Hotmail on the iPhone Gets Push Support, via MS Exchange

Posted by rorypiper on June 19th, 2010 in iPad , iPhone , iPod Touch , News

Well, this has been a long time coming. Hotmail is one of the oldest, web based email clients out there, and although a lot of folks may have moved on to other provides, like Gmail, there are some people who still use Hotmail. I still have a Hotmail account for XBOX Live account, but I don’t really use it besides that.

Now, Hotmail has Push and Sync on your iPhone, via MS Exchange. Microsoft has said this is coming later this summer, but some folks have been able to get it working already. Thanks to iPhone Download Blog, here’s how you set it up on your iPhone:

Step 1: On your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > and create a  new Micorsoft Exchange account.

Step 2: Enter the following information:

Email: youremail@hotmail.com
Server address: m.hotmail.com
SSL: enabled
Username: youremail@hotmail.com
Password: password
Domain: <blank>

Step 3: Go to your mail.app and you should see your new Hotmail Exchange account.

This hasn’t worked for everyone, including me, but there have been reports of success with this method. We’ll get the official way to set this up, when it is officially announced, later this year.

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  • tanvir

    i’ve tried it but it says incorrect password on my iphone. although i use hotmail but my email is @msn.com not hotmail.com
    any fix??

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  • Tony

    Worked like a charm!!!! Duper fast and easy. The sync between Hotmail and the iPhone mail app is instantaneous.

  • Richard

    Worked fine for me too.

  • John

    Works like a charm. PUSH. Gotta love it.

  • JIMMYYY

    NICE THANKS

  • kins

    awesome just awesome.. never thought the push on iphone works.. thanks dude. much appreciated.