMe which uses Active Sync too i think. So why cant the technology handle one more Active Sync account> Anyone? Even Hotmail on imap would be great then.
Thanks for the info, guys. I have followed all the steps but keep on getting a warning that i am entering an incorrect password?! I know for a fact that the pass word is correct so what gives?
All of the other details are correct. Does this only sync with registered accounts? (Ass in, the full purchased account)
Please advise.
Denizen.
Yep, same thing here…
With iOS 4 you can setup more than one Microsoft Exchange account.
Remember to enter the complete email address in username instead of the user id.
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It's great, but not works for me. I used my @live.com address for email and username. I think i don't have a @hotmail.com address. I created the account but i can't send and recive email. I tested my password on the web and it worked. I tried to send a message but it said: "unknown error". Does anyone know why?
Just tested it – works like a charm. TY Microsoft for finally bringing this.
Sending works but it can't recive any letter.
I feel like such a putz! Thank you for coming back to me. It works just fine now.
Many thanks!
Fanx – works first time – cheers!
Funny, I have had hotmail on my phone for two weeks now, using the option of "Other", instead of exchange. Admittedly I did not have calender and contacts though.
On a side note, I only use hotmail as my junk email now. TOO many email virus's get through!
Ha too late. I've already switched to Gmail. It's much better anyway.
HA Me too. I was about to post the same thing.
With Other setting, iPhone will check for new email every x minutes, in this case you will get an email as soon as you receive it. Its pull vs push.
Worked great! I have now both gmail and hotmail via EAS.
Emails still arent getting pushed to me, push setting is on! Any ideas?
Have you set up your Hotmail account as Microsoft Exchange account?
Yeah, followed insturctions to the T, i assume this works in the UK? Thanks
msn and hotmail use the same server ….
so yes, use m.hotmail.com for both msn and hotmail accounts
mboxmail does exactly the same thing but is quicker i will be using both as i need contact & calender syncing… mboxmail needs upadting to new ios4 features now!!!
so… you are telling microsoft they are behind the times for not letting people attach their FREE email accounts to a technology they developed? ok…
Got it to work and love it! Good guide!
It worked for me first time!!! Thanks!
Is there a way to have this Exchange ActiveSync in Hotmail with a desktop mail client, say Apple Mail or MS Entourage?
Worked like a dream for me. Well chuffed with this. Only prolem now i can't have my work emails. But thats not a major issue…
my bad, you can have more than 1 exchange now..
works perfect! was annoying having to update iphone4 and laptop! thanks
when using the calendar on your iphone can the events be pushed on to your online calendar?
doesnt work for me, once i have done everything it asks me: enter the password for the exchange account "exchange" ????? anybody
my account is not .com though it is @hotmail.fr (france) any input
this worked for me under ios 4 but broke when i went ti ios 4.1. i get the error that the connection to the server failed
I understand from the comments so far that you can set up two Exchange Accounts for two different hotmail addresses using Ipod Touch ver. 4.1 … but how do you switch between them in the native E-mail app?
mBox has a simple switch scheme … but there are way too many negative comments for me to pay $10 for it!
Both the accounts are available in the mail app, you can either use the Universal Inbox or view the accounts separately.
Excellent. Hotmail on my iPod Touch without having to use gMail to pull it anymore!
Thanks for the info!
Help! I want to use this but am getting an error message saying it can't connect to the server. What do I do? I love mbox and was worth the $10 but it won't sync with the calendar which is what i want.
Doesn't seem to work anymore. I just added my hotmail account and I get the error 'Cannot Get Mail – The connection to the server failed'.
Nice….cool work around…absolutely love it….
Hi, I havn't tried this but it sounds like good news.
However, is push or whatever it is chargable?
I mean I have free web, but would this affect my usage or anything?
If you have free web use then all this is doing is using your data plan.
It's been months waiting for this… works exactly how I wanted to
FANTASTIC!!!
PERFECT!!!
Thanks!!!